Month: October 2020

Nature conservation has a new twist. Hundreds of endangered rhinos in South Africa have been dehorned to protect them from poachers. As international borders that were closed amid the coronavirus pandemic reopen, the country’s government […]

Fall, synonymous with that new notebook smell, isn’t what it was 12 months ago. New backpacks, new classrooms, new bus routes? Last year’s news. The Covid-19 pandemic had other plans for American children, who live […]

An abused dog may be ripped from his new, loving home to help pay off his former owner’s debt. Tex, a dog in Italy that was rescued from his abusive former owner, recently settled into […]

A newborn boy was found in the street inside a pizza box. The baby was apparently abandoned by his grandfather, who said he could not afford to look after the child after the death of […]

Art is for everyone — even dolphins. Dolphins at the Dolphin Research Center have had restricted access to visitors, given the coronavirus pandemic. But after instruction by staff, they got to practice an activity much […]

Police released footage “in the interest of being transparent,” showing an officer ordering a K-9 unit to bite a schoolboy suspect. Officers from the Salt Lake City Police Department captured the moment they detained an […]

A mysterious royal grave featuring the remains of four headless horses and their human master have been put on public display for the first time in Germany. They were exhibited last weekend at the Saarland […]

Hindutva groups in India have trolled jewelry company Tanishq into withdrawing an advertisement depicting a Hindu woman married into a Muslim family, sparking a debate over censorship and religious sensitivity in the country. The video […]

Nearly 38 percent of all suicides among farmers and agricultural workers in India — totaling 10,281 in the sector in 2019 — were in the western state of Maharashtra, with the dramatic numbers prompting criticism […]

The targeted shooting death of an Ahmadi professor last week is the latest incident in the long history of persecution of the minority community, declared non-Muslims under Pakistani law and denied religious rights. Following an […]