Category: World
Amazon Wildfires, Burning for 3 Weeks, Show No Signs of Slowing Down
Wildfires plaguing the Amazon rain forest in Brazil have shown no signs of subsiding. Fires this year have been more numerous than any year since 2013 and there has been an 85% increase over last year’s number alone. They have …
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Authorities and Protestors Clash at Hong Kong Airport
Demonstrations in Hong Kong turned violent today as clashes erupted at Hong Kong’s international airport. Protestors had shut down one the world’s busiest airports for the second straight day, blocking departure lines and causing the cancellation of more than …
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Boris Johnson to Become Next UK Prime Minister
The United Kingdom has a new prime minister as Boris Johnson became the leader of the country’s governing Conservative Party. He defeated Conservative rival Jeremy Hunt by winning two-thirds of roughly 160,000 party votes across the country today.
He …
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Iran Threatens to Break Aspects of Nuclear Deal in Response to U.S. Actions
The Iran government announced today that it will break its commitment to the nuclear deal signed in 2015 between the U.S., Iran and five other countries. President Donald Trump withdrew from the deal last year saying the deal had not …
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European Elections See Partisans Gain Seats and Centrists Lose
The European Union held parliamentary elections this weekend and partisan groups – both on the right and left – made big gains. Suffering losses were centrist parties who now hold the least power in about 40 years.
Europe has spent …
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Theresa May Steps Down Amid Failure to Find Brexit Agreement
British Prime Minister Theresa May announced her resignation today, telling supporters that it was with “deep regret” that she couldn’t deliver a Brexit deal.
May said she had done everything she could to convince British Parliament to support a …
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Putin Vows to Brief Washington on Summit with Kim Jong Un
An historic summit between North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin wrapped up with the both sides agreeing to keep denuclearization as a goal for the international community.
Both men characterized their talks as “good” and …
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Assange Arrested, Faces Extradition to US
Founder of online watchdog group WikiLeaks Julian Assange was arrested in the U.K. yesterday. He now faces extradition to the U.S. on charges of aiding the hacking of U.S. government computers. The “hacktivist” had been holed-up in the Ecuadorian …
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British Prime Minister May Asks for Second Brexit Delay
British Prime Minister Theresa May has asked the European Union for a delay for the Britain’s exit from the coalition. It is the second time she has done so.
May is asking for the exit date to be pushed back …
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“London Patient” Becomes Second Man to be Functionally Cured of AIDS
A man living in England who was HIV-positive has become the second adult worldwide to be cleared of the deadly virus after receiving a bone marrow transplant.
Nearly three years after receiving stem cells from a donor with a rare …
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Saudi Arabia Admits Role in Khashoggi’s Death
Saudi Arabia has admitted that journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey earlier this month. The Kingdom had up until now denied any role in the death.
Khashoggi was last seen entering the Saudi consulate …
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President Trump: Criticism of Saudi Arabia Premature
President Trump called the criticism of Saudi Arabia over the disappearance of a journalist premature. The president likened the rush to judgement to the criticism received by Judge Brett Kavanaugh as he went through the confirmation process to the Supreme …
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Two Suspects Named in British Citizen Nerve Agent Attack
The U.K. has formally charged two Russian nationals with the poisoning of a Russian ex-pat living in England along with his daughter. Sergei Skripal and daughter Yulia were poisoned in early March. It is believed that a nerve agent, Novichok, …
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U.S., Mexico Reach Trade Agreement with Canada Excluded
President Trump announced that the U.S. has entered into a new bilateral trade agreement with Mexico, replacing the former agreement known as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
The President made the announcement from the Oval Office this morning…
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North Korea Continues to Build Missiles Officials Say
The U.S. intelligence community has information indicating North Korea may be building new missiles at a site previously used to build intercontinental ballistic missiles, or ICBMs, capable of reaching the United States. If true, the construction of the new missiles …
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