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After 1,000 days of full-scale war with Russia, is there a mood shift in Ukraine?
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Whaling continues in Japan despite worldwide protests
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Why a megacity in India is reviving the humble water well
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Snow job
Seniors and others sometimes struggle to clear sidewalks With warmer-than-normal temperatures, Minneapolis this year has been a deeper shade of brown than its typical whiter shade of pale. But even so, city officials have logged more than 2,600 complaints so far about unshoveled sidewalks. When it snows, the city government expects homeowners to get out with shovels and blowers and clear the white stuff from the sidewalks in front of their houses.
5 major challenges facing Biden on Day One
Democratic President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were sworn into office in a pandemic-friendly, high-security ceremony in Washington, DC, on Wednesday. Harris is now the highest-ranking woman and woman of color to ever hold national government office. Prior to Wednesday's formal proceedings, Biden’s Cabinet nominees began confirmation hearings in the Senate.
UCLA Killer and His Professor Worked Together to Save Lives
Before Mainak Sarkar killed William Klug, they worked together to save lives. Sarkar was a Ph.D. student at the University of California, Los Angeles and worked under Klug, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, to build a virtual model of the human heart. The goal was simple as it was lofty: solve why hearts suddenly die. They likely discussed their work inside the small office in Engineering Building 4 where two more hearts died when Sarkar killed Klug and then himself on Wednesday.
For many US military vets, the offensive against the Kurds is personal
Turkey ignored US sanctions and pressed on with its offensive in northern Syria on Tuesday, while the Russia-backed Syrian army roared into Manbij, Syria, one of the most hotly contested cities abandoned by US forces following an abrupt policy shift by President Donald Trump. Russian and Syrian flags were flying from a building on the city outskirts, and from a convoy of military vehicles. In Manbij, Syrian troops were manning joint checkpoints, Reuters reported.
Why transcripts of Trump's calls with heads of state are so hard to get
US President Donald Trump on Monday intensified his attacks on a lawmaker leading the House of Representatives' impeachment inquiry, suggesting that Rep. Adam Schiff should be arrested for "treason." Witnesses are due to testify in the House this week in hearings related to Trump's request that a foreign power investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, one of the leading Democratic candidates seeking to challenge him in 2020. Related: Who is responsible for enforcing the US whistleblower law?
Four women from history who changed the world
Women & Girls GlobalPost March 08, 2019 · 12:45 PM EST Credit: Illustration by Princess Moon/The World For International Women's Day on Friday, we remember Turkey's Nakiye Elgün; Chavela Vargas, a Costa Rican who made her home in Mexico; Doña Luz Jiménez, also of Mexico, and Soviet Lyudmila Pavlichenko. These women challenged ideas about femininity. They pushed for equal rights.
Dispatch 1: Gearing up and shipping out
Into the Thaw: Decoding Thwaites Glacier PRI's The World February 15, 2019 · 1:15 PM EST The icebreaker Nataniel B. Palmer is pictured in port in Punta Arenas, Chile, in late January, before setting sail for Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier. Credit: Carolyn Beeler / The World The icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer is setting out this southern summer on a seven-week scientific expedition to Antarctica’s massive Thwaites Glacier.
These women made a big impact in 2018
PRI's The World January 04, 2019 · 12:30 PM EST Sara Mardini and Sean Binder, both volunteers with a Greek nongovernmental organization that helps refugees reach safety, were released from prison in December 2018 on bail. Greek authorities had accused them of people smuggling, espionage, money laundering and participation in a criminal organization. Mardini and Binder are waiting to find out whether their case will proceed to trial.
Our most-read stories about women in 2018
This year, women's rights and gender equity became a major focus as all kinds of feminist movements nabbed headlines across the globe. In some cases, women made big strides — capturing more seats than ever before in the US midterm elections, inspiring new rules for dress on the tennis court and transforming a Guatemalan town one brushstroke at a time.
Our most-read stories about women in 2018
This year, women's rights and gender equity became a major focus as all kinds of feminist movements nabbed headlines across the globe. In some cases, women made big strides — capturing more seats than ever before in the US midterm elections, inspiring new rules for dress on the tennis court and transforming a Guatemalan town one brushstroke at a time.
Our most-read stories about women in 2018
This year, women's rights and gender equity became a major focus as all kinds of feminist movements nabbed headlines across the globe. In some cases, women made big strides — capturing more seats than ever before in the US midterm elections, inspiring new rules for dress on the tennis court and transforming a Guatemalan town one brushstroke at a time.
