CNN’s David McKenzie joins a disposal team who slowly and carefully crawls every inch of ground to locate and remove live ammunition and ordinance littered throughout Ukraine.Story Published at:
At least 32 killed in India as monsoonal rains lash northern states
At least 32 people have died since Friday in flash flooding and landslides triggered by heavy monsoonal rains in two of India’s northern states.Story Published at: August 22, 2022 at 11:25AM
‘It’s a hopeless situation,’ says footballer Nadia Nadim a year since the Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan
With this week marking a year since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, football star Nadia Nadim is coming to terms with a “weird feeling.”Story Published at: August 22, 2022 at 10:12AM
Is this Nigerian teen the next women’s golf prodigy?
A single moment can change the trajectory of our lives. For Nigerian Iyeneobong “Iyene” Essien, that moment came when she was just five years old. She remembers the day her dad took her to a golf course in Abuja, where she saw a boy teeing off. Intrigued by the sight, she asked her dad if she could pursue the sport. […]
Raila Odinga challenges presidential results in Kenyan Supreme Court
Presidential candidate Raila Odinga has formally filed a petition challenging the election results in Kenya’s Supreme Court on Monday, according to one of Odinga’s lawyers, Daniel Maanzo.Story Published at: August 22, 2022 at 09:46AM
China flexes military muscles, then targets Taiwan’s citrus fruits
For the last 18 years, Li Meng-han and his family have grown pomelos in a rural town near the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan.Story Published at: August 22, 2022 at 05:06AM
China’s July Russian coal imports hit 5-year high as West shuns Moscow
China’s coal imports from Russia jumped 14% in July from a year earlier to their highest in at least five years, as China bought discounted coal while Western countries shunned Russian cargoes over its invasion of Ukraine.Story Published at: August 22, 2022 at 03:55AM
Singapore to repeal colonial era law criminalizing sex between men, says prime minister
Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday said the country will repeal the colonial-era Section 377A of Singapore’s Penal Code, thereby decriminalizing gay sex in Singapore, but added that same-sex marriage will continue to be illegal in the city-state. Story Published at: August 21, 2022 at 04:02PM
How to end the war on drugs in a country synonymous with drugs
It’s the home of notorious drug trafficker Pablo Escobar, and the origin of legendary Santa Marta Gold — once the most sought-after varieties of weed in the United States — named after Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range.Story Published at: August 21, 2022 at 03:43PM
Mexican court issues 83 arrest warrants related to the disappearance of 43 students
A court in Mexico on Friday ordered the arrest warrants of 83 people allegedly involved in the 2014 disappearance of 43 students, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement. Story Published at: August 20, 2022 at 09:35PM