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Sep 17, 2025
As the Trump administration throws diplomatic elbows, Canada and Mexico see a chance to build a new rapprochement with each other.
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Sep 17, 2025
In Israel, the shared burden of military service in "the people's army" is a consensus value, and an exemption granted the ultra-Orthodox has long rankled. Amid the mounting costs of war in Gaza, moves to codify the exemption have fanned resentments.
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Sep 16, 2025
Syrian community leaders are choosing a parliament tasked with overhauling the country's laws and setting a new constitution. If the process prioritizes technocratic expertise over parties and politics, Syrians hope it's still a step toward a democracy.
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Sep 15, 2025
In Britain, a nationalist flag-waving campaign targeting immigrants and the hotels that house them has become an expression for grievances over housing shortages, the economy, and a sense the government is losing control of its borders.
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Sep 15, 2025
Conventionally generated electricity in Pakistan has become very expensive, but consumers don't have to buy it. They are adopting solar panels.
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Sep 15, 2025
Rita Banerji helped found Green Hub, a pioneering fellowship that offers free filmmaking training to Indigenous and rural young people.
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Sep 15, 2025
Israel and Syria are negotiating a security deal to bring peace to their border. The new Syrian government sees it as a path to international acceptance.
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Sep 14, 2025
Malawi is to hold a presidential election this week as the nation struggles under an ongoing economic crisis and food and fuel shortages.
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Sep 13, 2025
Israel has intensified airstrikes in Gaza City as part of an offensive to take over the city, which Israel claims is Hamas' last stronghold.
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Sep 12, 2025
While Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities are facing Russian drone and missile attacks, it's been a festive summer in Moscow, where war feels far away.
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Sep 12, 2025
The English flag has become controversial in the United Kingdom, and its public display is under debate as the country wrestles with immigration.
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Sep 12, 2025
Although President Trump has dubbed a new Department of War, he prefers conflicts that promise quick victories, not messy entanglements, as wars can be.
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Sep 12, 2025
Former President Jair Bolsonaro was convicted on all five counts of attempting a coup against Brazil's current President Lula.
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Sep 11, 2025
For 28 years, an after-school program run by Community MusicWorks has been reimagining what access to classical music education looks like.
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Sep 10, 2025
Moscow's defenders argue that the incursion of Russian drones into Polish airspace on Wednesday might be a Ukrainian conspiracy. Critics say it's simply the Kremlin testing Western resolve.
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Sep 10, 2025
The Trump administration's anti-immigrant stance has made Chinese scholars and students feel unwelcome in the U.S. Can Beijing persuade them to return home to work?
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Sep 10, 2025
The Israeli military has ordered a total evacuation of Gaza City. But many lack the means to leave, or believe there is no safe place left to go.
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Sep 10, 2025
Israel's failed attempt to kill its top Hamas negotiating partner in Qatar backfired - and angered Washington. What did officials think it would achieve?
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Sep 10, 2025
Russia says it didn't plan to fly drones over Poland, but NATO's leader calls it a "reckless" move that will only strengthen the alliance's resolve.
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Sep 08, 2025
Indonesia's horror film boom points to deeper religious and cultural beliefs behind the scary movies that are packing cinemas.
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Sep 08, 2025
Front-line medics work grueling hours to help Ukrainian soldiers defending their country. Behind them stands a scaffolding of support to help maintain their mental well-being.
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Sep 08, 2025
France's government has collapsed again, forcing President Emmanuel Macron to find a new leader amid concerns over the national debt.
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Sep 07, 2025
Throughout the war in Gaza, Israel's media has focused on Israelis' hardships on and since Oct. 7. It was what people wanted. Now, some journalists are admitting that coverage of Gazans as people has been irresponsibly minimal, distorting reality.
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Sep 06, 2025
Aid groups warn that a large-scale evacuation would exacerbate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza City, which is suffering from famine. Most families have already been displaced several times over the course of the Israel-Hamas war, and say they have nowhere left to go.
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Sep 05, 2025
Anutin Charnvirakul was elected prime minister of Thailand on Sept. 5, after Paetongtarn Shinawatra was dismissed last week for ethics violations.
