Acquittal of white police officer sparks violence, protests in US cityThe father of a slain black teenager pleaded for peace Saturday after the acquittal of a white police officer triggered an apparent retaliatory shooting at the defense attorney’s office and touched of...
I’m giving up plastic straws, here’s whyIt is estimated that roughly 8.3 billion plastic straws pollute the world's beaches - more than that of the earth's population. The effects of single-use plastics are well known throughout society - b...
Maduro accuses US of financing mercenary ‘plot’ against himPresident Nicolas Maduro on Saturday accused the United States of using frozen Venezuelan funds to bankroll mercenaries to assassinate him in a "plot" he said was directed by opposition leader Juan Gu...
Syria: Kurds urge world to take back foreign jihadistsSyria's Kurds warned Sunday that the thousands of foreign jihadists they have detained in their fight against the Islamic State group are a time-bomb the international community urgently needs to defu...