USA Today: World
- A dog named Bear is saving koalas from wildfires in Australia
Wednesday - 11/20/2019 - 08:32 AMDubbed the "koala detection dog" by International Fund for Animal Welfare, Bear has been searching for koalas that might have survived the flames.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - They have different causes and aims but mass protests from Iran to Hong Kong accelerate
Monday - 11/18/2019 - 05:48 AMMass protests around the world that have broken out, for different reasons, in recent months. On Sunday, Iran imposed a near total Internet blackout.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Venice mayor closes St. Mark's Square after second catastrophic floods
Friday - 11/15/2019 - 11:32 AMHigh tidal waters and catastrophic flooding returned to Venice, prompting the mayor to close the iconic St. Mark's Square.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Australian fires burn through koala colonies, killing hundreds: 'It's a national tragedy'
Thursday - 11/14/2019 - 01:11 PMBushfires raging in eastern Australia have killed at least four people and killed so many koalas they may land on the endangered species list.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Climate change is damaging the health of the world's children and threatens lifelong impact, report says
Wednesday - 11/13/2019 - 06:31 PMClimate change is already damaging children's health worldwide and could shape the well-being of an entire generation.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Venice's famous canals are flooded and the mayor blames climate change
Wednesday - 11/13/2019 - 07:03 AMPhotos surfacing on social media show desperate shopkeepers at St. Mark's Square and overturned ferries near the city's canals.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - This shy, tiny 'mouse deer' was lost for almost 30 years. Researchers just captured images of it
Tuesday - 11/12/2019 - 01:49 PMThe silver-backed chevrotain, or Vietnamese mouse deer, has been recorded in the wild for the first time in almost 30 years, conservationists say.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Evo Morales flees crisis-torn Bolivia
Tuesday - 11/12/2019 - 12:42 PMEvo Morales, who transformed Bolivia as its first indigenous president, was flying to exile in Mexico after weeks of violent protests. (Nov. 12)
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Missing for 75 years, WWII submarine found after translation error discovered
Monday - 11/11/2019 - 02:11 PMThe USS Grayback, a World War II sub, sank in February 1944 and had been missing ever since. A team of explorers just found it off the coast of Japan.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Germany celebrates 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall
Saturday - 11/09/2019 - 04:12 PMFrom 1961 until 1989 the Berlin Wall prevented people from East Berlin fleeing into West Berlin.
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- Third case of plague linked to Black Death found in China after hunter eats wild rabbit
Monday - 11/18/2019 - 11:49 AMThe patient hunted and ate a wild rabbit, which may have caused the plague. Authorities state that there is no connection between the two cases.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Hong Kong protesters with bows, arrows battle police for control of university, dozens arrested
Sunday - 11/17/2019 - 03:43 PMHong Kong students shot arrows at police firing tear gas as escalating violence paralyzed the semi-autonomous Chinese territory's educational system.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - AP Top Stories November 14: Impeachment, Israel cease-fire, Hong Kong protest
Thursday - 11/14/2019 - 01:51 PMDemocrats, Republicans disagree about impeachment hearings; Israel and Islamic Jihad announce cease-fire; Protests in Hong Kong
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - American ISIS fighter stranded in no-man's to be repatriated to U.S., Turkey says
Thursday - 11/14/2019 - 06:48 AMTurkish media identified the Islamic State group fighter as Mohammad Darwis B. and said he was an American citizen of Jordanian background.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 2 people in China infected with plague, the disease tied to Black Death
Wednesday - 11/13/2019 - 09:16 AMTwo people from Inner Mongolia were treated for pneumonic plague Beijing's Chaoyang district, local health officials said Tuesday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'A particularly inappropriate time': Trump to welcome Erdogan despite Syria attack
Wednesday - 11/13/2019 - 02:00 AMThe meeting could prove to be a political hornet's nest, provoking fresh bipartisan anger over Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Everything is at stake for Hong Kong. Here's why.
Tuesday - 11/12/2019 - 11:40 AMThousands of protestors in Hong Kong have taken to the streets fighting for their right to remain independent from China. Here's what's at stake.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Taliban to free American, Australian hostages in prisoner swap, Afghan president says
Tuesday - 11/12/2019 - 06:49 AMThe Taliban kidnapped American Kevin King in 2016 along with Timothy Weeks, an Australian national, outside the American University of Afghanistan.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 10 more bodies found at mass grave near US-Mexico border, bringing total to 58, officials say
Sunday - 11/10/2019 - 03:34 PMForty-two bodies were initially discovered in a mass grave near the beach resort town approximately 200 miles from Phoenix.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Hugs, not bullets': Mexican security strategy increasingly scrutinized in wake of massacre
Saturday - 11/09/2019 - 08:00 AMThe Mexican president's approach to battling crime and violence has come under criticism as U.S. politicians talk of military intervention.
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- Two American service members killed in Afghanistan helicopter crash
Wednesday - 11/20/2019 - 05:16 AMNineteen American service members have been killed in Afghanistan this year.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Joe Biden campaign fires back after North Korean media calls him a 'rabid dog'
Friday - 11/15/2019 - 08:33 AMJoe Biden's campaign fired back after North Korean state media called him a "rabid dog" who "must be beaten to death with a stick."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Australia's bushfire season begins early and forcefully as its politicians differ over climate change
Friday - 11/15/2019 - 03:00 AMOfficials and experts have been quick to blame climate change for the conditions, pointing out the fire season is becoming longer and more intense.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pompeo 'on shifting sand' as impeachment probe reveals his role in Ukraine pressure campaign
Thursday - 11/14/2019 - 07:15 AMCritics say Pompeo's credibility has collapsed amid revelations that he enabled Rudy Giuliani to run a shadow foreign policy operation.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Venice flooding marks highest tides in 50 years, causing damage to historical buildings
Wednesday - 11/13/2019 - 08:47 AMExtreme high tides caused flooding in Venice, filling St. Mark's Square and multiple historical buildings with water on Nov. 12.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 51 children injured in chemical attack at Chinese kindergarten after man sprays caustic soda
Tuesday - 11/12/2019 - 10:30 AMFifty-one children and three teachers were hurt in the sodium hydroxide attack in the city of Kaiyuan in Yunnan Province, Xinhua News Agency reported.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Rare fanged mouse deer caught on camera for first time in 30 years
Tuesday - 11/12/2019 - 11:35 AMThe rare silver-backed chevrotain, commonly known as the Vietnamese mouse deer, was spotted for the first time in 30 years.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Israeli airstrike kills Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza home
Tuesday - 11/12/2019 - 08:38 AMThe Israeli strike killed Bahaa Abu el-Atta and his wife, setting off a furious barrage of dozens of rocket attacks reaching as far as Tel Aviv.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Deadly ambush in Mexico leaves La Mora community torn: Do they stay or leave?
Monday - 11/11/2019 - 08:58 AMAfter an ambush that killed nine people, families from the La Mora community are considering whether to leave or stay in northern Mexico.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'No wall can't be broken down.' Germany marks 30 years since the collapse of the Berlin Wall
Saturday - 11/09/2019 - 10:37 AMChancellor Angela Merkel says history proves that barriers to freedom cannot stand as she and Germany mark 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall
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