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Sep 05, 2025
French Prime Minister François Bayrou faces a confidence vote he called to help push through unpopular budget cuts. But the ploy will likely backfire.
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Sep 04, 2025
For decades, Iran's powerful ally Hezbollah limited Beirut's power. Israel severely weakened the Shiite militia, yet as a new Lebanese government seeks to assert its authority, an easy compromise seems unlikely.
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Sep 04, 2025
Historic mistrust of the U.S. is softening in Latin America, as politicians there ponder turning to Washington for help in combating drug violence.
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Sep 03, 2025
Vladimir Putin and other world leaders alienated by the West gathered in China this week - first for an economic summit in Tianjin and then a military parade in Beijing.
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Sep 03, 2025
The Klondike gold rush is long over, but residents of Canada's Yukon still "pan for gold." It's a family business, passed down between generations.
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Sep 03, 2025
The nonprofit Basirhat Initiative for Rural Dedication is breaking the silence around the exploitation of women in and near the Sundarbans.
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Sep 02, 2025
Instagram creators like @renadfromgaza and @hamadashoo documented how Palestinians in Gaza ate in a time of war ... until they had nothing to eat themselves.
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Sep 02, 2025
Progress roundup: To better connect incarcerated New Yorkers with loved ones, the state is paying for phone calls. In Africa, mobile money helps people save.
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Sep 01, 2025
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's plane landed safely at Plovdiv airport. President Von der Leyen, a fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Moscow's war in Ukraine, is on a four-day tour of European Union nations bordering Russia and Belarus.
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Aug 31, 2025
The judge ruled Sunday after their lawyers said the youngsters were loaded onto planes in violation of laws affording protections for migrant kids. The judge, in Washington, says the children need to be taken off the planes while the legal process plays out.
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Aug 31, 2025
Our reporter fled El Salvador after uncovering corruption. He's one of many escaping authoritarian regimes.
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Aug 30, 2025
The Iranian-backed Houthis say an Israeli airstrike has killed Ahmed al-Rahawi, the prime minister of the rebel-controlled government in Yemen's capital, Sanaa. The Israeli military confirmed it targeted a Houthi military site in Sanaa Thursday where the Houthis say Mr. Rahawi was killed.
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Aug 29, 2025
The U.S. and China are racing to build humanoid robots capable of performing many daily tasks - but the complexity of home and business environments makes that challenging.
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Aug 29, 2025
America's Indian diaspora has never been larger - or more dependent on mail from home. But the end of tax exemptions for small parcels entering the U.S. has post offices around the world suspending service.
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Aug 28, 2025
Public sentiment in European countries is turning against asylum-seekers, prompting some governments to consider abrogating treaties that protect them.
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Aug 27, 2025
In-person schooling is better, it's agreed. For students and teachers, the stresses of life in a war zone create even more needs that schools can help address. In-person summer programs in eastern Ukraine did just that.
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Aug 27, 2025
Brazil has the world's second-largest rare earth reserves, essential for 21st-century economies and warfare. Can it emerge as a winner?
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Aug 27, 2025
Communities across Europe are struggling to balance industry and the environment. A pulp factory project in Galicia, Spain, may suggest which priority will win out - or if there's a middle ground to be found.
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Aug 26, 2025
Among all the shortages in war-ravaged Gaza, clean water is one of the most critical. Already facing the perils of famine and a new Israeli military offensive, families must engage in a daily hunt for water that often is barely usable.
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Aug 26, 2025
With the Assad regime gone, Syrian comedians are establishing a new comedy scene - and challenging social taboos - through their own brand of humor.
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Aug 25, 2025
The IPC is an international standard meant to measure the threat of starvation without bias. Many hope that Friday's IPC report, which determined Gaza is experiencing famine, will spur an international aid response.
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Aug 25, 2025
Progress roundup: Prevention of harm motivates judges in Argentina and officials in Norway. And in Los Angeles, students test better than they ever have.
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Aug 25, 2025
For former professional dancer Mike Wamaya, there's nothing out of the ordinary about children from the Kibera settlement dancing ballet.
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Aug 24, 2025
About 1.2 million war-displaced people have returned to Sudan since 2024. They're encountering infrastructure and homes that are destroyed or damaged.
