International

Colombia’s president says devastating flooding forced him to cancel his scheduled trip to the United Nations climate change conference in Mexico this week-even though global warming itself could be causing the disaster his country faces.† CNN reported that, at least 194 people were killed and …

According to CNN, whales in Mexico’s Gulf of California are showing† signs of sunburns.† Scientists from UK’s Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and Mexico’s Interdisciplinary Marine Science Center collected skin samples from multiple blue whales, fin whales and sperm whales.† The samples revealed blisters and …

Four members of Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s cabinet have resigned. The New York Times reported that losing these four members will deepen Italy’s political crisis and is expected to bring down the government in a matter of weeks as well as lead to early …

According to CNN, Somali pirates have used a Japanese-owned freighter they seized in October to stage an attack on a Spanish warship.† The pirates attacked the ship carrying International Peacekeepers on Saturday night.† The Spanish ship only used minimal force to defend itself. The attack …

The New York Times reported that two prominent legal scholars and rights advocates bound for an international law conference in London were blocked from leaving China on Tuesday on vague charges that their departure might endanger national security. The two men believed they could not …

For the first time since 2007, Internet users are allowed to watch YouTube in Turkey. The Turkish government blocked the video-sharing website based on complaints about† videos uploaded on the site that made fun of the founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.† It …