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Nov 20, 2024
U.S.-Palestinian relations under the first Trump administration ran aground over the relocation of the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, among other issues. A flurry of diplomacy is not dispelling the notion of postelection Palestinian disarray.
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Nov 20, 2024
Evicted to make way for a U.S. military base in the 1970s, residents of the Chagos Islands may soon return, though many critique the terms of the deal.
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Nov 20, 2024
Russia has consistently targeted Ukraine's energy facilities, forcing companies to constantly rebuild and go weeks without power. Clean energy has begun to replace damaged coal and gas power plants, and it is proving more reliable and harder to destroy.
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Nov 20, 2024
Progress roundup: Governments around the world protect workers from exploitation, poor air quality, and pesticides that harm people.
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Nov 19, 2024
Farming by its nature puts people in touch with their land and their traditions. In besieged Gaza, after more than a year of war, the olive harvest and production of its oil are a source of resilience.
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Nov 19, 2024
A Hong Kong court has imprisoned 45 pro-democracy leaders for as much as 10 years, striking a heavy blow at a generation of activists.
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Nov 19, 2024
Communication cables linking Finland to Germany and Sweden to Lithuania have been cut. European governments say Russia did it, which it denies. "No one believes that these cables were cut accidentally," says German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius.
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Nov 19, 2024
Thousands of farmers flooded the streets of London protesting an inheritance tax on agricultural land that they say would devastate family farms. The U.K. government says the tax would mainly affect rich individuals who bought farmland as an investment.
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Nov 18, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy can now use U.S.-built long range missiles to strike deep into Russia. The Biden administration gave him permission as North Korean troops come to Russia's aid and Donald Trump prepares to take over the presidency.
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Nov 17, 2024
People in Senegal are voting in a parliamentary election that will decide whether the country's president can carry out ambitious reforms, six months after he was elected on an anti-establishment platform.
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Nov 15, 2024
Hezbollah's intensified rocket barrages against northern Israeli communities have created conflicting impulses among residents: supporting war, yet eager to end it.
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Nov 15, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump readies for a new tariff war with China, making balanced trade books, not free trade, the leitmotif of his presidency.
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Nov 15, 2024
While the planned social media ban has broad support, more than 140 technology and child welfare experts signed an open letter to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese calling it "too blunt an instrument" to be effective. The specifics will be unveiled next week.
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Nov 14, 2024
The story of the grinding Russian-Ukrainian land battle is one of an imbalance of forces and supplies, mostly in Russia's favor. Yet Ukraine finds ways to defy the odds, at least for a while.
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Nov 14, 2024
Donald Trump is set on weakening Western support for Ukraine and weakening Europe's economy with tariffs. Can the continent withstand a dual assault?
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Nov 13, 2024
In peace, Lebanon's stability depends on a frail political balance. Now for many Lebanese enduring war with Israel, Hezbollah's unique status as a heavily armed state-within-a-state is increasingly a problem.
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Nov 13, 2024
After a record defeat in Britain's last election, many Conservatives decided that they needed to be more populist. Their selection of Kemi Badenoch as party leader locks in that agenda.
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Nov 13, 2024
In 2018, Thanda Ko Gyi launched the nonprofit Myanmar Ocean Project, Myanmar's first registered marine conservation organization.
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Nov 13, 2024
Progress roundup: Most of the world wants action on climate change, and would be willing to pay for it. Here's where clean energy is making gains.
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Nov 12, 2024
Ukrainian soldier-poets are springing up all along the front lines of their war against Russia, feeding a literary renaissance.
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Nov 10, 2024
A massive drone strike has rattled Moscow and its suburbs, injuring several people and temporarily halting traffic at some of Russia's busiest airports. Meanwhile a huge nighttime wave of Russian drones targeted Ukraine.
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Nov 09, 2024
The announcement comes after growing frustration with the lack of progress on a cease-fire deal. But one official said Saturday that Qatar is highly likely to return to the efforts if both sides show "serious political willingness" to reach a deal on the war in Gaza.
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Nov 08, 2024
The world always watches the American presidential election. But this year, the stakes feel much higher - especially for parents around the globe.
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Nov 08, 2024
Canadian police are preparing for a large number of asylum-seekers crossing the border between official ports of entry. When Donald Trump first came to power in 2017, thousands crossed into Canada to file refugee claims.
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Nov 08, 2024
When the Berlin Wall fell, East German "stuff" went to landfills. The nostalgia of identity is creating a new market for communist-era goods.
