Society

Disney bans selfie sticks over safety fears - 06/26/2015

MIAMI, UNITED STATES- Disney on Friday became the latest major tourism operator to ban selfie sticks as part of a growing backlash against the extendable devices. The ban covers Disney theme parks in...

Alabama lowers Confederate flag after Charleston massacre - 06/25/2015

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, Robert Macpherson- The Confederate battle flag was taken down Wednesday outside Alabama's state legislature as Americans increasingly shun the Civil War-era symbol after...

Charleston church reopens in triumph over 'Devil' massacre - 06/23/2015

CHARLESTON, UNITED STATES, Robert Macpherson- The historic black South Carolina church where a white gunman murdered nine African Americans held its first service since the massacre on Sunday, an...

Medium killed, tomb desecrated in latest Brazil attacks - 06/20/2015

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL- A well-known medium popular with the stars was killed and the tomb of another was desecrated Friday in the latest wave of violence targeting spiritualists in several days in...

Morocco kiss trial resumes as debate on gay law rages - 06/17/2015

RABAT, MOROCCO, Guillaume Klein- The trial of two men arrested for kissing in public resumed Tuesday in Morocco, where a string of recent controversies has reignited debate over homosexuality in the...

Journalist denies claim that Snowden files breached - 06/16/2015

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- A journalist who published the first reports from Edward Snowden's leaked documents offered a detailed rebuttal Monday to allegations that Russian and Chinese spies...

Eight Malala shooting suspects acquitted: Pakistan officials - 06/06/2015

PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN- Eight of the 10 men reportedly convicted and jailed for attempting to murder Pakistani schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai were actually cleared, officials said Friday. The...

British ex-PM Brown in UN appeal for Syrian students - 05/27/2015

BEIRUT, LEBANON- British ex-prime minister Gordon Brown launched an appeal Tuesday in his role as UN education envoy to raise $100 million in aid for Syrian students who have taken refuge in Lebanon....

Eiffel Tower reopens after staff walk out over pickpockets - 05/23/2015

PARIS, FRANCE, Sabine Pradella- Paris's iconic Eiffel Tower was shut to tourists for several hours on Friday as staff walked off the job to protest a surge in gangs of pickpockets roaming around the...

Rallies after school student threatened over Charlie Hebdo tribute - 05/22/2015

SAINT-MAUR-DES-FOSSES, FRANCE- Teachers and students at a French school rallied Thursday in support of a pupil who received death threats for publishing an edition of the school newspaper in support...
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