Talks aimed at ending Sudan’s shattering 16-month-old civil war began on Wednesday in Switzerland although the absence of the military dampened hopes for imminent steps to alleviate the country’s humanitarian …
Canada’s temporary foreign worker program is not fatally flawed but is “in need of reform,” the country’s immigration minister told Reuters on Tuesday, following a damning U.N. report that dubbed …
A Japanese pop band’s video to promote its new song Columbus has been withdrawn, its record company said on Thursday, after coming under fire for imagery that seems to conjure …
Every year, Alon Gat’s mother led the family’s Passover celebration of the liberation of the ancient Israelites from Egypt thousands of years ago. But this year, Gat is struggling with …
Non-fiction book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (2009), by Pulitzer Prize-winning husband-and-wife journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, examines the numerous ways women are mistreated …
By JAMEY KEATEN (Associated Press) GENEVA — Illegal profits from forced labor worldwide have risen to the “obscene” amount of $236 billion per year, the U.N. labor agency reported Tuesday, …
Porsche found itself in a bit of a pickle recently when a bunch of cars that were headed to the U.S. were impounded at the port of entry. Initially, a …
Communities across the United States celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday with acts of service, prayer services and parades. But with the November presidential election as a backdrop, …
Anti-racism activists in Spain have called for a ban on the use of blackface seen in many of the country’s traditional Epiphany celebrations. Rita Bosaho, the first black woman in …
By Meg Kinnard | Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was asked at a New Hampshire town hall about the reason for the Civil War, and …