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Apr 19, 2024
Concerns about the integrity of India's elections are bubbling up to the surface. But as the world's largest election gets underway, faith in the power of each vote is still driving people to the polls.
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Apr 19, 2024
With the world focused on Iran and Gaza, Israeli settlers are stepping up attacks against Palestinian towns and villages in the West Bank. Feeling abandoned, many residents believe they should take matters into their own hands.
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Apr 19, 2024
In Kenya, an all-woman ranger unit is challenging stereotypes and helping protect both wild animals and the people who live beside them.
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Apr 18, 2024
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity is driven by a long-standing ideology that seeks to transform India from a secular nation into a Hindu one.
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Apr 18, 2024
Israel must decide whether to take its place alongside Washington's Arab allies in a "new Middle East" or to continue to go it alone.
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Apr 17, 2024
Ukraine is scrambling to bolster its defenses, and on Tuesday rolled out a new, tougher conscription law. But with resupplies still snared in Washington, some veterans warn that more troops only offer so much help.
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Apr 17, 2024
While flour supplies entering the Gaza Strip reportedly are ticking up, aid experts say much more has to be done to alleviate burgeoning famine there.
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Apr 17, 2024
Most migrants crossing the Mediterranean to Europe have arrived in populated areas that could handle newcomers. But what happens when they land someplace truly isolated like the island of Gavdos?
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Apr 16, 2024
A deterrence doctrine is so entrenched in Israel that even moderate leaders will find it hard not to support some retaliation against Iran. But the success of a U.S.-led alliance offers a new approach.
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Apr 16, 2024
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hopes to pass a youth smoking ban along in a show of bipartisanship. Fellow members of his conservative party, however, are not supportive of what they deem an overreach by government into the lives of everyday Brits.
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Apr 16, 2024
China has been courting influence with countries in the South Pacific - and the Solomon Islands have been its biggest success. An election this week could change that.
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Apr 16, 2024
Progress roundup: Digging up paved surfaces inspires others to reap the climate benefits. In Australia, landlords are installing solar to help meet emissions goals.
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Apr 15, 2024
Indians head to the polls this week for a 44-day general election that is set to break records.
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Apr 14, 2024
Israel says its air defenses thwarted 99% of the more than 300 drones and missiles Iran that launched toward its territory. Meanwhile, the Group of Seven condemned the attack.
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Apr 13, 2024
Police in Sydney say a man stabbed six people to death at a busy shopping center before an armed police officer intervened. The suspect is believed to have acted alone and the attack was not related to terrorism.
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Apr 12, 2024
Asylum claims from Russians have surged in the U.S., France, and Germany as growing numbers of Russian soldiers seek to escape the war in Ukraine. Few claims have been granted as countries consider the threat to national security.
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Apr 12, 2024
Shifting demographics are challenging Japan's reputation as a homogeneous society, and creating openings for immigrants in local government.
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Apr 11, 2024
Russia's migrants have long been tolerated by both authorities and the public. But when several Tajiks became suspects in the March 22 terror attack in Moscow, the whole community came under withering scrutiny.
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Apr 11, 2024
Two years after Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukraine is in dire need of more soldiers. Yet lawmakers dragged their feet for months over the new, likely unpopular law, which goes into effect a month after President Zelenskyy signs it - if and when he does.
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Apr 11, 2024
Ukraine must convince Americans that its fate matters, and that a Russian victory would threaten European security and American interests.
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Apr 11, 2024
Poland has one of the strictest abortion laws in Europe. Now, that law is up for a long-awaited debate.
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Apr 10, 2024
Historically a country of emigrants, Portugal has seen an influx of arrivals from Asia and Africa in recent years. And despite recent political gains by the far right, the public and the newcomers are largely getting along.
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Apr 10, 2024
President Joe Biden has been an outspoken supporter of Israel's war against Hamas. But his patience with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appeared to be waning, and his administration has taken a more stern line, deepening Israel's international isolation.
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Apr 10, 2024
World Athletics, an international governing body, announced that it is setting aside $2.4 million to pay gold medalists across the 48 track and field events at this year's Paris Olympics. The athletes will be the first Olympians to be paid prize money.
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Apr 10, 2024
Progress roundup: Reuse champs of Denmark, neurodivergence advocates in Peru, and how Tuvulu is defending itself by becoming a digital nation.
