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Feb 10, 2026
A new Olympic scoring system at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games is encouraging advances in athletic achievement across freestyle skiing, snowboarding, and skating events.
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Feb 09, 2026
Israeli President Isaac Herzog calls deadly crime in Arab-Israeli society a "national emergency." But the police, under far-right Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, appear indifferent. Now Arab citizens are overcoming their fears to protest publicly. Jews are joining in.
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Feb 09, 2026
Olympics and activism have long made for an uncomfortable pairing. But not many athletes want to make the Games into a political cause, either. They are here to compete and enjoy a richly deserved moment of attention and adulation.
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Feb 09, 2026
President Trump is creating a new regional order in Latin America, broadly drawn along ideological lines.
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Feb 08, 2026
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's governing party has secured a two-thirds supermajority in a key parliamentary election, according to preliminary results on Sunday.
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Feb 08, 2026
In Cortina, Alpine racer Lindsey Vonn gave the world what she always did: absolutely everything. In her comeback leading up to the 2026 Winter Games, she defied age, injury, and disbelief.
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Feb 08, 2026
Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt had been closed to Palestinian returnees since Israel's seizure of the site in May 2024. Its reopening is a cornerstone of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, but its test operation during an Israeli "pilot" is so far imposing hardships.
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Feb 07, 2026
The release of the Epstein files has ended careers, particularly in Europe. In contrast, only a handful of Epstein associates have lost their jobs in the U.S.
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Feb 07, 2026
Bad Bunny, the first Spanish-language Super Bowl halftime headliner, is performing for a polarized America at the same time as a competing show.
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Feb 06, 2026
The Milan-Cortina Winter Games are officially open following a dual cauldron ceremony spread across four sites. The main hub was broadcast on Friday from Milan's San Siro stadium, while athletes parading at other venues were seen on video screens.
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Feb 06, 2026
Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae has broken through her country's political malaise with a bold vision for a more assertive Japan. Her party is expected to sweep in snap elections this weekend.
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Feb 05, 2026
U.S.-Iran talks set for Friday were briefly canceled, then revived at the urging of Arab governments. But the two adversaries' preferred agendas are very different. Does each side have a realistic grasp of what is at stake?
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Feb 05, 2026
The 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games are launching a new era of Olympic hosts. Instead of a singular city, an entire region will sponsor a variety of events.
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Feb 05, 2026
One purpose of the Olympic Games is to unite the world through sport and promote peace and mutual understanding. These Olympians want to show us how.
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Feb 04, 2026
As a key nuclear arms agreement is set to expire, the world ponders what kind of arms-control architecture needs to be built to address the geopolitical challenges of the 21st century.
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Feb 04, 2026
For the first time in 20 years, the Winter Olympics are back in the Alps. At the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, there will be other firsts - from near gender parity to the debut of ski mountaineering.
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Feb 04, 2026
At a time when U.S. trade policy has alienated traditional allies and drawn middle powers closer together, what do India's recent trade deals tell us about its position in the emerging global order?
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Feb 03, 2026
Russia and Ukraine might be negotiating elsewhere. But along the battlefront in Zaporizhzhia in eastern Ukraine, where Russian forces have been advancing under cover of drones and glide bombs, peace talks seem far away.
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Feb 03, 2026
Russia and Ukraine might be negotiating elsewhere. But along the battlefront in Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine, where Russian forces have been advancing under cover of drones and glide bombs, peace talks seem far away.
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Feb 03, 2026
President Donald Trump and Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodríguez are banking on oil for the success of their political futures. But that may not be enough for Venezuelans who want more than just economic relief.
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Feb 02, 2026
The Gordie Howe International Bridge will link an American auto city to a Canadian one, even as the United States and Canada are at loggerheads over trade.
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Feb 02, 2026
After covering four Winter Games, our correspondent relishes the moments of "weak-kneed awe" that skiers, skaters, lugers, and snowboarders have inspired.
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Feb 02, 2026
The Monitor's editor-in-chief made a bid for the 2002 Olympics and came away with an essential lesson. In the Olympics, as in journalism, humanity is prized above all else.
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Feb 02, 2026
In the Cape Flats, a working-class area on the edge of Cape Town, a group of mothers and grandmothers patrols the streets to stop gang violence.
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Feb 01, 2026
The announcement came a day after Israeli strikes killed at least 30 Palestinians, according to hospital officials, yet the ceasefire is moving ahead.
