Saturday, November 16, 2024

Europe fears Afghan refugee crisis after Taliban takeover

HANGEDIGI, Turkey (AP) — From above, the new border wall separating Turkey from Iran looks like a white snake winding through the barren hills. So far it only covers a third of the 540-kilometer (335-mile) border, leaving plenty of gaps for migrants to slip across in the dead of night.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Europe fears Afghan refugee crisis after Taliban takeover

HANGEDIGI, Turkey (AP) — From above, the new border wall separating Turkey from Iran looks like a white snake winding through the barren hills. So far it only covers a third of the 540-kilometer (335-mile) border, leaving plenty of gaps for migrants to slip across in the dead of night.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Europe fears Afghan refugee crisis after Taliban takeover

HANGEDIGI, Turkey (AP) — From above, the new border wall separating Turkey from Iran looks like a white snake winding through the barren hills. So far it only covers a third of the 540-kilometer (335-mile) border, leaving plenty of gaps for migrants to slip across in the dead of night.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Europe fears Afghan refugee crisis after Taliban takeover

HANGEDIGI, Turkey (AP) — From above, the new border wall separating Turkey from Iran looks like a white snake winding through the barren hills. So far it only covers a third of the 540-kilometer (335-mile) border, leaving plenty of gaps for migrants to slip across in the dead of night.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: Spain's migrant crisis in North Africa

About 8,000 people have streamed into the Spanish city of Ceuta from Morocco in the past two days in an unprecedented influx, most of them swimming around breakwaters and across the border to reach the Spanish enclave in North Africa.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: Spain's migrant crisis in North Africa

About 8,000 people have streamed into the Spanish city of Ceuta from Morocco in the past two days in an unprecedented influx, most of them swimming around breakwaters and across the border to reach the Spanish enclave in North Africa.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: Spain's migrant crisis in North Africa

About 8,000 people have streamed into the Spanish city of Ceuta from Morocco in the past two days in an unprecedented influx, most of them swimming around breakwaters and across the border to reach the Spanish enclave in North Africa.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Something is happening: Bob Dylan wins Nobel in literature

NEW YORK (AP) — Bob Dylan, Nobel laureate. In the book world’s equivalent of a Supreme Court ruling, the Nobel judges declared Thursday that Dylan is not just a rock star but a poet of the very highest order.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize in Literature

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan won the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday, a stunning announcement that for the first time bestowed the prestigious award on a musician for "having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition."
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Economists win Nobel for research on financial markets

Ordinary investors don't stand much chance of beating the market. It moves way too fast and efficiently. Or it behaves in ways that make no sense at all.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Nagging scandal

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Wheel you marry me?

COPENHAGEN - Cycling through the heart of some European cities can be a terrifying experience as you jostle for space with cars, trucks and scooters that whizz by with only inches to spare.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Double vision

PRETORIA, South Africa — The compact defense that proved so effective against England won’t be enough when Algeria takes on the United States in a decisive Group C match today.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO