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• Besieged Syrians Are Eating Trash To Survive

  By konigludwig on November 25, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Children are dying of starvation in the rebel-held region of eastern Ghouta. Desperate Syrians trapped in eastern Ghouta have started eating garbage to survive as a government-imposed siege tightens around the dilapidated Damascus suburb like a noose. Many famished children… Read More ›

• Russian airstrikes have killed thousands of civilians in Syria since 2015

  By konigludwig on October 4, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  A total of 5,233 civilians have been killed in Syria since Russia began airstrikes against opponents of the Syrian regime in 2015, according to a Syrian NGO. The fatalities included 1,417 children and 886 women, the London-based Syrian Network for… Read More ›

• More Than 1,000 Died in South Asia Floods This Summer

  By konigludwig on August 30, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  查看简体中文版 查看繁體中文版 MUMBAI, India — More than 1,000 people have died in floods across South Asia this summer, and as sheets of incessant rain pummeled the vast region on Tuesday, worries grew that the death toll would rise along with… Read More ›

• Afghanistan’s Young Liberal Elites Challenge the Taliban

  By konigludwig on July 31, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  A young, liberal elite has emerged in Kabul, including many women. It is taking a stand against the Taliban’s atrocities in the form of political and artistic initiatives and wants to put an end to Afghanistan’s culture of violence. By… Read More ›

• 3 Chicago Police Officers Accused Of Cover-Up In Killing Of Laquan McDonald

  By konigludwig on June 28, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  A grand jury indicted three Chicago police officers on felony charges on Tuesday, accusing them of conspiring to cover up the facts of a fatal police shooting in October 2014 of a black teenager in order to shield their fellow… Read More ›

• In Venezuela’s Dark Hour, Goldman Sachs Sees An Investment Opportunity

  By konigludwig on June 1, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  From “As Venezuela Enters 3rd Month Of Protests, Anti-Maduro Ire Finds New Target,” in NPR By Colin Dwyer It has been more than 60 days since Venezuela’s Supreme Court moved to dissolve the country’s National Assembly. The move, intended to… Read More ›

• Syrian Crematory Is Hiding Mass Killings of Prisoners, U.S. Says

  By konigludwig on May 17, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  WASHINGTON — The United States accused the Syrian government on Monday of using a crematory to hide mass murders at a prison where thousands are believed to have been summarily executed in the nation’s civil war. The assertion, based on… Read More ›

• Ebola Returns to the Democratic Republic of Congo

  By konigludwig on May 14, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  A single death has been confirmed—now public health officials must keep an outbreak from becoming an epidemic By Erin Blakemore It’s been three years since the Democratic Republic of Congo faced down its last epidemic of Ebola. Now, a case… Read More ›

• Was a Trump Server Communicating With Russia?

  By genvana on April 5, 2017 • ( 5 )

  

  This spring, a group of computer scientists set out to determine whether hackers were interfering with the Trump campaign. They found something they weren’t expecting. By Franklin Foer Read Franklin Foer’s follow-up story for new statements from the Trump campaign… Read More ›

• Yemen’s shameful war

  By konigludwig on April 1, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Two years ago, a tribal conflict in Yemen widened into a full-scale war after intervention by Saudi Arabia. Today, two-thirds of the population is starving. The world can no longer look away… By Matthias von Hein The richest country in… Read More ›

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