OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images Erdogan has demanded that the hugely symbolic world heritage site should be turned back into a mosque despite widespread international criticism, including from the United States and Orthodox Christian leaders. The building opened its doors… Continue Reading
Get Breaking News Delivered to Your Inbox In more than a dozen hearings that went on for more than a month, ABS-CBN executives were made to answer allegations of abuse of labor, tax evasion, biased reporting and foreign ownership. She… Continue Reading
By June the number had risen to over 350, drawing global attention. PHOTOGRAPHS OBTAINED BY REUTERS In May, 169 elephant carcasses had been found. Officials collected samples from the elephants in May, but there are still no results. PHOTOGRAPHS OBTAINED… Continue Reading
Some fear that they will face persecution for their work if they return to their countries or face other safety concerns. As one Voice of America journalist told CBS News on Thursday: “We’re continuing to work without knowing if we’re going… Continue Reading
But scientists say it may actually be a warning sign of environmental trouble. MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images Di Mauro said on Twitter that the algae was likely Chlamydomonas nivalis, a snow alga, not Ancylonema nordenskioeldi, a glacier alga. Scientists say it’s not… Continue Reading
City officials said he left a short “will-like” message apologizing to his family and the Korean people just days after reportedly being accused of sexual misconduct by a former secretary. A public memorial was also to be held Friday in… Continue Reading
First published on July 9, 2020 / 5:27 PM grocery brands vowing not to stock or sell coconut products from Thai suppliers that use monkeys as labor. Retailers nix coconut milk from Thai suppliers that use monkey labor By Kate… Continue Reading
This is not something we take lightly and that is why I discourage the illegal journey,” Morgan said in one of his statements Thursday. officials to disqualify migrants from asylum and another humanitarian protection from deportation if they come from… Continue Reading
Carl Court/Getty While in previous years evacuees were urged to bed down in shelters for their own well-being, this year the common wisdom has been turned on its head. As inhabitants in eastern Japan were shaken awake by an early-morning… Continue Reading
from WHO U.S. Trump have also been damaged. The wooden sculpture, he told Reuters, was blackened and disfigured.”I want to know why they did it,” Downey said. considers banning TikTok and other apps, Pompeo says On July 3, Mr. Melania… Continue Reading
The lawyer suggested the arrest was aimed at intimidating journalists in the country, and said the outcome of the case could depend largely on the reaction of Safronov’s media colleagues. Many see the arrest of Ivan Safronov as the latest… Continue Reading
Trump at the White House since the coronavirus effectively brought life in the U.S. President Trump and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sign a joint trade declaration in the Rose Garden at the White House on Wednesday, July 8,… Continue Reading
Mike Ryan, executive director of WHO’s Health Emergencies Program, said there are several possible explanations for a global death decline. She said the WHO still recommends people physical distance and continue to wear face masks. The letter was issued as the… Continue Reading
government the power to categorically disqualify migrants from asylum and another form of humanitarian relief from deportation if it determines they could spread an infectious disease, like the novel coronavirus, inside the country. More than 3 million people have tested… Continue Reading
Trump announced he would be “terminating” the U.S.’s relationship with the body over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The president has pinned much of the blame for the rapid spread of the coronavirus around the world on the agency,… Continue Reading