Our most-read stories about women in 2018
This year, women's rights and gender equity became a major focus as all kinds of feminist movements nabbed headlines across the globe. In some cases, women made big strides — capturing more seats than ever before in the US midterm elections, inspiring new rules for dress on the tennis court and transforming a Guatemalan town one brushstroke at a time.
Our most-read stories about women in 2018
This year, women's rights and gender equity became a major focus as all kinds of feminist movements nabbed headlines across the globe. In some cases, women made big strides — capturing more seats than ever before in the US midterm elections, inspiring new rules for dress on the tennis court and transforming a Guatemalan town one brushstroke at a time.
Our most-read stories about women in 2018
This year, women's rights and gender equity became a major focus as all kinds of feminist movements nabbed headlines across the globe. In some cases, women made big strides — capturing more seats than ever before in the US midterm elections, inspiring new rules for dress on the tennis court and transforming a Guatemalan town one brushstroke at a time.
Our most-read stories about women in 2018
This year, women's rights and gender equity became a major focus as all kinds of feminist movements nabbed headlines across the globe. In some cases, women made big strides — capturing more seats than ever before in the US midterm elections, inspiring new rules for dress on the tennis court and transforming a Guatemalan town one brushstroke at a time.
Our most-read stories about women in 2018
This year, women's rights and gender equity became a major focus as all kinds of feminist movements nabbed headlines across the globe. In some cases, women made big strides — capturing more seats than ever before in the US midterm elections, inspiring new rules for dress on the tennis court and transforming a Guatemalan town one brushstroke at a time.
Our most-read stories about women in 2018
This year, women's rights and gender equity became a major focus as all kinds of feminist movements nabbed headlines across the globe. In some cases, women made big strides — capturing more seats than ever before in the US midterm elections, inspiring new rules for dress on the tennis court and transforming a Guatemalan town one brushstroke at a time.
Our most-read stories about women in 2018
This year, women's rights and gender equity became a major focus as all kinds of feminist movements nabbed headlines across the globe. In some cases, women made big strides — capturing more seats than ever before in the US midterm elections, inspiring new rules for dress on the tennis court and transforming a Guatemalan town one brushstroke at a time.
Our most-read stories about women in 2018
This year, women's rights and gender equity became a major focus as all kinds of feminist movements nabbed headlines across the globe. In some cases, women made big strides — capturing more seats than ever before in the US midterm elections, inspiring new rules for dress on the tennis court and transforming a Guatemalan town one brushstroke at a time.
Our most-read stories about women in 2018
This year, women's rights and gender equity became a major focus as all kinds of feminist movements nabbed headlines across the globe. In some cases, women made big strides — capturing more seats than ever before in the US midterm elections, inspiring new rules for dress on the tennis court and transforming a Guatemalan town one brushstroke at a time.
Our most-read stories about women in 2018
This year, women's rights and gender equity became a major focus as all kinds of feminist movements nabbed headlines across the globe. In some cases, women made big strides — capturing more seats than ever before in the US midterm elections, inspiring new rules for dress on the tennis court and transforming a Guatemalan town one brushstroke at a time.
Our most-read stories about women in 2018
This year, women's rights and gender equity became a major focus as all kinds of feminist movements nabbed headlines across the globe. In some cases, women made big strides — capturing more seats than ever before in the US midterm elections, inspiring new rules for dress on the tennis court and transforming a Guatemalan town one brushstroke at a time.
Jurisdiction, Sovereignties and Akwesasne: Shiprider and the Re-Crafting of Canada-US Cross-Border Maritime Law Enforcement
Allen, Kristina. 2006. “Homeland Insecurity.” Cultural Survival Quarterly Magazine 30, no. 3. http://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/united-states/homeland-insecurity. Alfred-Taiaiake, Gerald. 1995. Heeding the Voices of Our Ancestors. Kahnawake Mohawk Politics and The Rise of Native Nationalism. Don Mills: Oxford University Press. Benton, Lauren. 2010. A Search for Sovereignty: Law and Geography in European Empires 1400–1900 . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Trump on Putin meeting: 'I go in with low expectations'
The summit, which comes at one of the most crucial junctures for the West since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union, has alarmed some NATO allies who fear Putin might seek a grand deal that undermines the US-led transatlantic alliance. Trump, who has been preparing for the summit by playing golf at his Trump Turnberry course on the western coast of Scotland, told CBS in an interview that "nothing bad" would come out of the summit with Putin.