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Nov 07, 2024
Trump's election victory heralds a U.S. shift away from coordination with international allies and toward a more isolationist and protectionist stance.
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Nov 07, 2024
After years of agribusiness expansion under former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's far-right government, the Amazon's deforestation rate plummeted this year. Current President Lula da Silva has prioritized environmental protections.
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Nov 07, 2024
Germany's governing coalition fell apart on Nov. 6 after Chancellor Olaf Scholz tried to push through a plan to borrow more money in support of the Ukrainian war effort. Years of tension peaked when the fiscally conservative Free Democrats jumped ship.
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Nov 06, 2024
Ukrainians followed the U.S. presidential contest almost as if it were their own, nervously expressing the sense that their country's future hung in the balance of an election in which they had no say.
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Nov 06, 2024
Intended for cargo planes headed to North America, the incendiary devices ignited while in storage in Germany and England. Linking the plot to Russia, Western security officials say the Kremlin is sabotaging Ukraine's allies.
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Nov 06, 2024
Yoav Gallant was a moderating force in the Netanyahu government and had a strong relationship with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. His firing comes as Israel wages war in Gaza, Lebanon, and on multiple other fronts.
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Nov 05, 2024
Suppliers and brands across the $1.7 trillion global fashion industry are starting to use AI technology to boost production and reduce their climate impact. But recent innovations could threaten some of the 75 million jobs in the labor-intensive industry.
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Nov 05, 2024
Young people across far-flung, impoverished areas of Nigeria are learning digital skills in their language, thanks to the creator of a novel app.
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Nov 04, 2024
Hezbollah has long assured its Shiite Lebanese base that when the time came, it would robustly defend Lebanon and punish Israel. Now, amid another destructive war, many supporters are losing faith. Can it win them back?
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Nov 04, 2024
Mexico City's chinampas, artificial islands first built by the Aztecs, are under threat from spreading urbanization. But a small collection of farmers on the islands are banding together to protect ancient farming practices.
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Nov 04, 2024
Progress roundup: Galleries marry disciplines to spark creativity, the benefits of greener playgrounds spread to the community, and Oslo, Norway, spreads budget responsibilities.
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Nov 03, 2024
President Maia Sandu won a second term in a runoff against a Russia-friendly opponent, Alexandr Stoianoglo, in a race that was overshadowed by claims of Russian interference, voter fraud, and intimidation in the European Union candidate country.
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Nov 01, 2024
Just as the Spanish women's national team was celebrating its 2023 World Cup victory, it found itself embroiled in a fight with the soccer federation president over an unwanted kiss. A Netflix documentary looks at the scandal.
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Nov 01, 2024
The issue of immigration in the U.S. is tumultuous. But underneath the noise, a sea change has occurred that receives far less attention.
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Nov 01, 2024
Three days after flash floods swept through towns in Spain, residents are working together to pick up the pieces. The floods followed battles with prolonged droughts in 2022 and 2023. Experts say drought and flood cycles are increasing with climate change.
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Nov 01, 2024
Rolled out to combat Russian signal jamming, Ukraine is deploying new AI systems to drive its drone warfare. Early tests find the automated pilots are far more likely to hit targets, though only a small proportion of Ukraine's fleet uses the new technology.
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Oct 31, 2024
The Russian public is generally satisfied with how their country has transformed under Vladimir Putin. But that's less because of his attributes and more a reflection of Russian history and culture.
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Oct 31, 2024
Western governments challenge Chinese and Russian influence in the Global South, counting on new economic initiatives and on their reputations.
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Oct 30, 2024
The U.S. still dominates in space, but China's star is rising. As the country's latest crewed launch highlights a rapidly advancing space program, some say China is catching up.
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Oct 30, 2024
U.S. foreign policy isn't a top priority for American voters this year, but it matters a lot around the world. How will the next president treat allies?
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Oct 30, 2024
When Tanzania's government asked the Maasai to cast their ballots in the November election hundreds of miles from home, many rose up in protest.
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Oct 29, 2024
The Israeli parliament's ban on U.N. Relief and Works Agency operations in Israel threatens humanitarian aid to Gaza and its schools.
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Oct 29, 2024
Lebanon is all too familiar with the heavy cost civilians bear in war. Now, as Israel pursues Hezbollah, people are dying or displaced from their homes, caught in the crossfire of a war that is not theirs.
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Oct 28, 2024
In over a year of conflict between Israel and Iran's militia allies, a key brake on a regional war has been each side's fear of what the other could do. Does Israel's latest strike mean that brake is failing?
