Sri Lanka’s Marxist-leaning president appoints Cabinet after election win
Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning president swore in a 22-member Cabinet on Monday after his party secured a two-thirds parliamentary majority in last week’s election. The ...
Pakistan’s top cleric says use of VPNs is against Islamic laws as the government seeks to ban them
Pakistan’s top body of clerics has declared the use of virtual private networks, or VPNs, against Islamic laws, officials said Monday, as the Ministry of Interior sought a ...
Young people, whose futures are at stake in UN climate talks, push through anger to fight for hope
Young people who attend the United Nations climate talks have a lot to be angry about. They’ve lost loved ones and months of ...
Climate talks in Azerbaijan head into their second week, coinciding with G20 in Rio
United Nations talks on getting money to curb and adapt to climate change resumed Monday with fresh hope that negotiators and ...
Some Arab Americans who voted for Trump are concerned about his picks for key positions
Just a week after winning a majority of the vote in several of the nation’s largest Arab-majority cities, President-elect ...
As China cracks down on bookstores at home, Chinese-language booksellers are flourishing overseas
Yu Miao smiles as he stands among the 10,000 books crowded on rows of bamboo shelves in his newly reopened bookstore. It’s in ...
Brazil hosts a G20 summit overshadowed by wars and Trump’s return, aiming for a deal to fight hunger
With Brazil preparing to host the Group of 20 summit, it appears unlikely the leading rich and developing nations will sign ...
Nashville real estate developer Bill Freeman has died
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Nashville mogul and former mayoral candidate, Bill Freeman, has died, according to officials.
45 pro-democracy activists face sentencing in Hong Kong. Here’s who some of them are
Dozens of prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activists are scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday in the largest case under a ...
North Korean leader calls for expanding his nuclear forces in the face of alleged US threats
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un renewed his call for a “limitless” expansion of his military nuclear program to counter ...
La Niña winter predicted: Will Tennessee see more snow?
NOAA meteorologist Tom Di Liberto recently reexamined snowfall trends during La Niña winters and found they tend to be ...
2 killed, 10 wounded in shootings near New Orleans parade route
Two people were killed and 10 others were wounded in two separate shootings along a New Orleans parade route and celebration attended by thousands on Sunday, authorities said.