An Amazon rainforest rite of passage in threatened territory
The Indigenous adolescents danced in a circle under the thatched-roof hut from nearly dawn to dusk while parents looked on from the perimeter
2023-06-14 22:16
Google should break up digital ad business over competition concerns, European regulators say
European Union regulators have hit Google with fresh antitrust charges, saying the only way to satisfy competition concerns about its lucrative digital ad business is by selling off parts of the tech giant’s main moneymaker
2023-06-14 21:56
Blinken to travel to China this weekend
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Beijing this weekend, the State Department announced on Wednesday -- a significant trip that comes as the Biden administration navigates its complicated relationship with China.
2023-06-14 20:24
US beefs up campaign to ensure accurate animal welfare claims on meat, poultry packaging
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it hopes to weed out false or misleading animal-welfare claims on meat and poultry packaging with new guidance and testing
2023-06-14 18:25
Abortion rights protests planned across Poland after death of pregnant woman
Women’s rights advocates have called for protests in dozens of Polish cities after a woman in her fifth month of pregnancy died of sepsis
2023-06-14 18:17
Federal assistance sought for northeastern vineyards, orchards hit by late frost
Vineyards and apple orchards across the Northeast are still gauging damage from a late-season frost in May that wiped out a third to most of the crop for some growers who say it's the worst frost damage they've ever seen
2023-06-14 13:23
As conditions for Syrians worsen, aid organizations struggle to catch the world's attention again
Aid agencies will struggle to draw the world’s attention back to Syria at an annual donor conference hosted by the European Union in Brussels for humanitarian aid to Syrians
2023-06-14 13:19
Biden to host Jennifer Hudson, Wu-Tang's Method Man at Juneteenth concert
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden will host the White House's first big Juneteenth celebration, a concert featuring
2023-06-14 06:22
Putin says Russia thinking of ditching grain deal due to West's 'cheating'
By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia was considering withdrawing from the Black Sea
2023-06-14 01:16
Disney's Pixar seeks return of box office magic with 'Elemental'
By Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa Richwine When Pixar Animation Studios releases its 27th feature film in theaters on
2023-06-13 18:20
30,000 Haitian kids live in private orphanages. Officials want to shutter them and reunite families.
Haiti’s government is stepping up efforts to remove hundreds of children from orphanages across the country and reunite them with their parents or relatives
2023-06-13 13:22
Proposal to end Senate standoff over military promotions and abortion policy goes nowhere
Hopes have been dashed for an imminent end to a Senate standoff that has delayed the promotions of more than 200 military officers and could delay the confirmation of President Joe Biden’s pick for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
2023-06-13 04:57