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President Donald Trump’s move to re-list North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism could undermine diplomatic efforts to halt the rogue state’s nuclear aggression. Pyongyang was previously on the list of terrorist states but it was removed in 2008 as China, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the U.S. held talks with the isolated country…
With it getting colder outside and the sun setting at a disrespectfully early hour, there’s probably something we can all agree on: The winter kiiinda sucks. So we asked the BuzzFeed Community and Dr. Lois Krahn, a practicing psychiatrist and sleep medicine specialist, how to cope, and they all had some great tips. But before…
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina – Ratko Mladic, known as the « Butcher of Bosnia », is accused of heading one of the worst massacres in recent history. Between 100,000 and 200,000 people were killed in the Bosnian War between 1992 and 1995, and as many as 50,000 women were raped. On Wednesday, a UN judge will hand down Mladic’s…
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad thanked his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, for « saving » his country and for Russia’s support in Syria. The two heads of state met for talks in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on Monday, the Kremlin said in a statement on Tuesday. They discussed the fight against « terrorism » and the possibilities…
CBS News has suspended veteran journalist Charlie Rose after eight women accused him of sexual misconduct in interviews with The Washington Post. Three additional unnamed women came forward in a story published by Business Insider later on Monday. Interested in Charlie Rose? Add Charlie Rose as an interest to stay up to date on the…
Harare, Zimbabwe – Defiant President Robert Mugabe could lose his 37-year grip on Zimbabwe within days, with a motion to impeach him on Tuesday’s parliament agenda introduced by the ruling ZANU-PF party. The motion – which will be heard in a joint sitting of the lower and upper house – accuses Mugabe of being « the source of instability »…
Dili, East Timor – Smouldering fires. Haphazard explosions. Malnourished children. The disintegration of law and order and the absence of social services. In 1999, images such as these sparked widespread public anger around the world and the dispatch of an international peacekeeping force to East Timor after anarchy erupted following the country’s independence referendum on…
More than one in five women have experienced online harassment or abuse, according to research by Amnesty International surveying more than 4,000 women. The vast majority of this harassment happens on social media sites, according to the report. Almost half of the victims said the abuse or harassment was sexist or misogynistic in nature, and…
New Delhi, India – Prime Minister Narendra Modi remains « by far the most popular national figure in Indian politics » more than three years after coming to power, according to a survey released by the Pew Research Center last week. Nearly nine out of 10 Indians say they have a favourable view of Modi, says the…
This week on The Debrief, Al Jazeera’s Hassan Ghani goes to Kibera, a slum in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, to find stories that take us beyond the miserable stats and hardship of life in poverty. He meets a young man bringing toilets to the slum, a mother going to school to ensure a better life for…
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