The leader of the free world owns a winery outside of Charlottesville, Virginia — even though he does not drink. Whatever motivates his appreciation for vino, however, it is apparently on his mind during the final days of his administration. Whil…
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon surged again over the past year, hitting a 12-year high, according to official figures released Monday that drew a chorus of condemnation of President Jair Bolsonaro’s government. A total of 11,088 square kil…
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Monday said she will seek a second referendum on independence if her Scottish National Party (SNP) wins at elections in May. The head of Scotland’s devolved government and the leader of the pro-i…
Sen. Bernie Sanders warned over the weekend that the assassination of top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh—widely believed to have been the work of Israel—was carried out with the intention of undermining any prospect of diplomacy between t…
The best part about winter is hot chocolate. I think we can all agree on that.Think of it: You’re out in the snow. Your feet are wet. Your toes ache. Your nose is running. You can’t feel your fingers. You have been shivering so long you don’t remember …
Thousands have fled the scene of a rumbling Indonesian volcano that burst to life for the first time in several years, belching a massive column of smoke and ash, the disaster agency said Monday. The evacuation of more than 4,400 residents came as Moun…
Australia demanded an apology after a senior Chinese official posted a fake image of an Australian soldier holding a knife with blood on it to the throat of an Afghan child, calling it “truly repugnant” and demanding it be taken down. Prime…
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said Sunday that a recent protest in Havana by an artists’ collective over freedom of expression was “the last attempt” by US President Donald Trump’s administration “to overthrow the revo…
The Arab uprisings a decade ago were supercharged by online calls to join the protests — but the internet was soon flooded with misinformation, weakening the region’s cyber-activists. When Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled the …
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law is headed to Saudi Arabia in an attempt to fix the ongoing dispute with Qatar. Kushner spent the past four years attempting to achieve Middle East peace, which Trump promised he could achieve quickly and easily…