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Jan 30, 2026
Myanmar's junta-backed party has secured an overwhelming victory in the country's first elections since the military seized power in 2021. While the exercise was widely denounced as a sham, some in Myanmar hope it will inch the war-torn country closer toward democratic norms.
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Jan 30, 2026
Myanmar's junta-backed party has secured an overwhelming victory in the country's first elections since the military seized power in 2021. While the exercise was widely denounced as a sham, some in Myanmar hope it will inch the war-torn country closer toward democratic norms.
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Jan 30, 2026
The immigration crackdown in Minnesota is hastening the erosion of Europeans' esteem for their long-time ally under President Donald Trump.
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Jan 29, 2026
For years, China has been working to tackle widespread corruption within its massive army. But with the toppling of a popular general and former ally, Chinese leader Xi Jinping may be sacrificing military readiness to bolster his own power.
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Jan 29, 2026
Amassing military forces and bolstered by Iran's perceived vulnerability, President Donald Trump says "time is running out." Replying with threats of its own, the Islamic Republic is trying to restore its deterrence.
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Jan 28, 2026
President Donald Trump is pushing hard for a security deal between longtime U.S. ally Israel and emerging partner Syria. But Israeli suspicions, and concerns for Syria's Druze and Kurds, are complications.
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Jan 28, 2026
The seizure of Nicolás Maduro has encouraged Venezuelans, but they are unsure what it means for the state of democracy in the South American nation.
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Jan 28, 2026
Since 2018, children in the Republic of Congo have been performing classical music in a culture permeated by traditional rumba.
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Jan 27, 2026
In Pakistan, U.S.-Pakistan rapprochement has always been viewed as a double-edged sword. But now that Islamabad is joining Trump's "Board of Peace," many worry the government is putting relations with Washington above national values.
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Jan 27, 2026
International aid flooded into Haiti after its 2010 earthquake, but quality-of-life improvements didn't follow for most Haitians.
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Jan 26, 2026
Despite Beijing's campaign to encourage couples to have more children, new data shows China's population decline is accelerating.
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Jan 24, 2026
Amid an internet blackout, Iran is blaming outside "agents" and "terrorists" for the death toll. Says one rights lawyer, such "denial and distortion" has been heard before.
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Jan 23, 2026
After a lightning military advance in northeastern Syria, Damascus is demanding that the Kurdish-led SDF, a key U.S. ally in the fight against ISIS, agree to integrate into the national army. The United States has thrown its support behind a unified Syria.
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Jan 22, 2026
In Gaza, winter has been an added hardship for displaced Palestinians, particularly the tens of thousands living in tents and pushed alongside the windy and frigid coast. Tents are too few, and too flimsy.
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Jan 22, 2026
Disagreements over Donald Trump's claim to Greenland have eroded mutual trust within NATO and weakened the Western alliance, perhaps fatally.
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Jan 21, 2026
To support its rapidly aging population and preserve its pension system, China is raising its retirement age for the first time in 70 years. At the same time, demand for broader pension reform is growing.
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Jan 21, 2026
Osita Osemene's organization works to restore the dignity of returned migrants from Nigeria and elsewhere.
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Jan 20, 2026
Europe is at a crossroads. The tools it has to dissuade Donald Trump from acquiring Greenland are strong, slow to roll out, and potentially self-damaging.
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Jan 20, 2026
Five Central Asian nations once bickered over the water from regional glaciers. Now, with climate change looming, they appear set to share use.
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Jan 20, 2026
Ukraine is investigating hundreds of thousands of cases of Russian war crimes and crimes against humanity - despite a backdrop of growing impunity in the international arena.
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Jan 19, 2026
Two high-speed trains collided in Spain, killing at least 40 people and shaking a nation at the forefront of rail transport.
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Jan 16, 2026
Russian attacks are hitting Ukrainian energy infrastructure hard, leaving residents without power and heat in one of the coldest winters of the war to date.
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Jan 15, 2026
A brutal Iranian crackdown has appeared to quash most protests, and officials are seeking to portray a sense of "national solidarity." But images and eyewitness accounts of shocking "atrocities" are accumulating that paint a different picture.
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Jan 15, 2026
AI chatbot Grok's generation of provocative "deepfake" images of women and children has highlighted how differently Europe and the U.S. view online regulation.
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Jan 15, 2026
Formation of the apolitical Palestinian committee, which met for the first time in Cairo, follows months of low-level conflict and unfulfilled pledges that have threatened the Israel-Hamas ceasefire. In Gaza, it was greeted with skepticism and hope.
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Jan 15, 2026
The historic protests in Iran have become increasingly deadly. They're also showing more parallels with another uprising nearly 50 years ago.
