China’s new climate change plan — in four graphs

On Tuesday, China formally submitted its climate change action plan to the United Nations. The document, which can be viewed here (in Chinese first, and then in English), formalizes the commitment made by President Xi Jinping alongside President Obama last November – to reach a peak in emissions by 2030, and make “best efforts to […]









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Israel’s prime minister tweets cartoon comparing Iran to the Islamic State

It's no secret that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is adamantly opposed to the negotiations currently taking place in Vienna right now over Iran's nuclear program. For months now, Netanyahu, backed by Republicans and neo-conservatives in the United States, has led the international counter-offensive against the Obama administration's efforts to forge an opening with Tehran. […]









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The U.N. says South Sudanese soldiers gang-raped girls and then burned them alive

A new report by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) claims to have found evidence that the Sudan People's Liberation Army and associated armed groups in South Sudan engaged in extreme sexual violence and torture against civilians. Some of the allegations are especially horrendous. Witnesses testified that in the northern state of Unity, there […]









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Three Cuban cities on Pope Francis’s fall tour

A schedule of Pope Francis's eight-day trip to Cuba and the United States this fall shows he will meet with Raul Castro and celebrate Mass in three different cities on the island between Sept. 19 and 22. Francis will make his first speech of the trip upon arriving in Havana from Rome on the evening of Sept. […]









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Chart: There are more Spanish speakers in the U.S. than in Spain

The population of Spanish speakers in the United States has now surpassed that of Spain, according to a report published by an organization affiliated with the Spanish government. As the chart shows, the total number of Spanish speakers in the United States — a figure combining estimates of native Spanish speakers and those with bilingual proficiency — […]









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Burma, once a pariah state, gets its first taste of KFC

KFC has become the first major Western fast-food chain to open a restaurant in Burma, with the grand unveiling of an outlet in the country's commercial capital on Tuesday. Images from the restaurant's opening in Yangon show large crowds. Reports from Agence France-Presse suggest that some customers lined up for hours to eat at the […]









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How Mexico is going to make Donald Trump pay

MEXICO CITY--One of the risks of having a business empire with tentacles encircling the globe is that if you refer to your business partners as drug-runners and rapists, there are plenty of people to get upset. In a fiesta of indignation, Mexicans have been lopping off presidential candidate Donald J. Trump's tentacles after his comments about the types […]









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