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New Zealand PM vows gun law reform after mosque massacre

New Zealand PM vows gun law reform after mosque massacre

New Zealand’s prime minister vowed Saturday to toughen the country’s gun laws after revealing the alleged shooter behind Christchurch’s mosque…
Argentina’s Fernandez, a divisive figure, hunts allies for election comeback

Argentina’s Fernandez, a divisive figure, hunts allies for election comeback

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s former president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, is trying to win over rivals as she plots…
Activists in Hong Kong and Taiwan feel heat as China fears ‘separatist’ collusion

Activists in Hong Kong and Taiwan feel heat as China fears ‘separatist’ collusion

HONG KONG/TAIPEI (Reuters) – As Beijing grows wary of pro-independence groups seeking to forge closer ties in Hong Kong and…
Rohingya reject relocation to Bangladesh’s island ‘prison camp’

Rohingya reject relocation to Bangladesh’s island ‘prison camp’

Bhashan Char is a small sediment island that is vulnerable to flooding and cyclones. On Wednesday, Bangladeshi authorities said they would begin relocating Rohingya…
‘Cannot go back’: Malawi floods leave thousands homeless

‘Cannot go back’: Malawi floods leave thousands homeless

“We just sleep on the floor in the tents,” said 28-year-old mother-of-five Mary Amidu who like thousands of other Malawians…
‘No Planet B’: Global youth demo for climate kicks off

‘No Planet B’: Global youth demo for climate kicks off

Tens of thousands of young people across Asia skipped school Friday to march through the streets, kicking off a global…
Senate rebukes Trump on border emergency, president vows veto

Senate rebukes Trump on border emergency, president vows veto

President Donald Trump suffered an embarrassing defeat Thursday at the hands of US senators, including fellow Republicans, who voted to…
What the college cheating scandal says about race

What the college cheating scandal says about race

(CNN) — The college admissions scandal reinforced for many what they have long believed: That the process can be gamed by…
Why the 2019 Indian election feels different from 2014

Why the 2019 Indian election feels different from 2014

New Delhi, India (CNN)India’s ruling Hindu nationalist party, which stormed to power five years ago in the world’s biggest democracy,…
Malaysia shuts 111 schools as toxic dumping poisons hundreds

Malaysia shuts 111 schools as toxic dumping poisons hundreds

Malaysia has closed 111 schools after hundreds of people, many of them children, were hospitalized following the suspected dumping of toxic…
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