For people of Charlottesville, a year of reckoning
The best seats are already taken half an hour before the Charlottesville City Council is due to start. There are scattered boos and hisses when she is followed by her predecessor and fellow city councilmember Mike Signer, who stepped down after being …
Paving Mexico’s road to reconciliation
Elected as Mexico’s next president by a wide margin on July 1, Andrés Manuel López Obrador does not take office until Dec. 1. It’s part of a broad effort to reform institutions and create new options for youth, including those already seduced by crime…
In Canada’s spat with Saudi Arabia, signs of a trickier road for democracies
The furious reaction by Saudi Arabia to what was a rather stock Canadian statement calling for the release of imprisoned human rights activists has little to do with Canada – and everything to do with the ruling agenda of Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salm…
Airstrikes Have Pounded Yemen And This Time Children Paid The Price
Rachel Martin speaks with NPR’s Ruth Sherlock about another terrible turn in the war in Yemen – with images of bloodied children after an airstrike Thursday that killed dozens.
Buddhism flourishes in Siberia, opening window on its pre-Soviet past
This cluster of wildly eclectic, multicolored pagoda-style temples, rising out of the dusty steppe a few miles south of Ulan-Ude, is something almost unique in a Russian landscape. Just 30 years ago there was only one little wooden dugan, or temple, i…
Trump Doubles Tariffs On Steel, Aluminum From Turkey
President Trump called for a doubling in the tariff on imported steel and aluminum from Turkey, escalating a diplomatic spat with a key NATO ally.
South Korea should not warm to North Korea too quickly, Iran cannot blame Trump for its problems, New Israeli law hurts the balance between nationality and democracy, In defense of journalism, Bangladesh should develop a ‘circular’ clothes-making model
“In a joint announcement by the Department of State, the Treasury and the Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. government on [July 24] issued a warning not to loosen sanctions on joint ventures with [North Korea]…,” states an editorial. “It als…
Morning News Brief
Children in Yemen were killed when a Saudi-led coalition airstrike hit their school bus. Prosecutors in the Manafort trial may rest their case Friday. White supremacists converge on Washington, D.C.
Deadly Airstrike By Saudi-Led Coalition Hits School Bus In Yemen
Rachel Martin talks to Mirella Hodeib of the International Committee of the Red Cross, about what happened after airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition hit a market and school bus in Yemen.
Why Trading Venezuelan Bolivar For U.S. Dollars Is Dangerous
Venezuela’s currency is losing value so quickly, residents are trying to trade it for anything else, like sacks of sugar. We meet a woman who helped citizens access U.S. dollars. Now she’s on the run.
For Abortion Activists In Argentina, A Campaign Waged Online Faces A Disconnect
This week, Argentina’s Senate rejected a bill to legalize abortion. The decision came as a letdown for feminist organizations that conducted their battle largely on social media.
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