Brazil’s federal police formally accused President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ’s former human rights minister Silvio Almeida of sexual misconduct after he was fired over the allegations last year, a police official said Saturday. If they do so, the Supreme Court will either throw them out or accept them, in which case Almeida would face a trial. Local media outlets reported that police had formally accused Almeida on Friday.
Some hospitals are taking a dramatic step to save mothers and babies after studies have shown too many doctors fail to follow guidelines for preventing preeclampsia.
A few thousand people took to the streets of Mexico City on Saturday to protest growing crime, corruption and impunity in a protest organized by members of Generation Z, but which ended with strong backing from older supporters of opposition parties. In several countries this year, members of the demographic group born between the late 90s and early 2010s have organized protests against inequality, democratic backsliding and corruption. The largest "Gen Z” protests took place in Nepal in Septe
The International Auschwitz Committee (IAK) has called on an auction house in western Germany to cancel its auction of Holocaust artefacts scheduled for Monday. The auction of personal documents belonging to victims of Nazi Germany is considered by Holocaust survivors and their relatives to be a "cynical and shameless undertaking," said IAK executive vice president Christoph Heubner in Berlin on Saturday.
The ship, a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker named Talara, is not the first ship the IRGC has hijacked, but it had stepped back from such threats recently. Iran has taken credit for seizing a ship on Friday that was off the coast of the UAE near the Strait of Hormuz.
The new hemp rules close a loophole that allowed hemp-derived products containing THC to be sold.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Saturday thanked the Italian migrants, once known as "guest workers," who helped rebuild Germany after World War II. Italian guest workers made an important contribution to Germany's economic rise, Steinmeier said at a joint event with Italian President Sergio Mattarella in Berlin.
Robert Hays, an industrial electronics salesman in Arkansas, thought he’d purchased conventional medical insurance. So did Essie Nath, 67, a retired cafeteria worker in Wyoming. So did Martin Liz, 47, a Key West chef. Each enrolled in the kind of private health insurance that Trump administration officials have promoted as an alternative to plans sold under Obamacare.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. The difference betw
Birds and dinosaurs lived together for millions of years, but only toothless birds survived the asteroid impact that upended life on Earth.
On Episode 186 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Dr. Jim Green, NASA's former chief scientist, about snow on the moon.
There’s hardly a country on the planet that doesn’t turn to some type of bread with something stuffed inside it to cure a craving. Here are some of the world’s very best sandwiches.
Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket just aced its second-ever mission —and returned to Earth safely for the first time. See a video of the booster's dramatic homecoming here.
New versions of Cheetos and Doritos, without artificial flavors or dyes, will be sold in December.
Charli xcx released a new album called "Wuthering Heights" featuring music from the upcoming film of the same name.
A mom's "snack strike" has sparked debate about whether snacks are spoiling kids' appetites.