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Apr 10, 2024
In any war, women carry an outsize burden. The Israel-Hamas war is no exception. These Palestinian women in the Gaza Strip are holding families and communities together.
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Apr 09, 2024
An uptick in brazenly pro-government movies highlights the close relationship between India's ruling party and Bollywood.
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Apr 09, 2024
Ecuador's new president ordered a raid on a Mexican embassy, breaking diplomatic immunity. Violence-weary Ecuadorians hail the move as a display of strength.
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Apr 09, 2024
After the devastating earthquakes in Turkey over a year ago, the best of humanity surfaced. But some have met the challenge in a time of need with special determination.
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Apr 08, 2024
China and the U.S. share a desire to stabilize relations, but a recent trip by the U.S. treasury secretary highlights trade challenges.
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Apr 05, 2024
As international aid agencies pull back in Gaza after the drone strike on a World Central Kitchen convoy, a heavier burden falls on local humanitarian workers. Their determination to save lives helps them persevere.
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Apr 04, 2024
Civil society's response to Oct. 7 is planting the seeds of a new political class. But what Israelis see as the worst day in their history is also profoundly challenging their sense of security and belonging.
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Apr 04, 2024
Progress roundup: Housing issues bring left and right together at YIMBYtown, more second-career seekers sign up to teach, and the prison recyclers with a path to employment.
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Apr 04, 2024
Those who knew the seven World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in an Israeli airstrike while delivering aid to Palestinians are grieving their loved ones and looking for answers. The strike has drawn international condemnation.
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Apr 03, 2024
Damaged and destroyed mosques. Displaced and dispersed families. The challenges Gazans face this Ramadan are immense. But the holy month's tradition of charity is sustained, and sustaining.
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Apr 03, 2024
In recent months, several African journalists have been targeted for exposing military corruption in their reporting.
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Apr 03, 2024
For 11 years now, military veterans and their families have been coming for a series of pottery classes that Odyssey ClayWorks offers free of charge.
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Apr 02, 2024
Few rank either government or technology as trustworthy. But then there are Estonians, who are deeply invested in their country's e-government programs.
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Apr 02, 2024
Seven international aid workers and their Palestinian driver were killed by an Israeli airstrike hours after they delivered a shipload of food to northern Gaza, which has been pushed to the brink of famine by Israel's offensive.
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Apr 02, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, acting on new parliamentary authority, said he planned to shutter Al Jazeera's operations in Israel. The Qatar-owned broadcaster called his accusations dangerous, and others warned of unwarranted censorship.
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Apr 01, 2024
Marwan Barghouti's popularity is unsurpassed. His message of democracy, unity, and resistance to occupation increasingly resonates today with Palestinians who are under attack, distrust their leadership, and would vote for him if given the chance.
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Apr 01, 2024
Comments from Pakistan hint at a softening stance on trade with India, underscoring the consequences of closing their shared border to commerce.
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Apr 01, 2024
The stars have inspired wonder and contemplation from time immemorial. On Madrid's sidewalks, one man is helping locals experience them today with a glimpse through his telescope.
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Apr 01, 2024
On March 31, Israelis staged the largest protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government since the war in Gaza began. Their grievances include Mr. Netanyahu's corruption charges and calls for a cease-fire deal to free the remaining hostages.
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Apr 01, 2024
A group in Taiwan has hosted more than 500 events to educate people about how to combat fake news. Its specialty is senior citizens, who are particularly susceptible to disinformation.
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Mar 29, 2024
Some 100 days into office and Argentina's Milei struggles to pass legislation needed to make his economic overhaul a reality.
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Mar 28, 2024
Residents and businesses from Sderot and other Gaza-adjacent communities are being urged to start picking up the pieces to get their lives back on track, safely. But do they trust government assurances, or their neighbors over the border?
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Mar 28, 2024
The Biden administration asked Mexico to crack down on immigration - and it delivered. Now, Venezuelan immigrants are unable to cross the U.S.-Mexico border and unable to return home.
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Mar 28, 2024
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia a year ago on accusations of espionage that the U.S. says are baseless. No one knows when he might be released, leaving his family to lean on letters from prison and hold on to hope.
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Mar 28, 2024
In Senegal, independent judges and demonstrators defending a sturdy democratic culture ensured that threatened elections went ahead on Sunday.
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Mar 27, 2024
Canadians have trusted that their immigration system would let people into Canada in a manner that would benefit all. But amid a record influx, the balance seems to be out of whack and trust is eroding.
