International

Scientists discover third Orangutan species. It’s already threatened with extinction

Researchers have established that an isolated population of orangutans found in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, is actually a distinct third species. Orangutan from Batang Toru, which scientists now say belongs to a new species. Credit: Tim Laman. One big family Biologists had known about the unique orangutan population, which is nestled within the Tapanuli district

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International, The World We Share

When Girl Writes Poem About the Eiffel Tower, the French President Responds With One of His Own

A special birthday present for Sophie, 13 today: President @EmmanuelMacron’s reply to her poem on the #EiffelTower. Bon anniversaire Sophie! pic.twitter.com/NxMTbikMBm- French Embassy UK (@FranceintheUK) November 1, 2017 Seeing a school project pinned up on your household’s refrigerator is one thing – it’s another thing entirely when it is complimented by the president of France.

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International

Argentina’s former VP arrested on corruption charges: court sources

Amado Boudou, Argentina’s vice president under Cristina Kirchner, was arrested Friday on charges including money laundering and hiding undeclared assets, court sources said. Judge Ariel Lijo ordered his arrest in a case initially brought in 2012. Boudou was economy minister from 2009-2011, then served as vice president from 2011 until Kirchner left office in December

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International

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to punish ACLU lawyers who helped teen migrant get abortion

WASHINGTON — In a highly unusual move, the Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Friday to discipline lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union because they helped a 17-year old migrant obtain an abortion two weeks ago. The move escalates a legal battle over abortion that arose when Trump administration officials refused to allow

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USA

Ivanka Trump Urges Support for Women Ahead of President’s Visit to Asia

White House advisor and daughter of President Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, has urged nations to reverse a decline of women working in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) during a Tokyo speech just two days ahead of her father’s first visit to Asia as president. “Women today represent only 13 percent of engineers and 24

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International, USA

Watch Boy’s Secret Act of Kindness When He Finds Empty Bowl of Halloween Candy

Anyone who has ever been trick-or-treating before is familiar with when you find a bowl sitting out on a household’s steps, promising candy – only to discover that it’s empty. Hayden Chapple of Idaho Falls experienced this exact same scenario while trick-or-treating on Halloween this year, except he responded to it by doing something that

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USA

Former Hamas leader: We will trample Balfour Declaration

Former Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal on Thursday vowed that the Palestinian Arabs will forcefully cancel the 1917 Balfour Declaration, which proclaimed Britain”s support for the establishment of a Jewish national home in then-Palestine. Speaking at a conference in Gaza, Mashaal attacked Britain for boasting of the “crime” of the Balfour Declaration instead of apologizing for

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International, Middle East

Bomb threat cancels Florida Jewish museum’s celebration of Balfour Declaration anniversary: Report

A South Florida Jewish center’s planned celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration Thursday was canceled over a bomb threat from a local college student, the Miami Herald reported Thursday night. Police believe it was 21-year-old Florida International University student Oscar Aguayo who issued a threat against the Miami Beach-based Jewish Museum of

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International, Middle East, USA