Category: World
How Theresa May's Frankenstein Brexit Deal Twitched And Gasped Its Last Breath
“This is a great time to be alive,” Theresa May declared, with the closest she gets to political passion.
But as her audience of bemused accountan [...]
Concrete ‘Coffin’ Storing U.S. Atomic Bomb Waste At Risk Of Rupture, UN Chief Warns
For 12 years during the Cold War, the United States ― locked in a fierce nuclear arms race with the Soviet Union ― laid waste to parts of the Mars [...]
Police Charge Suspected Christchurch Mosque Gunman With Engaging In Terrorism
WELLINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - New Zealand police said on Tuesday they were charging the man accused of murder in shootings at two Christchurch mos [...]
Julian Assange: Swedish Prosecutors Request Arrest Over Rape Allegation
The Swedish prosecutor leading an investigation into a rape allegation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has filed a request for him to be [...]
Bomb Explosion Near Egypt's Giza Pyramids Injures 17 People
CAIRO (AP) — A roadside bomb hit a tourist bus on Sunday near the Giza Pyramids, wounding at least 17 people including tourists, Egyptian official [...]
Anger Grows Against Construction Of New Machu Picchu Airport
Public outcry is growing over the construction of an international airport that would ferry tourists even closer to Peru’s already fragile Machu P [...]
When The Far Right Took Over Brazil, Its Only LGBTQ Congressman Fled For His Life
For Jean Wyllys, peace comes only at night, in the darkness, when he can close his eyes and drift into a world he has left behind.
Perhaps he’ll d [...]
Northern Ireland's Abortion Laws Are Even Worse Than Alabama's
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) signed the United States’ strictest abortion regulations into law this week, sparking condemnation on both sides of the [...]
Germany's Top Court Orders Broadcaster To Air Neo-Nazi Party Ad
BERLIN, May 16 (Reuters) - Germany’s highest court ordered public broadcaster ARD to air a small neo-Nazi party’s election campaign clip, overturn [...]
Taiwan Parliament Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage In First For Asia
Taiwan’s parliament voted to legalize same-sex marriage on Friday, the first legislation of its kind in Asia and a major win for civil rights grou [...]