World Dec 25 Ukrainians move up their traditional Christmas celebration in break with Russia BOBRYTSIA, Ukraine — Ukrainians usually celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, as do the Russians. But not this year, or at least not all of them. Some Orthodox Ukrainians have decided to observe Christmas on Dec. 25, like many Christians around…
World Mar 09 1 million children, nearly half of all refugees, leave behind life in Ukraine Children make up around half of the 2 million refugees who have fled Russia's invasion of Ukraine. For many of the older children, the experience could put them at risk of suffering the psychological trauma of war and seeking refuge.
World Feb 28 For Ukrainians, some European countries open their doors that were kept closed to Middle Eastern and African refugees While Europeans' hospitality toward Ukrainians has been applauded, it has also highlighted the stark difference in treatment received by Middle Eastern and African migrants and refugees, particularly Syrians who came in 2015.
World Sep 21 Toxic gas and new rivers of molten lava endanger Spanish island As a new volcanic vent blew open and unstoppable rivers of molten rock flowed toward the sea, authorities on a Spanish island warned Tuesday that more dangers lie ahead for residents, including earthquakes, lava flows, toxic gases, volcanic ash and…
World Sep 13 Climate change could move 200 million people by 2050, report says Climate change could push more than 200 million people to leave their homes in the next three decades and create migration hotspots unless urgent action is taken to reduce global emissions and bridge the development gap, a World Bank report…
Politics Jun 23 McAfee antivirus software creator dead in Spanish prison The eccentric cryptocurrency promoter and tax opponent whose history of legal troubles spanned from Tennessee to Central America to the Caribbean was discovered dead in his jail cell near Barcelona in an apparent suicide.
World Jun 20 Libyan guards accused of sexually assaulting minors She and four other Somali teenagers undergoing similar abuses are pleading to be released from the Shara al-Zawiya detention center. It is one of a network of centers run by Libya’s Department for Combating Illegal Immigration, or DCIM, which is…
World May 04 Deaths at sea highlight failings in Europe migration policy Approximately 130 people are believed to have died between April 21 and April 22 as they waited in vain for someone to save them, roughly 30 miles from the Libyan coast. It was the deadliest wreck so far this year…
World Apr 24 Out of the cave: French isolation study ends after 40 days ver wonder what it would feel like to unplug from a hyperconnected world and hide away in a dark cave for 40 days? Fifteen people in France did just that, emerging Saturday from a scientific experiment to say that time…
World Oct 01 Pro-Catalan activists march in Barcelona The anniversary of the event that sparked Spain's gravest political crisis in decades was marked by a fractured Catalan independence movement amid delicate talks on the region's future with the country's the center-left Socialist government.