Panama, the Central American nation at the crossroads of international trade and migration, will elect a new president on Sunday after a campaign season mired in legal uncertainty. “It’s a very important election, the most important since after the US invasion” in 1989, said Daniel Zovatto, a global fellow with the Latin America Program at the Wilson Center, a think ...
After spending his days making wine in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains, Tsotne Jafaridze returns home to Tbilisi, Georgia’s capital, and begins his new routine. He packs goggles, a gas mask and enough water and snacks to last several hours. He has another long night ahead. Jafaridze is among thousands of Georgians who have for the past month gathered ...
Concerns are growing for a trio of missing tourists, including a US citizen, as Mexican authorities question three people in connection with their disappearance. A vehicle, tents, and a cell phone were found during an ongoing search in the area where the men were last seen, according to Mexican authorities. American Jack Carter Rhoad and Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson were reported missing on ...
Three men have been arrested and charged in Canada for allegedly murdering a prominent Sikh separatist, according to Canadian police – a death Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has previously linked to the Indian government, drawing vehement protests from New Delhi. The suspects were identified in court filings as Karanpreet Singh, Kamalpreet Singh, and Karan Brar. The men are accused ...
When the Chang’e-4 mission landed in the Von Karman crater on January 3, 2019, China became the first and only country to land on the far side of the moon — the side that always faces away from Earth. Now, China is sending another mission to the far side, and this time, its goal is to return the first samples ...
Time is running out to prevent starvation in Darfur, in western Sudan, a UN agency has warned, as escalating violence devastates the African nation. People have been forced to consume “grass and peanut shells,” the regional director for Eastern Africa of the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday. “If assistance doesn’t reach them soon, we risk witnessing widespread starvation and death ...
Italy’s Ministry of Health has banned the popular wellness trend of “puppy yoga” amid concerns that the puppies used in the practice could be exploited and mistreated. Typically, sessions involve puppies roaming around a yoga class and sometimes being incorporated in poses. Giovanni Leonardi, head of the One Health department of Italy’s health ministry, ruled Tuesday that the use of ...
You may have noticed an unusual German rap song in the background of an increasing number of videos on your TikTok feed. But what is it – and how did it spread so fast? What is Barbara Rhubarb Bar? What sounds like a rap is in fact a German tongue twister written by musical comedian Bodo Wartke and his content ...
Echoes of the 1960s pushed their way into the 2024 election this past week, with scenes of police in riot gear battling demonstrators on campuses across the country. The protests over the Israel-Hamas war offered more warnings to President Biden about the potential consequences of a fractured coalition as he seeks reelection. This post appeared first on The Washington Post ...
When House members vote whether to retain Mike Johnson as their speaker in the coming days, he will receive something not granted to his predecessor Kevin McCarthy: Democratic salvation. That decision can be boiled down to the inverse of an old saying: The devil the Democrats barely know (Johnson) has been deemed more trustworthy than the devil they know quite ...