Sep 15 Biden announces more Iran sanctions on the anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press Amini's death set off protests in dozens of cities across the country of 80 million people, with young women marching in the streets and publicly exposing and cutting off their hair. Continue reading
Sep 15 Dominican Republic closes all borders with Haiti in escalation of diplomatic crisis By Martín Adames Alcántara, Dánica Coto, Associated Press Flights have been canceled and border towns usually teeming with vendors and Haitians crossing daily for work are subdued. Continue reading
Sep 15 Climate protesters worldwide call for end to fossil fuels amid escalating weather extremes By Associated Press The global strike is driven by several mostly youth-led local and global climate groups and organizations, including Greta Thunberg’s Fridays for Future movement and takes place in dozens of countries in hundreds of cities. Continue reading
Sep 15 Belarus leader voices interest in boosting ties with North Korea during meeting with ally Putin By Associated Press The Russian leader said he would brief Lukashenko the talks with Kim on Wednesday at the Vostochny spaceport in Russia’s Far East. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko responded by saying that “we could think about three-way cooperation” involving his country. Continue reading
Sep 15 Search for 10,000 missing continues after catastrophic flooding in eastern Libya By Yousef Murad, Associated Press Authorities warned that disease and explosives shifted by the waters could claim yet more lives. In the most affected areas, efforts to recover the dead and distribute aid were plagued by confusion and lack of resources. Continue reading
Sep 15 European regulators hand TikTok $368 million fine for failing to protect kids' privacy By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press It's the first time that the popular short video-sharing app has been punished for breaching Europe’s strict data privacy rules. Continue reading
Sep 14 A cash-for visas scandal hits Poland's anti-migration government, weeks before elections By Monika Scislowska, Associated Press The scandal comes just weeks ahead of parliamentary elections in which Poland's strongly anti-migrant ruling party is hoping to win an unprecedented third term. Continue reading
Sep 14 Zelenskyy is expected to visit Washington as Congress debates $21 billion in aid for Ukraine By Stephen Groves, Lisa Mascaro, Matthew Lee, Associated Press His visit comes as Congress is debating President Joe Biden's request to provide providing as much as $21 billion in military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine as it fights the Russian invasion. Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch 4:43 Catastrophic flooding sparks renewed scrutiny of Libya's divided government By Stephanie Sy, Eliot Barnhart, Teresa Cebrian Aranda In Libya, deep fears are becoming a horrific reality as the death toll from the devastating floods there has spiked to more than 11,000. Thousands are still missing, submerged in the muddy mire or washed out to sea. Stephanie Sy… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch 8:28 New drone technology could make it easier to clear unexploded bombs, mines in Ukraine By Jack Hewson, Volodymyr Solohub, Teresa Cebrian Aranda, Ed Ram, Andrew Robinson and Sarah Cutler, Columbia Journalism Fellow Among the horrors of war, landmines and unexploded ordnances linger and kill for years afterward. Ukraine is littered with landmines and bombs from both sides. Clearing those explosives is a massive and complicated task, but two young Americans are working… Continue watching