On Saturday, North London-based soccer team Tottenham Hotspur face an old cross-town rival, Chelsea. Fans of Tottenham (or …
A Bird’s Eye View of Earth’s Newest Island
A massive earthquake that tragically killed more than 300 people and destroyed scores of mud huts in southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday also offered a surreal moment of creation. The tremor unleashed an underwater “mud volcano” …
Three Months After Snowden’s NSA Revelations, Europe Has Moved On
When Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor, disclosed details about some of the clandestine electronic surveillance programs run by the intelligence agencies of the United States government in June, it was …
Viewpoint: Pope Francis, Make This Man a Saint
When Pope Francis was elected last March, even doctrinally dissident Roman Catholics like me cut the former Argentine cardinal some slack. “I want to believe,” I wrote then, “that his history as an advocate for the poor …
Building Collapse in Mumbai Claims At Least 25 Lives
A five-story building in India’s coastal metropolis of Mumbai collapsed, killing at least 25 people and injuring dozens more. Rescuers were still struggling to reach survivors caught amid the debris.
Not Guilty Pleas in London Terror Killing
Accused of killing off-duty soldier and hacking him with machetes
Syrian Chemical Weapons Inspections Could Start Tuesday
The Organization of the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons will vote on the proposal Friday night
Girl Rescued From Deadly Building Collapse in India
Dozens are trapped in the wreckage
Germany’s Merkel Faces Tough Coalition Talks
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s triumphant center-right party is still considering who to team up with to form a new German coalition government after its election victory, reports the BBC.
While Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won 41.5% of votes – its best result since 1994 – it fell short of a clear majority. And the …
U.N. Climate Panel: It’s 95% Certain That Humans Are The Dominant Cause of Climate Change
A new report by the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has deemed that humans have been the driving force behind climate change since 1950, and that it will require significant action to halt the warming.
The report, which is known as AR5, will be released in stages over the next 14 months; the first portion was …
Two Further Deadly Attacks in Kenya
Just days after heavily armed militants stormed a crowded shopping mall in Nairobi and killed scores of people, three more people have been killed in attacks near the border with Somalia, Kenyan officials said on Thursday, according to the New York Times.
There were two attacks, according to Kenyan officials. The first was against a …
Lionel Messi To Appear In Court Over Alleged Tax Fraud
Barcelona soccer player Lionel Messi and his father are due to appear in a Spanish court on Friday over tax fraud allegations, reports the BBC.
The 26-year-old Argentine and his father, Jorge, are accused of evading €4.2m in tax on earnings made from endorsements from his principal sponsors – Adidas, PepsiCo and Proctor & Gamble …
Iran Thaw: Nuclear Negotiations Fast-Tracked After U.N. Meeting
New talks set for October in Geneva