Aug 31 Canada issues travel advisory warning LGBTQ+ community about U.S. laws that may affect them By Rob Gillies, Associated Press The country's Global Affairs department did not specify which states, but is advising travelers to check the local laws for their destination before traveling. Continue reading
Aug 31 Watch 8:27 U.S. Commerce Secretary discusses trip to China amid military and economic tensions By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Zeba Warsi This week, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo became the latest high-ranking U.S. official to visit China and engage with top Chinese leadership. She went during a time of security and trade tensions between the two global giants and China's ongoing economic… Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch 7:55 Japan's problems developing stable energy sources 12 years after nuclear meltdown By Miles O'Brien, Ian Couzens While the world is focusing on the radioactive water released from the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, the country is grappling with other big questions about its use of nuclear energy. Japan dramatically changed its attitudes after Fukushima melted down… Continue watching
Aug 31 Family of 13-year-old Palestinian attacker to lose home in controversial punitive demolition By Isabel Debre, Associated Press The family’s case — which rights groups describe as uniquely problematic from a legal prospective — has drawn attention to Israel’s controversial practice of demolishing the family homes of Palestinian assailants. Continue reading
Aug 31 Loch Ness monster search party uses new tools to look for an old cryptid By Bella Isaacs-Thomas The “quest” was the largest Loch Ness monster hunting expedition in half a century, according to the organizations that co-led the event. Continue reading
Aug 31 WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing amid coup in Gabon By Sam Mednick, Associated Press The ouster of Gabon's president by mutinous soldiers appears to have been well organized and capitalized on the population's grievances against the government as an excuse to seize power, analysts said. Continue reading
Aug 31 Gabon election a 'smokescreen' for soldiers planning ouster of unpopular president, experts say By Sam Mednick, Associated Press Analysts say the ouster of Gabon's president by mutinous soldiers appears to have been well organized and capitalized on the population's grievances against the government as an excuse to seize power. Continue reading
Aug 31 At least 73 dead after nighttime fire rips through building in South Africa occupied by squatters By Gerald Imray, Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press Authorities say at least 73 people have died in Johannesburg when a nighttime fire ripped through a five-story building that had been used by homeless people and squatters. Continue reading
Aug 30 Guatemala's president-elect and his anti-corruption party faces legal challenges. Here's what's happening By Sonia Pérez D., Associated Press Guatemala's election has been bogged down in court and legal challenges despite the fact the results were clear: Progressive candidate Bernardo Arévalo won about 61 percent of the vote to conservative Sandra Torres' 39 percent. Continue reading
Aug 30 White House says Putin and Kim Jong Un traded letters as Russia looks for munitions from North Korea By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press The United States, the United Kingdom, South Korea and Japan are urging North Korea to halt arms negotiations with Russia following revelations Russian and North Korean talks on a weapons sale are advancing. Continue reading