Ireland Votes To Lift Its Abortion Ban, Exit Polls Show
An Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll suggests that nearly two-thirds of the country support the change, 68 percent to 32 percent.
North And South Korean Leaders Hold Surprise Meeting
South Korea announced Saturday that President Moon Jae-in held a secret meeting with North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, in an effort to keep diplomacy between Washington and Pyongyang alive.
Trump’s Off-And-On North Korea Meeting
NPR’s Scott Simon talks with former Ambassador Wendy Sherman of Albright Stonebridge Group about President Trump’s planned meeting with Kim Jong Un.
Enforcing Sanctions On Iran
Now that the U.S. has withdrawn from the Iran nuclear deal, how difficult will it be to enforce sanctions? NPR’s Scott Simon speaks with former Treasury Department adviser Elizabeth Rosenberg.
Polls Show Likely Abortion Law Change In Ireland
Ireland has one of the strictest abortion laws in the world. Pro-abortion-rights groups have campaigned for decades to repeal the country’s Eighth Amendment. Now voters have decided.
Egypt’s LGBT Crackdown
Ahmed Alaa describes hoisting a rainbow flag at a concert in Cairo as the “best five minutes of his life.” Now he faces years in prison and says his family and his life have been destroyed.
After Muqtada Al-Sadr’s Surprise Win, Iraq’s Political Leaders Try To Form Government
Two weeks after parliamentary elections delivered a surprise win for allies of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, Iraq’s divided political leaders are scrambling to put together a coalition government.
Israelis must reach out to Gazans, Palestinians will live on despite recent violence, Europe walks a tightrope after Trump’s trashing of the Iran deal, Europe’s hypocrisy in treatment of Roma citizens, Africa faces the task of ‘Decolonising the Mind’
“On [May 14], more than 60 Palestinians were reported killed in Gaza and more than 2,000 injured, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry,” states an editorial. “It was the deadliest single day of violence since the 2014 war…. Even though the [Is…
Readers write: Mothers and forgiveness, reality of homelessness, how ‘Black Panther’ affects Africans, tariffs explained for average reader, high taxes vs. life choices
It got deeper into issues around forgiveness, always recognizing that people are complex and face difficult paths – rarely simple or direct – through trauma. Recommended: Could you pass a US citizenship test? It introduces a reality that is often ov…
Swedish Law Declares Sex Without Consent Is Rape
The bill makes Sweden the 10th European country to redefine rape, making it illegal to engage in a sexual encounter without the verbal or physical consent of all participants.
How Brexit Could Affect The Free Movement Of Goods Between U.K. And France
There has been much talk about how Ireland’s border with the U.K. will work after Brexit, but more than 250 billion Euros of goods cross the English Channel between France and the U.K. every year, and French officials say Brexit could be a disaster for…
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