In an effort to combat global food insecurity, the 68th U.N. General Assembly declared 2016 the International Year of Pulses. “Pulses are annual leguminous crops that yield between one and 12 grains...
Murky, brown, rancid, high in lead and — by some reports — carrying Legionnaires disease. These are the conditions of tap water in Flint, Michigan.
On April 25, 2014, the City of Flint switched...
Ian Penny, World & Nation Editor
• February 5, 2016
Burundi
Following the conclusion of the 26th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the new chair of the AU, Chadian President Idriss Deby, must resolve the situation in Burundi without force....
The dogs and cats are gone. Now residents of the besieged Syrian town of Madaya are surviving on boiled water and tea leaves.
Since 2011, the Middle Eastern nation has gone from mild protests to a war-torn...
After experiencing a disappointing defeat for climate justice, 13-year-old Hallie Turner has decided to keep fighting.
“It’s an issue that I’m always going to continue trying to make a difference...
When President Barack Obama took office in 2008, he promised to close down the Guantanamo Bay detention center. As his second term nears its conclusion, Obama hopes to finally fulfill that promise.
However,...
China
Beijing is experiencing an “orange level” alert, meaning the amount of smog is so high that all major factories must be required to either shut down or reduce pollution. Over the past few...
A pair of suicide bombers attacked southern Beirut, Lebanon, on Nov. 12, leaving 43 dead and 239 wounded.
The bombings occurred just before 6 p.m. in the Bourj el-Barajneh suburb of Beirut, one outside...
“We are a nation of laws,” said North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, before signing House Bill 318. “No politician should choose which laws to obey and which laws not to obey, and this includes immigration...
