Politics Dec 29 South Africa launches case at top UN court accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza South Africa has launched a case at the United Nations' top court accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and asking the court to order Israel to halt its attacks.
World Dec 01 UN’s top court bars Venezuela from altering Guyana’s control over disputed territory The U.N. top court has ordered Venezuela not to take any action that would alter Guyana's control over a disputed territory, but did not specifically ban Venezuela from holding its planned referendum Sunday on the territory's future.
World Nov 24 Former Netherlands ruling party won’t join new government after far-right win The Party for Freedom, or PVV, led by veteran anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, won 37 seats in the 150-seat lower house on Wednesday, indicating a seismic shift to the right for the Netherlands.
World Nov 22 Polls say anti-Islam and far-right populist Geert Wilders heading for shocking win in Netherlands An exit poll says the far-right and anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders is heading for a massive parliamentary election victory.
World Nov 13 Greta Thunberg briefly interrupted by man on stage at climate protest in Amsterdam The interruption happened after Thunberg invited a Palestinian and an Afghan woman to speak at a climate protest in the Dutch capital.
Economy Oct 08 WATCH: Nobel economics prize goes to professor for research on labor market gender gap Goldin has studied 200 years of women’s participation in the workplace, showing that despite continued economic growth, women’s pay did not continuously catch up to men’s and a divide still exists despite women gaining higher levels of education than men.
Arts Oct 04 WATCH: Norwegian writer Jon Fosse awarded 2023 Nobel Prize in literature One of his country’s most-performed dramatists, Fosse, 64, has written some 40 plays as well as novels, short stories, children’s books, poetry and essays.
Science Oct 03 WATCH: 3 scientists share Nobel in chemistry for research on quantum dots Quantum dots are particles a few atoms in diameter that can release very bright colored light and are used in electronics and medical imaging.
Health Oct 01 WATCH: Nobel in medicine goes to scientists whose work on mRNA led to COVID vaccine Hungarian-American Katalin Karikó and American Drew Weissman were cited for contributing vaccine development during what the panel that awarded the prize called “one of the greatest threats to human health in modern times.”…
World Sep 06 U.S. lawmakers visiting The Hague say Putin is committing genocide in Ukraine The committee's chairman, Rep. Michael McCaul, a Texas Republican, says Putin "tried to erase a culture, a people and a religion, and that is the definition of genocide."…