Global Politics

Dutch government resigns over child welfare scandal

January 15, 2021

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his entire Cabinet resigned Friday to take political responsibility for a scandal involving investigations into child welfare payments that wrongly labeled thousands of parents as fraudsters.

US bans cotton products from China's Uighur region over forced labor concerns

The World

January 14, 2021

The World’s host Marco Werman spoke to Allison Gill, the forced labor program director with Global Labor Justice International Labor Rights Forum, about the ban.

The Big Fix

Enormous wind turbines may be coming to a coast near you

The World

January 14, 2021

Haliade-X wind turbines — nearly the size of the Eiffel Tower — are a game changer for the global offshore wind industry. A single turbine can power about 16,000 homes at competitive rates.

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Trump impeached for second time; WHO delegates arrive in Wuhan; Afghan intelligence foils ISIS plot to assassinate US diplomat

The World

January 14, 2021

US President Donald Trump has been impeached for a historic second time on a single charge: “incitement of insurrection” after an angry mob of Trump loyalists violently stormed the US Capitol on Jan. 6. The Senate is expected to hold a trial, but not until after Joe Biden's Jan. 20 inauguration.

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WHO team arrives in Wuhan to investigate pandemic origins

Associated Press

January 14, 2021

A global team of researchers arrived Thursday in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to conduct a politically sensitive investigation into its origins amid uncertainty about whether Beijing might try to prevent embarrassing discoveries.

Why Canada may designate the Proud Boys a terrorist group

The World

January 13, 2021

David Hofmann, a professor of sociology at the University of New Brunswick, has studied the rise of white extremism in Canada. He spoke to The World’s host Marco Werman about the rise of right-wing extremism in Canada that is inspired by the US.

Extremism

US Capitol attack exposes depth of America's problem with white extremism

The World

January 13, 2021

J.M. Berger, author of the book, "Extremism," says his most urgent question is how and where the large and radicalized community of extremists in the US will act next, pointing out that 15%-30% of Americans identify as white nationalists.

A young Latina voter in Arizona reflects on the contentious 2020 election

The World

January 13, 2021

Adela Diaz, an 18-year-old Latina, recalled a tense night on Nov. 3, after she voted in her first US presidential election.

Trump impeachment

Trump impeached a second time after Capitol siege

Associated Press

January 13, 2021

Updated

01/13/2021 - 5:15pm

President Donald Trump was impeached for a second time in an unprecedented House vote Wednesday, a week after he encouraged a mob of loyalists to "fight like hell" against election results just before they stormed the US Capitol in a deadly siege. Watch the proceedings of the US House of Representatives live here.

Why Biden’s day one promise to end ‘Remain in Mexico’ program may go unfilled

The World

January 12, 2021

On the campaign trail, candidate Joe Biden pledged to end the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" program on day one. But the president-elect has walked back that promise in recent weeks.

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