Biden: White ‘can never fully understand’
Birmingham: Visiting a black church bombed by the Ku Klux Klan during the civil rights era, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden framed current racial tensions as part of an enduring struggle that is older than the nation.
Indonesia arrests 200 over forest fires
Jakarta: Indonesia has arrested nearly 200 people over vast forest fires ripping across the archipelago, police said Monday, as toxic haze sends air quality levels plummeting and sparks flight cancellations.
Attacks ahead of elections kill 7 in Af
Kabul: Militant attacks and more violence killed at least seven people across Afghanistan as the country prepares for presidential elections later this month, Afghan officials said Monday.
Severe mass-extinction existed 260 mn yrs ago
New York: The Earth experienced a previously underestimated severe mass-extinction event, which occurred about 260 million years ago, raising the total of such major events in the history of our planet to six, according to a study.