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Oct 28, 2024
In Japan, the long-ruling party's dramatic loss in a parliamentary election underscores the public's growing frustration with its leaders, and has plunged the country into political uncertainty.
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Oct 28, 2024
"Emily in Paris," the cult Netflix series French viewers love to hate, is hinting at a move to Rome. Fans, from President Macron on down, are indignant.
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Oct 28, 2024
Health practitioners in developing countries fear a reelected Donald Trump would cut U.S. funds, whatever their purpose, to any group promoting abortion.
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Oct 26, 2024
Israel launched missile strikes against Iranian targets in retaliation for Iran's attack on Tel Aviv earlier this month. Iran said the strikes caused only "limited damage."
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Oct 25, 2024
Where can one find safety in war? That has been an especially agonizing question for Palestinians in Gaza, ordered to and fro by Israel for more than a year. With death everywhere, one community after another has been reduced to rubble.
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Oct 25, 2024
A Sudanese refugee in Uganda is using food to preserve his community's ties to the country it fled.
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Oct 25, 2024
Sudan's civil war has generated one of the world's worst displacement crises. Here's what that's like for one family living through it.
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Oct 24, 2024
Russia has long aspired to use the BRICS bloc of countries to circumvent the U.S.-dominated global economic system. The group's latest meeting shows how much progress Russia has made - and how other BRICS members keep that goal from being fully realized.
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Oct 24, 2024
Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu hopes Donald Trump will win the U.S. presidency. But Mr. Trump might well be just as demanding as his predecessor.
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Oct 24, 2024
The strike came days after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggested parole for the PKK's imprisoned leader and hours after a terrorist attack in Ankara. Turkey regularly conducts airstrikes against the PKK, who have power bases in Iraq and Syria.
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Oct 23, 2024
Benjamin Netanyahu initially described Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar's death as "the beginning of the end" to the war in Gaza. But are there any indications that pressures for a cease-fire will bear fruit?
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Oct 23, 2024
Progress roundup: For half the children in New Mexico, child care is free. In Australia, Indigenous nations win rights to an area the size of Indiana.
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Oct 23, 2024
Community-based aid groups are acting as pivotal first responders in the humanitarian crisis generated by Sudan's civil war.
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Oct 22, 2024
European countries such as Italy are trying to reduce immigration by moving asylum-seekers' processing offshore - in Italy's case, to Albania. But while the approach is increasingly popular, its legality remains suspect.
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Oct 22, 2024
Peru's national court sentenced former President Alejandro Toledo to more than 20 years for accepting $35 million in bribes from a Brazilian construction company. He will spend it at a prison outside Lima built specifically for former Peruvian presidents.
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Oct 22, 2024
The Stand With a Girl Education Project's "safe space" curriculum is "girl-centered, emphasizing life skills, numeracy, and literacy," its founder says.
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Oct 22, 2024
Geneva Peace Week hosts people from around the world who aren't just hoping for peace, but creating it. Their stories point to what's possible.
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Oct 21, 2024
China's military is practicing putting a choke hold on Taiwan - a strategy that defense experts increasingly believe could be an effective alternative to a full-scale invasion.
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Oct 21, 2024
Gazans know what Lebanon is going through, as Israel attacks Hezbollah and as civilians are killed or forced from their homes. But they worry the world's attention has been diverted.
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Oct 21, 2024
Fetullah Gulen, an exiled cleric who died in the United States, was head of a Turkish movement its followers say spreads moderate Islam and Western-style ideas. Formerly an ally of Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan, he was later accused of a failed coup attempt.
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Oct 21, 2024
"We haven't had electricity for three nights," said one Cuban protestor, amid widespread blackouts. Authorities said the outage stemmed from increased demand but residents say this is just the latest issue in a series of problems with electricity.
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Oct 21, 2024
A journalist recounts the experience of his daughter's birth in Sudan amid the country's brutal civil war.
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Oct 19, 2024
Hezbollah didn't claim responsibility for the drone attack, which inflicted no casualties, but said it carried out several rocket attacks on Israel. Israel carried out at least 10 airstrikes on southern Beirut suburbs that are home to Hezbollah's offices.
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Oct 18, 2024
After a year of war in Gaza and the Middle East, the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar rekindled hopes for a grand U.S.-led peace plan. But many obstacles, Israeli and Palestinian, remain.
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Oct 18, 2024
The breakdown in India-Canada ties could force western allies into a difficult balancing act in Asia.
