At former Indigenous schools, Canada unearths a brutal history

DW — The discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves on the sites of former Indigenous residential schools across Canada has sparked a long overdue reckoning with the country's colonial past. Read more »

UN Chief Urges US to Lift Sanctions on Iran

VOA — The U.N. secretary-general has called on the United States to lift its sanctions on Iran and for both countries to return to the 2015 nuclear deal. “I appeal to the... Read more »

Biden Compares Broadband Push to Early 20th Century Rural Electrification

VOA — WASHINGTON – Bringing affordable and high-speed internet service to every American would be equivalent to the federal government’s rural electrification project of the 1930s, according to President Joe Biden. “It... Read more »

Pacific Northwest Heatwave ‘Exceptional and Dangerous,’ World Meteorological Organization Says

VOA — The U.N. World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Tuesday called the heatwave hitting the Pacific Northwest corner of the United States “exceptional and dangerous,” and says it could last at least another... Read more »

Iran Overshadows Biden Meeting with Israel’s President

VOA — WHITE HOUSE – The subject of Iran overshadowed an Oval Office meeting Monday between U.S. President Joe Biden and his Israeli counterpart. “Iran will never get a nuclear weapon on... Read more »

Case Files From 1964 US Civil Rights Worker Killings Made Public

VOA — JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI – Never before seen case files, photographs and other records documenting the investigation into the slayings of three civil rights workers in Mississippi are now open to the... Read more »

Temperature Records Fall as Heat Wave Builds in Northwest US

VOA — PORTLAND, OREGON – Intense. Prolonged. Record-breaking. Unprecedented. Dangerous. That’s how the National Weather Service described the heat wave hitting the U.S. Pacific Northwest, disrupting Olympic qualifying events and breaking all-time... Read more »

Iran Says Nuclear Deal Salvageable but ‘Will Not Negotiate Forever’

VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Iran said Saturday it believes a reinstatement of its 2015 nuclear deal with major world powers is possible but warned that Tehran “will not negotiate... Read more »

Iranian Naval Passage Through Atlantic Prompts US Concern

VOA — PANAMA CITY, PANAMA – Two Iranian naval ships that entered the Atlantic earlier this month are traveling north up the west coast of Africa, a top admiral confirmed to VOA.... Read more »

US Could Quit Iran Nuclear Deal if Talks Do Not Advance

VOA — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Friday that the absence of an interim agreement to monitor Iran’s nuclear activities could prompt the United States to abandon efforts to rejoin... Read more »