• Boko Haram claims kidnapping of Nigeria students in north

    Boko Haram claims kidnapping of Nigeria students in north

    Dec 15, 2020 02:06 PM EDT

    ... Twitter Tuesday. He gave no information about the identity of the abductors. The Daily Nigerian said it received an audio message from Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau saying that his group abducted the schoolboys because Western education is against the tenets of Islam. "What happened in Katsina was done to ...

  • Polish police criticized for using tear gas on protesters

    Polish police criticized for using tear gas on protesters

    Nov 19, 2020 09:53 PM EDT

    ... plainclothes police with batons used force on some of the protesters Wednesday night. Witnesses said that plainclothes officers entered the crowd of protesters, some with armbands identifying them as police and some without, and used truncheons to beat protesters. TV broadcast images also showed Marta Lempart, one of the leaders ...

  • The 'Pandemmys' were weird and sometimes wonderful

    The 'Pandemmys' were weird and sometimes wonderful

    Sep 21, 2020 01:26 PM EDT

    ... Shirley Chisholm in “Mrs. America,” knew what she had to say first: “Mom, I won!” Her mother, it turns out, was downstairs, and according to Aduba, a bit confused as to how things were working. “She was not fully grasping," Aduba said later. “'What do you mean the Emmys are ...

  • China and India accuse each other of military border moves, firing shots

    China and India accuse each other of military border moves, firing shots

    Sep 08, 2020 02:53 PM EDT

    ... between India and China, referred to as the Line of Actual Control, stretches from the Ladakh region in the west to the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh in the east. China also claims all of Arunachal Pradesh as its territory.The Asia giants fought a border war in 1962 that ...

  • The public health crisis you may not know about: snakebites

    The public health crisis you may not know about: snakebites

    Aug 22, 2020 09:38 PM EDT

    ... leg because it adds pressure and it’s always painful and the swelling will increase.  Benedict Moran: One of her patients is 12-year-old Abubakar Dahiru, who was bitten while tending cows. He’s been in the hospital for seven days. His parents are worried after nurses administered an ...

  • Indigenous protesters in Brazil demand COVID-19 protection

    Indigenous protesters in Brazil demand COVID-19 protection

    Aug 18, 2020 12:02 AM EDT

    ... unit beds for COVID-19 patients. They wore headdresses of yellow, green and blue feathers, and brandished bows, arrows and clubs. Some had colorful beads, armbands and headbands of Brazilian soccer clubs. "Health care here is precarious. There are not enough health care workers to handle the situation. We need ...

  • Crunch, crunch: Africa’s locust outbreak is far from over

    Crunch, crunch: Africa’s locust outbreak is far from over

    Jul 05, 2020 07:55 PM EDT

    ... due to the coronavirus pandemic have further hampered control efforts. Additionally, armed conflict in Somalia rendered some of the locust breeding areas inaccessible,” ICPAC expert Abubakr Salih Babiker and colleagues wrote in correspondence published in the journal Nature Climate Change this month. Since “more extreme climate variability could increase the ...

  • India says 20 soldiers killed in standoff with Chinese troops

    India says 20 soldiers killed in standoff with Chinese troops

    Jun 16, 2020 01:40 PM EDT

    ... confrontation” between India and China since 1975, when Chinese troops killed four Indian soldiers in an ambush in the Twang region of northeastern India’s Arunachal Pradesh state.“It’s a very complicated and serious situation, and it will take real, hard negotiating skills to resolve this,” Hooda said. Lt ...

  • NRA cutting staff and salaries amid coronavirus pandemic

    NRA cutting staff and salaries amid coronavirus pandemic

    May 03, 2020 05:53 PM EDT

    ... and membership events along with competitions, training seminars and other revenue streams — those disruptions are the primary drivers of our decision-making process,” said Andrew Arulanandam, spokesman for the NRA. “Like every other business and nonprofit, we are forced to make tough choices in this new economic environment.” The coronavirus ...

  • India's effort to clean up sacred but polluted Ganga River

    India's effort to clean up sacred but polluted Ganga River

    Feb 11, 2020 11:30 PM EDT

    ... given climate change. Himalayan glaciers that feed this region's major rivers are receding. Rainy seasons are getting shorter and dry spells longer.For now, Arunabha Ghosh, who heads a Delhi-based think tank, gives the government's effort a low grade. Arunabha Ghosh: You have a financing problem. You ...