Category: World News
Panama Canal’s Expansion Opened Routes for Fish to Relocate
New York Times A multibillion-dollar expansion helped the canal accommodate king-size cargo ships. It might also be fueling ecological upheaval. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/climate/panama-canal-invasive-fish.html
Read MoreEarthquake kills at least 95 in Tibet near China’s border with Nepal
Washington Post The 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck an area that serves as a major stop on the way to the North Base Camp, where adventurers set out to climb Mount Everest. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/07/tibet-earthquake-china-nepal/
Read MoreAfghans land in the Philippines for visa processing ahead of resettlement in US
Fox News A group of Afghan nationals landed in the Philippines on Monday for the processing of special immigrant visas for their resettlement in the U.S. Their arrival comes as part of an agreement between the Filipino and U.S. governments. The Philippines agreed in July to temporarily host a U.S. immigrant visa processing center for…
Read MoreTrump Jr. to visit Greenland amid father’s talk of U.S. buying island
Washington Post Trump Jr. said he was visiting “as a tourist.” Danish and Greenlandic officials have repeatedly insisted the territory is not for sale. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/07/greenland-donald-trump-jr-visit-us-purchase/
Read MoreLouis Schittly, who helped start Doctors Without Borders, dies at 86
Washington Post An aid mission during Nigeria’s civil war in the late 1960s led to the creation of Médecins Sans Frontières, which received a Nobel Peace Prize in 1999. https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/01/06/louis-schittly-doctors-borders-msf-dies/
Read MoreDavid Lodge, British novelist who satirized campus life, dies at 89
Washington Post Despite tackling weighty themes like death and faith, his novels were often warm and playful. Twice shortlisted for the Booker, he was also a formidable critic. https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/01/06/david-lodge-dead/
Read MoreU.S. transfers 11 Yemeni prisoners from Guantánamo to Oman
Washington Post The men released from Guantánamo Bay on Monday were never charged with crimes. Their resettlement leaves 15 at the U.S. military prison complex. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/06/guantanamo-yemeni-detainees-oman/
Read MoreLaw student killed by elephant during vacation to Thailand: officials
Fox News A young woman was killed by an Asian elephant at a sanctuary in Thailand on Friday during a bathing session gone wrong, according to officials. Spanish citizen Blanca Ojanguren, 22, was visiting Koh Yao Elephant Care on Yao Yai Island with her boyfriend at the time of the incident, Spanish newspaper El Mundo…
Read MoreVenezuelan opposition leader who claimed victory over Maduro meets with Biden
Fox News Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia, who claimed victory in last year’s presidential election against current President Nicolás Maduro, met with President Biden on Monday in search of support in removing the incumbent from office. Biden and González Urrutia met at the White House, where the latter, who represented Venezuela’s main opposition coalition…
Read MoreHow ISIS became ‘the easiest club’ to join
Washington Post From a Taylor Swift concert threat in Vienna to an attack on Bourbon Street: how the Islamic State is radicalizing people around the world. https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/how-isis-became-the-easiest-club-to-join/
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