Amid Sex-Abuse Scandal, Swedish Academy Won’t Award Nobel In Literature This Year
It would mark the first time since World War II that the body failed to award the prestigious prize. Earlier this month, the Academy’s permanent secretary quit over her handling of the allegations.
Meet The Man Trying To Hold Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte Accountable
Jude Sabio’s crusade has led to the International Criminal Court investigating Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte for extrajudicial killings in his so-called “war on drugs.”
Disclosure in the Caymans: Global walls of financial secrecy are falling
In 1998, the Nigerian oil minister, Dan Etete, awarded the concession to oil block OPL245 to Malabu Oil and Gas – for $2 million, five days after the company was set up. In late 2007 and early 2008, a company in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) linked…
Young change-makers show the impact of soft diplomacy
If a single event from the State Department Wednesday makes it into the history books, it would probably be the ceremonial swearing in of Mike Pompeo as the 70th secretary of State. It was President Trump’s first visit to a department that has flagge…
In rural Jordan, pulling power from the wind to make change on the ground
Mohammed, 14, walks, as he does every day each spring, with his flock of 200 sheep along the still-green slopes of southern Jordan. “That is the future,” he says, pointing his wooden staff toward the wind turbines. In a troubled tribal town in Jordan…
Separatist Group ETA Announces Disbandment After Decades Of Violent Resistance In Spain
After almost six decades of violent resistance to the Spanish central government, separatist group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna announced it’s disbanding. NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with journalist Guy Hedgecoe about the group, and what this move means fo…
Trump’s Tweet Suggests 3 Americans Held In North Korea Could Be Released Soon
President Trump tweeted Wednesday night suggesting that the three Americans being held in North Korean labor camps might be released soon.
Landowner Aims To Bring Wolves Back To Scotland, Centuries After They Were Wiped Out
The proposal to reintroduce wolves to the Scottish Highlands is controversial, just like the Yellowstone project it’s modeled after.
Europe puts its money where its values are
One of the world’s greatest acts of charity has been the aid given to the newer members and poorer nations of the European Union by wealthier states, especially since the admission of many former Soviet-bloc countries in 2004. On May 2, the European C…
Basque Separatist Group Disbands, After Decades Of Bloody Conflict
The group ETA spent nearly 60 years fighting for Basque independence — and killing hundreds of people in bombings and other attacks. Years after a cease-fire, ETA now says the “journey has ended.”
Reunification? Many young South Koreans say, ‘Let’s not.’
In the days since Friday’s summit between the leaders of North and South Korea, a newfound optimism has taken hold in Seoul. “Spring has come to the Korean Peninsula,” proclaims a giant banner stretched across the side of a downtown office tower. “I …
Recent Comments