Taliban deputy tells leader there is no excuse for education bans on Afghan women and girls
A senior Taliban figure has urged the group’s leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no excuse for them, in a rare public rebuke of government policy. Sher Abbas ...
How the invasive water hyacinth is threatening fishermen's livelihoods on a popular Kenyan lake
The East African Journal of Environment and Natural Resources estimated in a 2023 study that the invasion of water hyacinth in Kenyan lakes — including Africa’s largest lake, Lake Victoria — has led ...
How Baltimore is saving lives by offering young men resources when they put down the guns
Grant, 29, is among about 200 people receiving support through Baltimore’s relatively new Group Violence Reduction Strategy, which targets the root causes of gun violence: hopelessness, joblessness, ...
WHL roundup: Surging Royals reign over Blazers 7-1
Reggie Newman, Caleb Matthews and Kenta Isogai also scored for the B.C. Division-leading Royals (25-12-3-4), who outshot the Blazers 43-24. Teydon Trembecky chipped in with three assists, while ...
Solar farms are booming in the US and putting thousands of hungry sheep to work
Agrivoltaics, a method using land for both solar energy production and agriculture, is on the rise with more than 60 solar grazing projects in the U.S., according to the National Renewable Energy ...
Families of wildfire victims mired in grief, questioning what more could have been done
Now McDaniels, like so many, is facing the gripping realities of grief and questions about what more could have been done. Experts say these survivors are victims themselves; the fires that swept ...
South Korea's impeached president is arrested over martial law declaration and his supporters riot
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hours after South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was formally arrested, triggering rioting by his supporters, his lawyers said Sunday that he remains defiant in ...
US rejects Venezuelan President Maduro's reelection, but keeps financial lifeline for his government
Maduro’s promised election was neither fair nor free, and the longtime president was sworn in this month for a third six-year term despite credible evidence that his opponent got more votes. Yet, the ...
An imprisoned Nobel laureate underscores human rights abuses in Belarus
Authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko often claimed in his three decades in power that Belarus has no political prisoners, but activists say it currently holds about 1,300 of them. Many endure ...
Hughes scores twice, slumping Vancouver Canucks edge Edmonton Oilers 3-2
VANCOUVER — Quinn Hughes scored twice and the struggling Vancouver Canucks edged the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Saturday. Danton Heinen added a goal and J.T. Miller contributed two assists for the Canucks ...
Missouri lawmakers are going after voter-approved abortion rights. Voters will likely reelect them
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Voters in Missouri last election approved a constitutional amendment that promised to undo the state’s near-total abortion ban. The same day, they reelected a Republican ...
Trump-allied group's warnings may signal legal blueprint to attack 'sanctuary' jurisdictions
The warnings may signal part of a legal a roadmap for Trump’s crackdown on immigration and pledge of mass deportations. It accuses officials of violating several federal statutes, including one ...