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Mar 27, 2024
Sacred groves have become bastions of biodiversity in India, but relying on spiritual belief as a driver for conservation presents risks.
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Mar 27, 2024
In Senegal, women farmers compose 70% of the agricultural workforce, but rarely own land. Mariama Sonko wanted to change that, so she started We Are the Solution, now 115,000-strong, to train women to feed their communities sustainably.
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Mar 26, 2024
Since war erupted in Gaza, U.S. forces and interests in the Middle East have come under fire from allies of Iran. The challenge has been to deter these attacks and prevent the conflict from escalating, but the U.S. record is uneven.
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Mar 25, 2024
While many Russians are trying to link Friday's deadly terrorist attack to Kyiv, the more likely suspect is an older enemy: radical Islamists. Russia has diverted attention from them amid its war with Ukraine.
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Mar 25, 2024
Israelis are keenly aware that the close bond between their country and the United States is fraying over the prolonged war in Gaza. But they blame politics and the U.S. election season for the shift.
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Mar 25, 2024
As Haiti's gang crisis deepens, a debate is raging in Kenya about whether or not to volunteer its police to help quell the violence.
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Mar 25, 2024
Our progress roundup: Water batteries as an alternative to lithium-ion, cement that makes low-carbon concrete, and crop adaptations for high-salinity soil.
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Mar 25, 2024
More than two weeks after being kidnapped from their school in Kaduna, Nigeria, 137 schoolchildren have been rescued, officials say. That brings the total number of students who have been kidnapped from Nigerian schools since 2014 to more than 1,400.
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Mar 24, 2024
Argentina's annual March 24 remembrance of the 1976 military coup has gained new importance under President Javier Milei's leadership. Mr. Milei and his vice president, who comes from a prominent military family with ties to alleged crimes against humanity, are challenging Argentina's historical narrative.
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Mar 24, 2024
Senegalese voters are participating in a closely contested presidential election amid months of uncertainty and unrest. The electoral process has been marred by protests and the imprisonment of hundreds of opposition demonstrators.
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Mar 23, 2024
The U.S. says it has evidence backing up the claim that an Islamic State group affiliate carried out the attack on a Moscow concert hall.
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Mar 22, 2024
Senegal votes Sunday in a fraught presidential election. Women are playing a pivotal role.
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Mar 22, 2024
As record numbers of migrants vie to enter the U.S., others have found the opportunity they seek lies south of the border.
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Mar 21, 2024
In some U.S. states, changing one's gender identity is seen as too weighty a decision for those under the age of 18. But Spain has taken a different approach, based on trusting transgender teens' choices.
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Mar 21, 2024
Even without war in Gaza, Jerusalem is a flashpoint. At the center is Al-Aqsa Mosque, one of the three holiest sites in Islam. Yet amid cooperation on security, as seen by our reporter, a peace during this holy month of Ramadan has been holding.
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Mar 21, 2024
Progress roundup: Native speakers in Brazil have an app, more Maasai women are boosted as leaders, noncitizens in the U.S. are eligible for National Book Awards.
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Mar 21, 2024
Hungarian leader Viktor Orban predicts that under Donald Trump, Washington will cut all aid to Ukraine and that Europe will not make up the shortfall.
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Mar 21, 2024
Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán predicts that under Donald Trump, Washington will cut all aid to Ukraine and that Europe will not make up the shortfall.
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Mar 20, 2024
The expansion of welfare programs has become a hallmark of the Modi government, but some question the programs' long-term value.
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Mar 20, 2024
Some Ethiopian exiles, divided by civil war in their homeland, have turned into peace activists seeking to heal their communities' wounds.
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Mar 20, 2024
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is facing his first indictment for allegedly falsifying his COVID-19 vaccination status. More legal troubles could be on the table.
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Mar 20, 2024
Yucan, a social enterprise founded by a young caregiver in the United Kingdom, is among the nonprofits and charities that have stepped up to support young people caring for family members.
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Mar 19, 2024
Among their many duties, nurses are relied upon to comfort, to soothe. Amid the stresses of Ukraine's war, as she deals with wounded soldiers, Oksana Sokhan recalls a moment's resourcefulness that still makes her smile.
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Mar 19, 2024
As India's opposition alliance launches its election campaign, some members have abandoned ship, underscoring the challenges of political cooperation.
