Apr 30 2018 could be the first year in decades with no Nobel Prize in literature By Jan M. Olsen, Jari Tanner, Associated Press The painful, though not unprecedented possibility arises from sex abuse and financial crimes scandals involving the Swedish Academy, the body that chooses the Nobel literature winner. Continue reading
Apr 30 Missile strikes in Syria kill over a dozen, most of them Iranians By Bassem Mroue, Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press A missile attack on government outposts in northern Syria killed more than a dozen pro-government fighters, many of them Iranians, a war monitoring group and an Iranian news agency said Monday. The strikes came amid soaring tensions between regional archenemies… Continue reading
Apr 30 Double suicide bombing in Afghanistan kills 25 people, including 9 journalists By Rahim Faiez, Amir Shah, Associated Press The attack was the latest in a relentless string of deadly large-scale bombings and assaults that have struck Kabul and elsewhere in Afghanistan so far this year. Continue reading
Apr 29 Watch 4:00 Venezuelan refugee crisis faces a backlash across Latin America By PBS News Hour Five thousand Venezuelans flee the economic collapse at home every day and resettle across Latin America, a region with a tradition of open borders. But now, countries are facing a backlash. This month, the governor of Roraima in northern Brazil… Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch 9:49 How Estonia built a digital first government By PBS News Hour From filing taxes to accessing medical records to voting, 99 percent of all government services in Estonia are available online. Accessed at the state portal using an ID card and a pin code, the former Soviet nation is the first… Continue watching
Apr 29 Armenia protest leader seeks president’s backing to be PM By Associated Press The leader of the wave of protests that created a surprise power vacuum in Armenia said Sunday that he has met with the country's new president and hopes to secure his support to become prime minister. Continue reading
Apr 29 Seoul: North Korea’s Kim vows to shut nuke test site in May By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to shut down his country's nuclear test site in May and disclose the process to experts and journalists from South Korea and the United States, Seoul's presidential office said Sunday. Continue reading
Apr 29 Pompeo, in Saudi Arabia, talks tough on Iran, Gulf dispute By Matthew Lee, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is using the Middle East leg of his first trip abroad as America's top diplomat to call for concerted international action to punish Iran for its missile programs. Continue reading
Apr 28 Watch 4:34 How will Mike Pompeo shape U.S. foreign policy? By PBS News Hour Hours after he was confirmed as Secretary of State this week, Mike Pompeo addressed NATO in Brussels and is also slated to visit key U.S. allies Saudi Arabia, Israel and Jordan on his first diplomatic trip. A few days earlier,… Continue watching
Apr 28 Philippines latest foreign country to book Trump’s D.C. hotel By Bernard Condon, Stephen Braun, Associated Press Critics say such bookings are nothing more than attempts to curry favor with President Donald Trump. Continue reading