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Aug 22, 2025
The Jewish diaspora has increasingly found itself torn between love of Israel and abhorrence of the suffering of Gazans. Now, it's tentatively starting to stand against Palestinian starvation.
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Aug 22, 2025
The Syrian craft tradition of aghabani embroidery survived the destruction of the homes where it was practiced. Can seamstresses now make a living?
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Aug 22, 2025
Progress roundup: Flint, Michigan, completes pipe replacements for clean water; India's Gujarat state pilots pollution trading and lowers emissions.
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Aug 21, 2025
After a week of summits around peace for Ukraine, Russia is holding firm to its demands. While the White House suggests that progress is being made on a deal, Russian observers say the Kremlin is content to wait Kyiv out.
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Aug 21, 2025
Deportation is always traumatic, but one couple has enjoyed social media success recounting the unexpected blessings of making their home in Mexico.
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Aug 20, 2025
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is a second-generation West Bank settler who opposes a Palestinian state, talks of resettling Gaza, and uses his stature in Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition to relentlessly pursue pro-settlement policies. His plan is advancing.
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Aug 20, 2025
Art can help build bridges between rivals - or, in the case of India and Pakistan, to remind audiences how much culture the two nations still share. But in times of fighting, it's often one of the first things to go.
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Aug 20, 2025
On July 1, USAID was formally dissolved. In Uganda and Congo, that loss of funding has also broken apart communities that relied on it.
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Aug 19, 2025
The book business is booming in Syria: Authors and titles banned during the Assad family's dictatorial rule are now legal and flying off the shelves.
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Aug 18, 2025
Israelis closed businesses, universities, and streets in a massive outpouring of rage and opposition to plans to expand the war against Hamas in Gaza. How much this pressures the government is still uncertain.
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Aug 18, 2025
Since February 2024, the salon has held dozens of free performances. The weekly shows go on despite the risks.
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Aug 17, 2025
European leaders head to the White House after President Donald Trump, following the Alaska summit, drops his Ukraine ceasefire demand to back Russia's conditions for peace.
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Aug 14, 2025
President Vladimir Putin's stance on peace in Ukraine could disrupt his summit with Donald Trump, but no one knows the U.S. president's thoughts.
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Aug 14, 2025
The budding U.S.-Pakistan friendship marks a seismic diplomatic shift in South Asia. But lingering distrust toward the American security establishment will color their cooperation.
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Aug 14, 2025
Allies are pressing President Trump to draw up a clear plan for his summit with Vladimir Putin on Ukraine's future, rather than just see what happens.
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Aug 14, 2025
What Moscow's summer blitz tells us about the irreversible evolution of modern war as inexpensive drones bring the front line directly to the Ukrainian people.
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Aug 13, 2025
Israel is seeing a groundswell of protest against the war in Gaza. Following the government's decision to send ground forces into Gaza City, a new women's group, including mothers of combat soldiers, set up a protest camp on the border.
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Aug 13, 2025
Palestinians in Gaza City fear that Israel's planned offensive against their town may force them from their homes forever. They say they are exhausted by war.
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Aug 13, 2025
Niall Harbison is leveraging his large following on social media to help canines in South Asia.
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Aug 12, 2025
With cutting-edge, open-source models like DeepSeek, Beijing is narrowing the AI innovation gap with the United States.
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Aug 12, 2025
French lawmakers are pumping the brakes on an industry they say has gotten out of control.
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Aug 12, 2025
In Russian-controlled parts of Ukraine, a battle is on over national identity. Russia wants Ukrainians to feel Russian, and teens are the front line.
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Aug 11, 2025
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces is using kidnappings to help fund its war efforts and, in the process, unleashing terror on Darfur's civilians.
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Aug 10, 2025
London police said 532 people were arrested Saturday when supporters of a pro-Palestinian group recently outlawed as a terrorist organization intentionally broke the law to test the government's ability to enforce the ban.
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Aug 10, 2025
Working-class voters are flocking to Reform UK, a new MAGA-like political party that is disrupting the old guard of Labour and Conservatives.
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Aug 09, 2025
The measure covers Haiti's West, Artibonite, and Center departments to "fight against insecurity and respond to the agricultural and food crisis," a government statement says.
