The qualities of mediating a US-Iran settlement
Since May, the United States and Iran have appeared on course for confrontation. President Trump pulled the US out of the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran. Iran’s forces in Syria began to threaten Israel. In August, Mr. Trump imposed new sanctions on Iran…
French Theme Park Asks: Crows Can Pick Up Trash, Why Can’t You?
A team of six trained birds — rooks, actually — is collecting paper and cigarette stubs at the Puy du Fou park in western France. They drop the trash into a container in exchange for food.
Surprise Taliban Attack Leads To Days Of Fighting, Hundreds Of Deaths
Afghanistan’s military was launching a counteroffensive aimed at flushing militants out of the strategically vital city of Ghazni, which was attacked on Friday.
A nearly-cashless Zimbabwe tests the limits of mobile money
Just go to Zimbabwe instead. Here, grocery store cash registers still yawn open when a payment is processed, as if by instinct, but where cash should be there are only empty plastic slots. Signs at gas stations, maternity hospitals, and even informal…
France fights flight to big cities with funds for smaller towns
After François Goblé retired this March, the town and surrounding area of 5,000 inhabitants were left with one primary care physician. Cherrueix is just one example of a “medical desert” – where the number of doctors is 30 percent lower than the natio…
2 Koreas’ Leaders Will Hold New Summit In Pyongyang Next Month
“For peace and prosperity of the world as well as those of the Korean peninsula,” reads a short statement issued by South Korea’s Blue House on Monday
Boardwalk Collapses In Spain, Injuring 316 People At Oceanside Concert
The collapse occurred shortly after the headliner at a concert tried to pump up the crowd by telling people to jump, witnesses told a local news site.
Amid Friction With The U.S., North Korea Sets A Summit With The South
Senior officials from North and South Korea met Monday and scheduled a September date for a third summit between South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
To Fix That Pain In Your Back, You Might Have To Change The Way You Sit
In the past century, many Americans have lost the ability to sit in a way that doesn’t strain their backs. Specialists say we could take a lesson from excellent sitters from other cultures.
More Than A Dozen Are Killed In Arms Depot Blast In Syria
There’s been a deadly explosion at an arms depot in the rebel-held Syrian town of Idlib. At least 12 children are reported among the dead. Dozens of people are missing.
‘Frontline’ Series With Thomas Erdbrink: ‘Our Man In Tehran’
David Greene talks to Thomas Erdbrink of The New York Times about the series he produced for Frontline documenting life inside Iran which airs Monday and Tuesday night on PBS.
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