KEY POINTS: Cornell University will host and teach 58 students from Universidad de Puerto Rico at no cost as part of an Interuniversity Relief Program. Puerto Rico expects to have 95 percent of its power restored by the end of February 2018. The government has struggled to stabilize and rebuild the island following the two [...]
This Wednesday, India’s Supreme Court made a landmark ruling that quashed a loophole in child rape cases that’s been used to allow perpetrators escape rape allegations without punishment. India’s justice system has always considered rape an illegal act, with one glaring exception. Courts have not, historically, recognized accusations of marital rape except for when the [...]
At least 30 people died in an attack on a Somali Hotel Saturday afternoon. Al-Shabaab, a Somali militant group that pledged allegiance to the terrorist organization Al Qaeda in 2012 is suspected have orchestrated the attack in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. Mogadishu is a regular target for the militant group, which is currently waging [...]
We’ve all heard the phrase ‘you never know where you’ll find love,’ but what that love will look like will never cease to surprise us, it seems. Earlier this year, news circulated widely of the unlikely love story between a penguin and the cardboard cutout of a Japanese anime character named Hululu. Later this week, [...]
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