International

Catholic Charities CEO Michael Goar on the importance of home
MPR News host Angela Davis talks with Catholic Charities president and CEO Michael Goar about his remarkable journey from an orphanage in South Korea to leading a nonprofit organization that provides services and shelter to people experiencing homelessness.
Minnesota Democrats split on war in Gaza, press for unity heading into November
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party activists endorsed U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar in her reelection bid and voted on dozens of policy resolutions during their convention in Duluth. But fissures remain over the Middle East war.
‘All eyes on Rafah’ is the Internet’s most viral AI image. Two artists are claiming credit
Two Malaysians separated by 900 miles are both taking credit for a synthetic image of Gaza that became the most viral ever AI-generated photo, underscoring the complexities of authorship and ownership in an online landscape increasingly overrun with content created by artificial intelligence.
Mexico elects its first female president
Claudia Sheinbaum, an environmental scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, was overwhelmingly elected Mexico’s first female president on Sunday, a historic milestone in a country rife with gender-based violence and misogyny.
Zelenskyy accuses China of helping Russia undermine peace summit
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused China of helping Russia in “actively blocking” countries from participating in this month’s peace conference in Switzerland.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally at DFL convention
Demonstrators rallied outside the DFL convention in Duluth on Saturday calling for an end to the war in Gaza. Many delegates are withholding support to Democrats who refuse to call for an immediate cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas.
Stuck at sea for years, a sailor's plight highlights a surge in shipowner abandonment
The United Nations over the last decade has logged an increasing number of crew members abandoned by shipowners around the world. That’s left sailors aboard months and sometimes years without pay.