In waist-deep mud, soccer played in slow motion at swamp World Cup
In the 19th Swamp Soccer World Championships in the small town of Hyrynsalmi, the Russian team Lakes Profi won their second consecutive title by beating Finland's Horstin Honkays in the final in a penalty shootout. "Sometimes it's mud up to the groin, while in some parts of the pitch it's less soggy," organizer Kimmo Kyhala told Reuters. "This is very tough sport. A slim body and long legs are advantages," he said.
Spain’s majority-female cabinet embodies women’s global rise to power
Mexico’s president-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who takes office in December, has announced that women will hold eight posts in his 16-member cabinet, including the powerful secretary of the interior position. And Spain’s new prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, recently became the first world leader to appoint women to almost two-thirds of cabinet positions. No country in the world has a higher proportion of female-led ministries. Thirty years ago, Spain had no female cabinet members.
In Sydney, Myanmar leader Suu Kyi asks for help dealing with troubled Rakhine State
"We discussed the situation in Rakhine state at considerable length today," Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull told reporters at the end of a summit of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Australia, much of it held behind closed doors. "Daw Aung San Suu Kyi addressed the matter comprehensively at some considerable length herself ...
The Kremlin expels 23 British diplomats in wake of nerve toxin attack
Escalating a crisis in relations, Russia said it was also shutting down the activities of the British Council, which fosters cultural links between the two countries, and Britain's consulate-general in St. Petersburg. The Russian Foreign Ministry said the 23 British diplomats had one week to leave the country.
A new search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will end mid-June
Flight MH370, carrying 239 people, disappeared on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014. Australia, China and Malaysia ended an unsuccessful $159.38 million search across a 120,000 square-kilometer area in the Indian Ocean in January 2017, despite investigators urging authorities to extend the operation 25,000 square kilometers north of the search area. Earlier this year, Malaysia agreed to pay US firm Ocean Infinity up to $70 million if it found the plane within 90 days.
Government shutdown begins on Trump's one-year anniversary as president
The second year of Donald Trump's presidency began on Saturday with the US government in shutdown mode while lawmakers gathered in hopes of finding a compromise that would fund federal agencies. For the first time since October 2013 — when a similar standoff that lasted 16 days kept only essential agency operations running — federal workers were being told to stay at home or in some cases to work without pay until new funding is approved.
So many women are saying 'me too.' Editors weigh in about how to move the conversation forward.
Actor and director Asia Argento is fleeing her home country of Italy as a result of the “climate of tension” and “victim blaming” that has been lobbed at her there after she went public with rape allegations against Harvey Weinstein. Argento was among several women who shared similar testimonies with The New Yorker’s Ronan Farrow. She has been lauded in Hollywood for stepping forward, but fiercely condemned by the Italian media and other outspoken critics.
So many women are saying 'me too.' Editors weigh in about how to move the conversation forward.
Actor and director Asia Argento is fleeing her home country of Italy as a result of the “climate of tension” and “victim blaming” that has been lobbed at her by the media after she went public with rape allegations against Harvey Weinstein. Argento was among several women who shared similar testimonies with The New Yorker’s Ronan Farrow. She has been lauded in Hollywood for stepping forward, but fiercely condemned by the Italian media and other outspoken critics.
So many women are saying 'me too.' Editors weigh in about how to move the conversation forward.
Actor and director Asia Argento is fleeing her home country of Italy as a result of the “climate of tension” and “victim blaming” that has been lobbed at her by the media after she went public with rape allegations against Harvey Weinstein. Argento was among several women who shared similar testimonies with The New Yorker’s Ronan Farrow. She has been lauded in Hollywood for stepping forward, but fiercely condemned by the Italian media and other outspoken critics.
So many women are saying 'me too.' Editors weigh in about how to move the conversation forward.
Actor and director Asia Argento is fleeing her home country of Italy as a result of the “climate of tension” and “victim blaming” that has been lobbed at her by the media after she went public with rape allegations against Harvey Weinstein. Argento was among several women who shared similar testimonies with The New Yorker’s Ronan Farrow. She has been lauded in Hollywood for stepping forward, but fiercely condemned by the Italian media and other outspoken critics.
So many women are saying 'me too.' Editors weigh in about how to move the conversation forward.
Actor and director Asia Argento is fleeing her home country of Italy as a result of the “climate of tension” and “victim blaming” that has been lobbed at her by the media after she went public with rape allegations against Harvey Weinstein. Argento was among several women who shared similar testimonies with The New Yorker’s Ronan Farrow. She has been lauded in Hollywood for stepping forward, but fiercely condemned by the Italian media and other outspoken critics.
As a female journalist, sexual harassment was the norm. I was told to keep it to myself.