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Aug 08, 2025
Indian comics have faced police complaints and even death threats over sets that anger right-wing vigilante groups.
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Aug 08, 2025
Israel's security cabinet decides to expand Gaza War in bid to destroy Hamas
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Aug 07, 2025
As Prime Minister, Italian far-right leader Giorgia Meloni has worked closely with moderate neighbors. Is she a model for other far-right politicians?
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Aug 07, 2025
The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan are visiting the White House in hopes of a peace deal. As power in the region shifts, the U.S. could be key.
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Aug 07, 2025
Mykolaiv, a port in Ukraine, was a major naval shipyard since the Russian Empire. Russian control of a narrow sandbar nearby has silenced the docks.
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Aug 06, 2025
As the nonproliferation movement enters a tenuous new era, Japan's firsthand experience with nuclear warfare is crucial in the fight for a nuclear-free world.
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Aug 06, 2025
It has been illegal to swim in the Seine in Paris for a century. Now, it's clean enough to allow bathing in three pools. Our correspondent takes a dip.
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Aug 06, 2025
Project Resource Optimization is connecting formerly US-funded aid projects - including one providing clean water in Nigeria - to new donors.
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Aug 05, 2025
The residents of a La Palma town destroyed in a volcanic eruption, like people worldwide displaced by disasters, must redefine notions of "home."
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Aug 05, 2025
Progress roundup: Malta brings free period products to schools, a study in Kenya and Senegal finds women's decision-making superior to men's, and more.
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Aug 04, 2025
Humanitarian professionals say famine can be averted in Gaza, but only if Israel allows much more food and other aid into the strip.
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Aug 04, 2025
Students in Hardwick, Massachusetts, are playing a crucial role in a long-running conservation program.
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Aug 01, 2025
For years, Arab states wanted Europe to recognize Palestine; Europe wanted Arab states to rein in Hamas. Now, they have stepped forward together to do something hard for each.
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Aug 01, 2025
In one of Asia's fastest growing economies, millions of young people out of work. The crisis is fueling distrust and frustration with the government.
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Aug 01, 2025
Kharkiv, one of Europe's great cultural centers, is regularly pummeled by Russian strikes. Yet its bomb-shelter national opera house serves as a beacon of stubborn faith.
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Aug 01, 2025
Europeans have been pushing back on overtourism. For many, especially in places like Barcelona, the issue is not just crowds but also pollution. Is there a way for port cities to have needed cruise dollars and cleaner air?
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Jul 31, 2025
Exiled from their country by civil war, Sudanese mothers in Egypt are refusing to subject their daughters to female genital mutilation (FGM).
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Jul 31, 2025
The world is unifying around the question of Palestinian statehood, diverging from the U.S. and Israel. Will it make a difference? Not since the mid-1950s has a U.S. president held such sway over Israel.
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Jul 30, 2025
The hunger crisis in Gaza has many asking if Israel had a deliberate policy of starving civilians. Israelis say that was never the case, but an ignorance of Palestinian suffering allowed an inconsistent government policy to lead to a calamity.
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Jul 30, 2025
Finland has ranked the world's happiest country for years. But Finnish happiness isn't about joy. It's based on unusual contentment and reassuredness.
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Jul 29, 2025
Many Europeans feel they came out on the losing end of the new U.S.-EU trade deal. Analysts say it needs to be understood within Mr. Trump's broader relationship with Europe.
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Jul 29, 2025
Many Europeans feel they came out on the losing end of the new U.S.-EU trade deal. Analysts say it needs to be understood within Mr. Trump's broader relationship with Europe.
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Jul 29, 2025
Inflation in Argentina hit a five year low in May. But Argentines say they don't feel that reflected in their day-to-day consumption.
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Jul 29, 2025
Nonprofit groups and throngs of volunteers acting on their own have played a key role in aiding disaster victims in this temblor-prone country.
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Jul 28, 2025
The ceasefire reached between Thailand and Cambodia on Monday could help hundreds of thousands of displaced people return home - but it will not end the countries' long-simmering border dispute, or address the troubling precedents set during the latest bout of fighting.
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