Usain Bolt Looks To Strike Twice: In Talks To Join Pro Soccer Team In Australia
After the news emerged, numerous sponsorship bids – and even an offer of a place for the champion sprinter to stay – quickly followed, the team says.
Obama Celebrates Nelson Mandela’s Legacy In Johannesburg Speech
Barack Obama speaks in Johannesburg to mark the centennial of the birth of Nelson Mandela. Obama has said Mandela inspired his political career; there was also a cautionary element to the speech.
Protesters In Nicaragua Call For President’s Ouster
The government’s main response to months of protests has been violence. Almost 300 people have died, according to human rights groups. Now protesters want President Daniel Ortega removed from office.
China’s Most Expensive Film Could Prove Its Biggest Movie Flop
Asura, billed as an epic fantasy based on Buddhist mythology that cost $112 million to make, had a dismal box office in its opening weekend and was promptly pulled by producers.
Trump Set To Meet With Lawmakers Amid Criticism Over Putin Meeting
President Trump is set to speak to select members of Congress on Tuesday after what many observers consider his failure to support the American intelligence community at a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Several senators and representativ…
In Russia, Officials Declare Putin’s Meeting With Trump A Success
Dmitri Trenin of the Moscow Center at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace discusses the consequences of the Trump-Putin meeting.
In ‘Macho’ Brazil, Fast-Rising Star Marília Mendonça Is Inspiring Women To Push Back
Marília Mendonça has reclaimed Brazil’s traditional genre sertanejo and created “feminejo,” providing women with a voice in a traditionally macho society.
Late Mother Teresa’s Order Investigated For Child Trafficking In India
A nun and a worker at a Missionaries of Charity shelter were arrested last week for allegedly selling four infants. India has ordered the investigation of all such facilities run by the order.
Giving Putin a pass on vote meddling, Trump widens rifts back in US
Last Friday special counsel Robert Mueller accused 12 Russian military intelligence officials of hacking into US political institutions and meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign. The Justice Department indictment was impressively detailed, comple…
California GOP looks for inroads by taking down a gas tax
If the categories of threatened species applied to politics, the Republican Party in California would be listed as critically endangered. The number of voters registered as Republican has fallen to third behind Democrats and those with “no party prefe…
Former U.S. Ambassador To Russia Weighs In On Trump-Putin Summit
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia about the meeting between President Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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