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Oct 18, 2024
A South Korean spy agency said North Korea has already sent 1,500 special forces to Russia and plans to send a total of 12,000 troops. Citing North Korea's outdated equipment and lack of battle experience, experts question how useful a deployment might be.
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Oct 17, 2024
The death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is the heaviest blow the Islamic militant group has endured in a year of war in Gaza. Will it break the stalemate over a cease-fire with Israel?
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Oct 17, 2024
Plummeting birth rates point to more immigration as an economic salve, but political opposition complicates the picture.
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Oct 17, 2024
The war in Gaza, like all surges of violence in the Middle East, has sparked rising antisemitic attacks on Jews in France. They are defending themselves.
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Oct 17, 2024
El Niño brought below-average rainfall to southern Africa, and warming temperatures worsened the situation. The United Nations' food agency said droughts have caused the region's worst hunger crisis in decades.
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Oct 16, 2024
Warfare requires constant adaptation, both offensive and defensive, in tactics and technology. Trends in innovation often point to modern sophistication, but sometimes older and simpler methods work best.
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Oct 15, 2024
As China signals bold moves to revive its economy, all eyes are on its collapsing property market. Can the government restore the confidence of would-be homebuyers?
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Oct 15, 2024
Progress roundup: Resources like water in the desert and gold trapped in e-waste are recovered in new ways. And globally, more children are in school.
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Oct 15, 2024
Canada expelled India's top diplomat and five others over the assassination of a Sikh activist as the latest salvo in an escalating conflict since the 2023 crime. India adamantly denies it was involved, and said it will expel six Canadian diplomats.
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Oct 15, 2024
By law, Norway's universal child care system must be rooted in values that include forgiveness, equality, solidarity, and respect for human dignity.
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Oct 12, 2024
Palestinians in northern Gaza are describing heavy Israeli bombardment in the hours after airstrikes killed at least 22 people. A member of the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon was in stable condition after being struck by gunfire in Naqoura.
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Oct 11, 2024
Israel's assault on Hezbollah in Lebanon represents a dramatic broadening of the yearlong war in the Middle East. How Iran's most important regional ally responds will determine the postwar balance of power.
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Oct 10, 2024
To endure war, a society usually needs both unity and trusted leadership. Yet as Israel takes on Hezbollah in Lebanon, the public consensus seems to be based mostly on a blend of confidence and caution - without faith in a government plan.
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Oct 10, 2024
Ukraine's President Volodomyr Zelenskyy fears Western support against Russia is flagging - and it's not just a matter of weaponry.
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Oct 09, 2024
While activists around the world fight for marriage equality, the Philippines is grappling with "separation equality" - whether, and under what conditions, married couples should be allowed to divorce.
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Oct 09, 2024
In Argentina, decades of well-documented crimes and court hearings are being questioned by the nation's new populist, libertarian leadership.
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Oct 08, 2024
Over the past year of war, many critics of the Biden administration say its inability to restrain Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu has damaged U.S. stature and credibility in the Mideast.
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Oct 08, 2024
A French rape victim goes public in a French trial, challenging stereotypes and demanding that rapists, not those raped, should carry the burden of shame.
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Oct 07, 2024
Hamas' attack on Israel a year ago sparked a war that has brought immense destruction and loss of life to Gaza, seriously degraded the militant movement, and sown the seeds for regional conflict. But it portrays its mere survival as a victory.
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Oct 07, 2024
One year after Oct. 7, on-the-ground reporting in Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel finds lives of Palestinians and Israelis forever altered.
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Oct 06, 2024
Memorial events paying tribute to victims of Oct. 7 attacks took place in Paris and London. People took to the streets from Pakistan to Morocco in massive pro-Palestinian demonstrations.
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Oct 03, 2024
Israel and Iran may be on the brink of war, but past experiences of Mideast conflicts show that they rarely go as planned. Could that act as a brake?
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Oct 03, 2024
Many Latin American countries have reached gender parity in politics, but Brazil still lags far behind.
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Oct 03, 2024
Progress roundup: For a greener future, schools in France teach bike riding, Melbourne batteries store renewables, South Africa enacts a climate law.
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Oct 02, 2024
The need to establish deterrence has always risked cycles of escalation. As Israel and Iran trade blows, their competing views of the same events are sending tremors through the Middle East.
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Oct 02, 2024
Ewa Letowska helped Poland create its democracy. Even though the nation is backsliding, she has helped keep it a democracy - one Facebook post at a time.
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