“It was so good to meet you this morning. I haven’t been able to stop thinking of you since. What are you wearing?” I groaned and handed the phone over to my husband lying next to me. “Again?” he asked incredulously, looking at the screen. “Yes, again,” I answered, throwing the phone back on the floor. As a female journalist, sexual harassment has long been an unfortunate and infuriating part of doing my job. And I’m not alone.
So many women are saying 'me too.' Editors weigh in about how to move the conversation forward.
Actor and director Asia Argento is fleeing her home country of Italy as a result of the “climate of tension” and “victim blaming” that has been lobbed at her by the media after she went public with rape allegations against Harvey Weinstein. Argento was among several women who shared similar testimonies with The New Yorker’s Ronan Farrow. She has been lauded in Hollywood for stepping forward, but fiercely condemned by the Italian media and other outspoken critics.
We asked Trump a question every day for his first 100 days. Here's what we learned.
President Donald Trump, mulling over his first 100 days in office — a milestone he reached on Saturday — said in a recent interview that he sort of wants his old life back. These days, his time is not his own, he doesn’t have much privacy with Secret Service around him 24/7 and the job is harder than he'd imagined, he told Reuters. Nevertheless, in an address Friday, the commander in chief described his first 100 days in the White House as "just about the most successful" ever.
‘Saved by the Bell’ executive producer talks about the show, life, book
Remember when Zack Morris (smart aleck, picture-perfect smile), Kelly Kapowski (cheerleader, the object of Zack’s affections) and Samuel “Screech” Powers (lovable, curly-headed nerd) were household names? So many Gen Xers and other children of the ’90s and their parents spent part of their Saturday mornings following them on the popular TV show, “Saved by the Bell,” set at the fictional Bayside High School in Palisades, California.
‘Saved by the Bell’ executive producer talks about the show, life, book
Remember when Zack Morris (smart aleck, picture-perfect smile), Kelly Kapowski (cheerleader, the object of Zack’s affections) and Samuel “Screech” Powers (lovable, curly-headed nerd) were household names? So many Gen Xers and other children of the ’90s and their parents spent part of their Saturday mornings following them on the popular TV show, “Saved by the Bell,” set at the fictional Bayside High School in Palisades, California.
White House leaks raise concerns about Trump’s nuclear arms policy
In Russia, American diplomats expect their phone calls to be monitored by government intelligence. Leaks out of the White House, too, are fairly common. But sharing specifics about the president's exchange with foreign leaders? That's something of an anomaly. And yet, just weeks into Donald Trump’s presidency, it's happening. Repeatedly. On Thursday, details of Trump’s Jan.
White House leaks raise concerns about Trump’s nuclear arms policy
In Russia, American diplomats expect their phone calls to be monitored by government intelligence. Leaks out of the White House, too, are fairly common. But sharing specifics about the president's exchange with foreign leaders? That's something of an anomaly. And yet, just weeks into Donald Trump’s presidency, it's happening. Repeatedly. On Thursday, details of Trump’s Jan.
White House leaks raise concerns about Trump’s nuclear arms policy
In Russia, American diplomats expect their phone calls to be monitored by government intelligence. Leaks out of the White House, too, are fairly common. But sharing specifics about the president's exchange with foreign leaders? That's something of an anomaly. And yet, just weeks into Donald Trump’s presidency, it's happening. Repeatedly. On Thursday, details of Trump’s Jan.
White House leaks raise concerns about Trump’s nuclear arms policy
In Russia, American diplomats expect their phone calls to be monitored by government intelligence. Leaks out of the White House, too, are fairly common. But sharing specifics about the president's exchange with foreign leaders? That's something of an anomaly. And yet, just weeks into Donald Trump’s presidency, it's happening. Repeatedly. On Thursday, details of Trump’s Jan.
White House leaks raise concerns about Trump’s nuclear arms policy
In Russia, American diplomats expect their phone calls to be monitored by government intelligence. Leaks out of the White House, too, are fairly common. But sharing specifics about the president's exchange with foreign leaders? That's something of an anomaly. And yet, just weeks into Donald Trump’s presidency, it's happening. Repeatedly. On Thursday, details of Trump’s Jan.
White House leaks raise concerns about Trump’s nuclear arms policy
In Russia, American diplomats expect their phone calls to be monitored by government intelligence. Leaks out of the White House, too, are fairly common. But sharing specifics about the president's exchange with foreign leaders? That's something of an anomaly. And yet, just weeks into Donald Trump’s presidency, it's happening. Repeatedly. On Thursday, details of Trump’s Jan.
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