The gang warfare that has claimed more than 230 lives in Haiti recently has also threatened to cut off energy imports vital to transportation and electricity generation. As Agence France-Presse reported, the black market in gasoline in the Caribbean nation has become massive while gas...
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Myanmar’s military junta executed four pro-democracy activists this week in an attempt to deter protestors in the wake of last year’s coup, the New York Times reported. Junta officials said Monday the four individuals were hanged over the weekend in what were the first executions in...
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Tunisians went to the polls Monday to vote on a new constitution that would grant the country’s president significantly more power, and likely eliminate Tunisia’s democratic gains more than a decade after ousting autocratic leader Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the Wall Street Journal reported. Last...
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Pope Francis asked for forgiveness from Canada’s Indigenous community Monday for the Catholic Church’s role in the country’s “catastrophic” residential school system, which sought to forcibly assimilate Indigenous children into Canadian society, the BBC reported. The pontiff made his remark during a visit to Canada this...
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Russian forces have reportedly been using the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine as a base to launch attacks, raising security concerns in surrounding areas, France 24 reported. The power plant is the largest in Europe and has been under Russian control since...
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The average homeowner or farmer sees pocket gophers as pests but a new study suggests that the burrowing animals are actually decent agronomists, Science News reported. Researchers Francis E. Putz and Veronica Selden investigated 12 tunnels belonging to southeastern pocket gophers in Florida. They wanted to...
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