Louisiana’s first woman governor dies, led state through hurricanes
Trailblazing former Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, whose tenure was dominated by the trauma of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, has died from complications...
More mass protests planned in Hong Kong after peaceful weekend of rallies
Hong Kong is gearing up for more protests this week after hundreds of thousands of anti-government demonstrators braved heavy rain to rally peacefully on Sunday,...
Why Argentina’s Macri flopped with young voters
For many young voters in Argentina, talk of the pain surrounding the 2001 crisis was eclipsed by generous social benefits and subsidies under the Kirchners’...
Iranian tanker at center of standoff with West leaves Gibraltar, shipping data shows
The Iranian tanker caught in a stand-off between Tehran and the West left Gibraltar on Sunday night, shipping data showed, hours after the British territory...
Trump says he will likely release Mideast peace plan after Israel elections
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would likely wait until after Israel’s Sept. 17 elections to release a peace plan for the region...
Danish PM says Trump’s idea of selling Greenland to U.S. is absurd
Greenland is not for sale and the idea of selling it to the United States is absurd, Denmark’s prime minister said on Sunday after an...
Hong Kong protests march on with massive turnout
Hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters joined a mass rally in Hong Kong on Sunday, filling major thoroughfares in heavy rain in the eleventh week...
Poles wade through Baltic ‘like herrings’ to commune with the sea
Once a year, Poles head to the Hel Peninsula on the northern coast near Gdynia to “become herrings” and wade up to a meter deep...
CDC investigates lung illnesses linked to e-cigarette use
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a “cluster” of lung illnesses linked to e-cigarette use after such cases were reported in 14...
Iceland unveils memorial plaque for lost glacier
Iceland unveiled a plaque to its Okjokull ice sheet on Sunday, the first of the country’s hundreds of glaciers to melt away due to climate...