January 18, 2017 0 Senators Question Nominee to Head Commerce Department Donald Trump’s nominee to head the U.S. Commerce Department is scheduled to be questioned by a Senate committee Wednesday ...
January 18, 2017 0 Washington Tightens Security Ahead of Trump Inauguration It’s almost time for the biggest event in American politics. The parade route is set as Washington hosts the 58th Presidential ...
January 18, 2017 0 Trump’s Remarks Cause Consternation Among US Allies Two days before the inauguration of a new U.S. president, questions persist about his relationship with Russia. Donald Trump has ...
January 18, 2017 0 Seahorses at Risk, But Conservation Efforts Having Impact Alongside cephalopods like the octopus and the cuttlefish, seahorses are some of the most fascinating animals in the ocean. One ...
January 17, 2017 0 Iraqi Forces Push Into IS-held Pocket in Mosul Iraqi special forces pushed into a pocket of Islamic State-held territory in eastern Mosul on Tuesday, the military said, seeking ...
January 17, 2017 0 Saudi Arabia Quietly Spreads its Brand of Puritanical Islam in Indonesia When Ulil Abshar-Abdalla was a teenager in Pati, Central Java, he placed first in an Arabic class held at his local madrasa. The ...
January 17, 2017 0 Mounting Frustration in Damascus Amid Widespread Water Cuts Omar Tarshan had never visited any of Syria’s famous public baths until three weeks ago, when a water shortage in his ...
January 17, 2017 0 Amnesty Warns EU Values, Rights Slipping Amid Security Clampdown Rolling states of emergency, blanket surveillance, selective house searches and detentions, and legislation to strip some ...
January 17, 2017 0 Britain PM to Signal EU Clean Break: No ‘Partial Membership’ Prime Minister Theresa May is preparing to make a speech that will signal that Britain will make a clean break from the European ...
January 16, 2017 0 Researchers say Fingerprint Data Vulnerable in ‘Peace’ Photos Japanese researchers say they have successfully copied fingerprint data from a digital picture of a person flashing a ...
January 16, 2017 0 Writings of Obscure American Leftist Drive Kurdish Forces in Syria Could the writings of a little-know leftist from a rural American state help to reshape the political structure of the nation ...
January 16, 2017 0 After Long Decline, St. Louis Tries to Rebuild With Startups It’s tough to rebuild a city’s image when the national perception is that it peaked a century ago, and when recent ...
January 16, 2017 0 Devos to Face Questions Over Schools, Conservative Activism Charter school advocate Betsy DeVos is widely expected to push for expanding school choice programs if confirmed as education ...
January 16, 2017 0 Academics Race to Save Rare Colonial Documents in Cuba An American team of academics is racing to preserve millions of Cuban historical documents before they are lost to the elements ...
January 16, 2017 0 Trump: Germany’s Merkel’s Refugee Policy is a ‘Catastrophic Mistake’ U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says German Chancellor Angela Merkel made a “catastrophic mistake” when she let ...
January 15, 2017 0 US Senate Races to Confirm Trump Nominees Before Inauguration Days before Donald Trump is to be sworn in as U.S. president, the Republican-led Senate is working at a feverish pace to confirm ...
January 15, 2017 0 Military, Police Run Full Dress Rehearsal for Inauguration Before dawn Sunday, U.S. military personnel met at Joint-Base Andrews to then travel to the Pentagon and from there deploy to the ...
January 15, 2017 0 Serbia’s President Says Ready to Protect Ethnic Serbs in Bosnia’s Kosovo Serbia’s president says the country is ready to send troops to Kosovo to protect Serbian nationals, if necessary. The ...
January 15, 2017 0 Hundreds March Against Ivory Trade in Tanzania More than 550 people took to the streets of Tanzania’s biggest city on Saturday morning to protest the trade in ivory. The ...
January 15, 2017 0 Britain Hints at a Brexit Negotiating Strategy Britain could change its economic model to regain competitiveness if it were to leave the European Union without an agreement on ...
January 15, 2017 0 South Korean Prosecutor Delays Decision on Samsung Leader’s Arrest South Korea’s special prosecutor Sunday delayed a decision on whether to seek a warrant to arrest Samsung Group leader Jay Y. ...
January 15, 2017 0 Myanmar Ethnic Group’s Election First Since 1992 Myanmar’s strongest ethnic armed group is set for its biggest leadership shake-up in a quarter century, senior sources told ...
January 15, 2017 0 Aquarium Trains Animals to Cooperate for Medical Care The National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland, is teaching some of its creatures, like birds and tortoises, to cooperate with ...
January 15, 2017 0 Unseasonable Flooding Kills Dozens in Thailand; More Rain on Way Thailand faces more hardship from unseasonable floods that have killed 40 people in its south, with more rain expected in the ...