Dec 10 Climate change threatens reindeer and a way of life By David Keyton, Associated Press Already pressured by the mining and forestry industry, and other development that encroach on grazing land, Sami herding communities fear climate change could mean the end of their traditional lifestyle. Continue reading
Dec 10 UN high court hears Rohingya genocide allegations By Aleksandar Furtula, Lorne Cook, Associated Press More than 700,000 Rohingya fled to neighboring Bangladesh to escape what has been called an ethnic cleansing campaign involving mass rapes, killings and the torching of homes. Continue reading
Dec 10 Witnesses recall horror of deadly New Zealand volcano eruption By Nick Perry, Associated Press Survivors of the eruptions suffered serious burns, witnesses who helped some of the victims said. Continue reading
Dec 10 6 dead in Czech Republic hospital shooting By Karel Janicek, Associated Press Prime Minister Andrej Babis told Czech public television the shooting took place around 7 a.m. in a waiting room. Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch 6:57 News Wrap: Putin and Zelensky have 1st one-on-one meeting In our news wrap Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held their first one-on-one meeting. It came in Paris, after the two met with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel for broader talks… Continue watching
Dec 09 Watch 5:49 Explosive investigative report says U.S. government misled public on war in Afghanistan In a blockbuster story representing the culmination of several years of investigation and pursuit of government documents, The Washington Post reports that U.S. officials have been misleading the American public about the war in Afghanistan for the past 18 years. Continue watching
Dec 09 Saudi Arabia's deficit widens to $49 billion ahead of Aramco sale By Aya Batrawy, Associated Press The Saudi government aims to generate billions of dollars from the partial sale this week of state oil company, Aramco. Continue reading
Dec 09 Too much of a Greta thing? 16-year-old activist urges focus on others By Frank Jordans, Aritz Parra, Associated Press “Our stories have been told over and over again,” Thunberg said, explaining why she and prominent German activist Luisa Neubauer would be handing over the stage at the U.N. climate meeting in Madrid to other young activists. Continue reading
Dec 09 Putin and Zelensky agree to revive peace talks at 1st meeting By Vladimir Isachenkov, Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press President Vladimir Putin of Russia met with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine for the first time Monday at a summit in Paris to try to end five years of war between Ukrainian troops and Moscow-backed separatists. Continue reading
Dec 09 At least 43 people die after fire in illegal factory in India By Sheikh Saaliq, Emily Schmall, Associated Press Tens of thousands of such spaces have been closed in a drive spurred by a decades-old court case, but a Delhi Municipal Corporation census counted more than 30,000 illegal factories last year. Continue reading