Crystal meth is highly addictive and highly destructive. Now, a new study shows that its use in Germany is rising — and not just for the euphoria the drug induces. Crystal meth is highly addictive and highly destructive. Now, a new study shows that its use in Germany is rising — and not just for the euphoria the drug induces.
Dennis Rodman’s controversial relationship with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un turned another page this week. The former NBA star was in North Korea this week to select and train a North Korean basketball team that will take part in an exhibition game in honor of Kim’s birthday. Plus Egyptian activists are thrown in jail and elves — yes, elves — halt a highway project in Iceland, in today’s Global Scan.
Maria Alyokhina, 24, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, and Yekaterina Samutsevich will spend the next two years in prison after a Russian judge determined they had offended the sensibilities of religious people with an anti-Vladimir Putin protest performance in an Orthodox Cathedral.