2019年4月5日星期五

Yahoo! News: World News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World News


When dam burst, here’s how one Nebraska town met the epic floods

Posted: 05 Apr 2019 01:59 PM PDT

When dam burst, here's how one Nebraska town met the epic floodsJanice Halstead pulls an old photo, browned by the floodwaters, from a garage stuffed with furniture and hands it to her husband. "That's our wedding," says Larry Halstead of the 57-year-old portrait. Three weeks ago, the couple barely made it out of their home before the fast-rising Ponca Creek flooded its banks and ran 4 feet of water through it.


How El Paso copes as ground zero of the border crisis

Posted: 05 Apr 2019 12:17 PM PDT

How El Paso copes as ground zero of the border crisisFor Israel Cabrera, it started five weeks ago. Immigration agents would be releasing 152 migrants, their processing and background checks completed. Mr. Cabrera, an associate pastor at the Caminos de Vida church, said he needed time to think.


The force of peace in Algeria's protests

Posted: 05 Apr 2019 10:18 AM PDT

The force of peace in Algeria's protestsAn iconic image of the 1960s shows a young American placing flowers in the barrels of soldiers' rifles during protests against the Vietnam War. Something like that is now happening in Algeria. Since February, millions of pro-democracy protesters in the North African country have been purposefully peaceful, even joyful, in the streets.


Northern composure: Can Canada stave off the West’s populist anger?

Posted: 05 Apr 2019 08:36 AM PDT

Northern composure: Can Canada stave off the West's populist anger?This is Canada, under the leadership of Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose "sunny ways" have been symbolizing all that is right about Canada – and all that seems to be going so very wrong in the rest of the world. There's a much longer history that owes to geography, to wars past, and to political decisions made centuries ago.


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