Pictures from above: What a bird’s eye view of Africa reveals
Pictures taken from above the continent show how the landscape is transformed by human activity.
Canadian woman missing in Iran and her family believes she’s been detained
Her family says Behnoush, a Canadian-Iranian who lived in Metro Vancouver, was not a political person. She was a manager at a spa in West Vancouver.
Outraged Over Illnesses Among Schoolgirls, Iranians Return to Streets
With thousands of girls falling ill and claims of poisonings, Iranians held the first wide-scale protests in months.
The haters and conspiracy theorists back on Twitter
A BBC Monitoring investigation has found hundreds of reinstated accounts on Twitter promoting abuse and misinformation.
US Announces $26 Million In New Aid For Rohingya Refugees
The United States announced on Tuesday $26 million in new humanitarian aid for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and elsewhere in that region of Asia.
Photo of Republican Gov. Bill Lee in drag gets full-page ad in Tennessee newspaper
The goal of the ad is to highlight the “hypocrisy of Tennessee’s drag ban,” according to the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ civil rights organization.
The future of Husky men’s basketball belongs to UW’s freshman duo
The once heirs apparent and freshmen guards who were an afterthought in the regular-season opener are now fully entrenched in the driver’s seat of the Washington men’s basketball team.
2 kidnapped U.S. citizens found dead in Mexico; 2 others rescued
Two of the four U.S. citizens who were violently kidnapped at gunpoint last week while in Mexico have been found dead. The two surviving American citizens have been returned to the U.S., according to the State Department. Omar Villafranca reports.
French pension reform showdown: ‘Game of chicken between the streets and parliament’
French President Emmanuel Macron is once again facing fierce pushback over his plans to raise the retirement age for millions. Public transport was severely disrupted across France, fuel deliveries were halted and teachers walked off the job as unions …