Aug 25 Watch 6:41 Palestinian cookbook celebrates a culture without a country By Pavni Mittal, Hari Sreenivasan Food writer Yasmin Khan's latest release, "Zaitoun: Recipes from the Palestinian Kitchen," catalogs 80 Palestinian recipes and delves into the complexities of Palestinian culinary heritage under Israeli occupation. Hari Sreenivasan spoke with Khan about her travels through Israel, the West… Continue watching
Aug 25 Why are so many languages spoken in some places and so few in others? By Marco Túlio Pacheco Coelho, Michael Gavin, The Conversation Collectively, human beings speak more than 7,000 distinct languages, and these languages are not uniformly distributed across the planet. Continue reading
Aug 25 Paris celebrates its liberation from Nazis, 75 years on By Angela Charlton, Elaine Ganley, Associated Press Paris celebrated the American soldiers, French Resistance fighters and others who liberated the City of Light from Nazi occupation exactly 75 years ago on Sunday, unleashing an eruption of kissing, dancing, tears and gratitude. Continue reading
Aug 25 Drone war takes flight, raising stakes in Iran, U.S. tensions By Jon Gambrell, Josef Federman, Zeina Karam, Associated Press From the vast deserts of Saudi Arabia to the crowded neighborhoods of Beirut, a drone war has taken flight across the wider Middle East, raising the stakes in the ongoing tensions between the U.S. and Iran. Continue reading
Aug 25 Best G-7 can do for global economy: just don’t make it worse By David McHugh, Associated Press The global economy craves a double shot of confidence right now but the best that leaders of the Group of Seven can offer is a less intoxicating cocktail: not making things worse. Continue reading
Aug 25 Hong Kong police draw guns in latest protest violence By Kelvin Chan, Kin Cheung, Associated Press Police in Hong Kong drew their guns Sunday night after a small group of protesters attacked officers with sticks and rods, and used tear gas to clear pro-democracy demonstrators who had taken over a street. Continue reading
Aug 24 G-7 summit in France a test of unity among world leaders By Lori Hinnant, David McHugh, Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press Efforts to salvage consensus among the G-7 rich democracies frayed Saturday in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump's unpredictable America-first approach even before the official start of the summit in southern France. Continue reading
Aug 24 Brazil military begins operations to fight Amazon fires By Marcelo Silva de Sousa, Associated Press Backed by military aircraft, Brazilian troops on Saturday prepared to deploy in the Amazon to fight fires that have swept the region and prompted anti-government protests as well as an international outcry. Continue reading
Aug 24 Russian capsule carrying robot fails space station docking By Associated Press A statement from the Russian space agency Roscosmos said the failure on Saturday was because of problems in the docking system. It said the space station itself and the six-person crew are safe. Continue reading
Aug 24 North Korea test-fires missiles again after joint drills end By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press North Korea fired two suspected short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Saturday in the seventh weapons launch in a month, South Korea’s military said, a day after it vowed to remain America’s biggest threat in protest of U.S.-led… Continue reading