Sanctioned Russian tanker docks in Cuba after US allows passage despite energy blockade
MATANZAS, Cuba (AP) — A Russian tanker docked Tuesday at the Cuban port of Matanzas laden with 730,000 barrels of oil, marking the first time in three months that an oil tanker reached the island. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump had allowed the...
UK launches student loan inquiry after rising anger over repayment terms
MANCHESTER, England (CN) — The U.K. government has launched an inquiry into England’s student loan system after rising anger from graduates who say repayments have become costly and unpredictable. The review comes days before a key change to the system takes effect in...
Israel set to occupy swath of south Lebanon after war
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz on Tuesday said the military would occupy a swath of southern Lebanon even after the end of the war against Hezbollah, as warplanes carried out fresh strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs....
Sexualized deepfakes targeting actress spur German #MeToo moment
MUNICH, Germany (AFP) — Thousands of Germans have taken to the streets in recent days in support of a TV personality who has had fake sexualized images of her spread online, spurring a new “#MeToo” moment around online abuse. Headlines in Germany have been...
Class sizes swell and jobs disappear, sending French teachers to the streets
PARIS (CN) — Thousands of teachers marched Tuesday afternoon against the backdrop of Paris’ Jardin du Luxembourg, wielding picket signs and shouting chants denouncing precarious working conditions. In typical French protest fashion, the mood was jovial; Queen’s...
Extinction committee strips protections from rare Gulf whale
(CN) — In the first meeting of the Endangered Species Committee since the presidency of George H.W. Bush, the so-called “God Squad” voted unanimously Tuesday to grant a sweeping national security exemption that shields the entire Gulf of Mexico oil and gas...
Boise is Treefort and Treefort is Boise
BOISE, Idaho (CN) — Boise’s Treefort Music Fest doesn’t announce itself all at once. Instead, the first signs of the ascendant music festival might be a line outside a downtown venue, a band loading gear through an alley or a crowd spilling onto a street. Visitors...
Jailed historian who memorialized Stalin victims wins moral victory at European rights court
(CN) — A historian who spent decades uncovering Stalin-era mass graves scored a narrow win on Tuesday, as Europe’s human rights court found serious flaws in his prosecution but stopped short of calling it politically driven. The European Court of Human Rights said...
Supreme Court backs religious counselor, ruling against ban on conversion therapy
WASHINGTON (CN) — Ruling against Colorado’s conversion therapy ban, the Supreme Court on Tuesday held that a religious counselor had a First Amendment right to provide faith-based counseling to change sexual behaviors. In an 8-1 ruling, the court said...