The nightlife of Russia's elite has long been famously rakish but a recent party crossed an invisible line and provoked a public scandal. One pop star ended up in jail and several others issued public apologies while an ensuing lawsuit demanded a fortune in reparations.
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was asked Wednesday by a New Hampshire voter about the reason for the U.S. Civil War and didn't mention slavery in her response — leading the man to say he was "astonished" by her omission.
Tens of thousands of already displaced Palestinian families took flight again in a new mass exodus in central Gaza on Thursday as Israeli forces mounting a major advance pounded areas already teeming with those driven out of the north.
The rising value of gold worldwide has amplified illegal mining in the Amazon, where liquid mercury is being dumped in the Amazon River and causing scientists to warn that Indigenous communities and the environment could pay a far greater price.
