Explainer: Highest U.N. court can tell states what to do – but not enforce
In ordering Myanmar on Thursday to take immediate measures to prevent atrocities against its Muslim Rohingya minority, the International Court of Justice in The Hague was handing down a binding ruling with no possibility of appeal – and no means of enf…
Tea rooms and double-decker buses: Prince Harry may find home in Canada’s royal city
Prince Harry and wife Meghan have settled, for now, into a seaside home near the most royal of Canadian cities – Victoria, British Columbia (B.C.)- named after a queen who reigned until 1901, during a great expansion of the British Empire.
Gas truck explodes in Lima, killing two and injuring dozens
A truck carrying natural gas exploded on Thursday in Peru’s capital, killing at least two people and injuring 48 in an accident that Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra labeled a “tragedy.”
Critics warn sweeping Mexican judicial reform threatens human rights
Mexican rights groups and leftist President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s opponents are pushing back against a sweeping new judicial reform designed to combat soaring crime, warning that the proposed changes threaten individual freedoms.
U.S. tasks official to counter China’s ‘malign influence’ at U.N.
A top U.S. State Department official has been tasked with countering “malign influences” of China and others at the United Nations, the agency confirmed on Thursday.
Young man killed as Baghdad protests rage
(WARNING: SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THE IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB)
U.S. health officials seek emergency approval to use diagnostic test for new coronavirus
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday it is seeking special emergency authorization from the Food and Drug Administration to allow U.S. states to use a CDC-developed diagnostic test to detect the new coronavirus from Chin…
Canada girds for new coronavirus, 17 years after deadly SARS epidemic
The arrival of a new, sometimes deadly strain of coronavirus to just outside Canada’s borders has health officials determined not to repeat the country’s stumbling response to the SARS epidemic 17 years ago.
Rights group slams use of armed kids in violent area of Mexico
A human rights group on Thursday slammed an armed vigilante group’ training of children to use guns in a violent region of Mexico after images of the armed minors sparked widespread consternation.
Spain calls emergency meeting as Storm Gloria death toll hits 13
Spain’s government will hold an emergency meeting on Friday to deal with the impact of a storm that has caused heavy rains, powerful winds and huge waves, and killed at least 13 people.