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Mar 19, 2024
A new Hong Kong law expands the government's power to stamp out dissent and curb protests, punishing treason and insurrection with up to life imprisonment. Investors and journalists have raised concerns about its potential effects.
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Mar 18, 2024
As the pressures grow on President Joe Biden to restrain Israel in Gaza, his administration's rhetoric has gotten tougher. In response, Benjamin Netanyahu is talking tough as well, but is the pressure having an effect?
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Mar 18, 2024
Many in Pakistan expected press freedom to improve once Imran Khan was out of power, yet journalists continue to face harassment.
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Mar 18, 2024
Fleeing an escalating conflict with Ukraine, some Russian exiles are adapting to new homes in Latin America. Locals in Mexico City and Buenos Aires are learning Russian phrases and welcoming the new emigres and their cultural exports.
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Mar 17, 2024
Despite the certainty of President Vladimir Putin's extended rule, Russian opposition has called on voters to head to the polls. The election that began Friday has no real alternatives to Mr. Putin, and no public criticism of him or his war in Ukraine.
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Mar 16, 2024
Stalled cease-fire talks are likely to resume in Qatar as soon as Sunday, according to Egyptian officials. In recent days, Israeli officials and Hamas leaders have both signaled a desire to get the talks back on track.
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Mar 15, 2024
In a survey of trust in institutions, China shows up at the top while the U.S. is nearer the bottom. We explore global trust in six graphics.
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Mar 15, 2024
Brazil's President Lula is backing expensive operations to combat illegal mining and other crimes in the Amazon.
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Mar 15, 2024
Russia's opposition once featured an array of political parties, and even some limited space for genuine critics of Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin. What remains of it amid Russia's 2024 presidential election?
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Mar 14, 2024
For the first time since the war began in Gaza, resentment against Hamas is boiling to the surface in public expressions of anger and in social media, as residents increasingly are losing their reluctance to speak out.
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Mar 14, 2024
U.S. diplomats seeking to resolve the Israel-Arab conflict have always held to a principle: "We can't want peace more than they do." Does Joe Biden agree?
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Mar 14, 2024
Progress roundup: In India, women are pooling their own money to buy solar pumps for their crops. And in Brazil, a female-run "samba school" defies male domination in the festival of the year.
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Mar 14, 2024
In Colombian emerald mines, the work is hard and striking it rich is rare. Men once believed that if women worked in the mines, the emeralds would hide. Now female miners are pushing for the government to legalize a small number of women-owned mines.
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Mar 14, 2024
Evangelicals, long Israel's among greatest supporters in the U.S. and abroad, are traveling there as war volunteers, providing extra hands for farms struggling to harvest. Propelled by faith, the "voluntourists" say they hope to show solidarity.
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Mar 13, 2024
Russia's presidential election appears largely a rote exercise, as a popular, unchallengeable leader faces only nominal competition from three "systemic" opponents. The Kremlin has worked for years to make it this way.
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Mar 12, 2024
In Gaza, desperate citizens and organized crime mobs are collapsing law and order in their search for food, as famine looms.
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Mar 12, 2024
Green Wave, a jewelry workshop in Dakar, Senegal, teaches survivors of domestic violence to be silversmiths.
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Mar 12, 2024
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi implemented a new immigration law that would fast-track naturalization for members of religious minorities from neighboring countries unless they are Muslim. It's drawn nationwide protests.
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Mar 12, 2024
Embattled Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry says he'll resign once a transitional council endorsed by regional leaders is established. Powerful gangs have been attacking government targets across the country's capital since Feb. 29.
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Mar 11, 2024
As the world transitions to electric vehicles, African companies and governments face significant challenges.
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Mar 11, 2024
A literary journal called ponyXpress, featuring poetry and prose, is helping incarcerated writers in Oregon develop their talents.
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Mar 08, 2024
Palestinians in Gaza now rely almost entirely on airdropped aid to fend off famine. But that falls far short of needs, and can sometimes do more harm than good.
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Mar 08, 2024
In a tour along the long eastern Ukraine war front with Russia, one consistent and clear sign of the impact of a lack of US weapons and ammunition supplies is the defensive posture the Ukrainian army has been forced to take.
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Mar 08, 2024
A film school in Dakar is training young Senegalese directors and screenwriters to tell their own stories.
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Mar 08, 2024
After long resisting Europe's rightward political creep, Portugal looks set to join the trend in Sunday's elections. Critics worry that the populist Chega party is giving new life to the ideology of Portugal's bygone dictatorship.
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