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Jan 14, 2026
A spat over Yemen has quickly spiraled into what is being called a diplomatic "divorce" between Saudi Arabia and the UAE, both of which are vying to lead the Middle East into a new era of stability and cooperation.
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Jan 14, 2026
The United States has long worked with Denmark on Greenland's security - so much so that it's dubious that direct control would be better for U.S. defense.
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Jan 14, 2026
When the United States struck Venezuela on Jan. 3, almost a third of the victims were Cuban nationals. Their presence in the country shows Cuba's soft power.
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Jan 14, 2026
The youth vote in Uganda's presidential elections is divided; young people are rallying around both President Yoweri Museveni and challenger Bobi Wine.
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Jan 13, 2026
Efforts to diversify rare earth supply chains are bringing new attention to war-ravaged Myanmar, where massive rare earth deposits create opportunity - and risk - for the fractured rebellion.
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Jan 13, 2026
Since the start of Russia's war in Ukraine, travel from Moscow to Europe has become a frustration - as the Monitor's Moscow correspondent well knows.
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Jan 12, 2026
In a refugee camp in Mauritania, displaced Malians describe fleeing both Islamist insurgents and their own military government.
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Jan 12, 2026
Central American authoritarian governments have earned public support with their crackdowns on crime. Democracy has suffered as a result.
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Jan 11, 2026
A harsh crackdown is under way in Iran as leaders see a current wave of antigovernment protests as a threat to the regime. The protests began as economic in nature but have been fueled by anger over years of failed state policies.
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Jan 11, 2026
Nicaragua's government has been carrying out an ongoing crackdown since mass social protests in 2018 that were violently repressed.
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Jan 10, 2026
Tehran warned demonstrators could face death-penalty charges, while President Donald Trump said the U.S. "stands ready to help" protesters.
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Jan 09, 2026
The rising popularity and success of women's sports in England is shattering chauvinist conventions around what professional athletics should look like.
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Jan 08, 2026
Euphoria often follows the fall of an unpopular leader. But in Venezuela, residents are unsure what the political rupture means.
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Jan 08, 2026
President Trump has adopted the old imperialist dictum that "might makes right." Will he be able to make other nations, friend and foe, fall in line?
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Jan 08, 2026
As tent encampments grow in rural areas, small-town volunteers are responding the best way they know how: with food, coats, and encouragement.
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Jan 07, 2026
Iran's leaders are juggling chronic economic malaise - caused by years of mismanagement, corruption, and U.S.-led sanctions - with a growing expectation of military conflict with Israel or, following President Donald Trump's threats, the United States.
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Jan 07, 2026
Donald Trump's desire to acquire Greenland is challenging Europe's understanding of its relationship with the U.S., and its response to the president's demands.
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Jan 07, 2026
As South Sudan teeters on the brink of a second civil war, young people are using music to promote peace and unity.
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Jan 06, 2026
French first lady Brigitte Macron may have won her case against those who lied about her gender in France. But she faces a steeper challenge in the U.S.
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Jan 06, 2026
A reporter in Senegal explores the concept of the débrouillard, a local term for people who create their own opportunities from whatever they can.
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Jan 05, 2026
Russia is ramping up efforts to take advantage of the opening Arctic, both through military and economic means, and through international cooperation.
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Jan 03, 2026
The Trump administration's ouster of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro deposes an unpopular world leader. It also raises important legal and geopolitical questions for the Western Hemisphere.
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Jan 02, 2026
Israel's and Iran's defenses are still vulnerable after the June war, so why is their leaders' rhetoric so bellicose? The rationale for renewed hostilities still exists, but both governments also have an interest in deflecting dissent.
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Dec 29, 2025
Traveling across China this year, the Monitor's Beijing Bureau Chief found optimism, nimbleness, and resilience - even in the face of U.S. sanctions and slowing economic growth.
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Dec 28, 2025
President Donald Trump says Ukraine and Russia are "closer than ever before" to a peace deal, even as Russia launched another round of attacks on Ukraine while Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy flew to the United States.
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Dec 24, 2025
Taylor Luck, the Monitor's Arab world correspondent, has a broad assignment, covering his beat with a close eye on and attentive ear to the events, thoughts, and moods prevalent in the region. He has been an integral part of our coverage of the war in Gaza - which, as he notes, takes a toll on the journalists involved - and of the new Syria unfolding before his eyes. His wide travels in the region this year are convincing him that there is cause for hope this season, welcome news for sure.
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Dec 22, 2025
Many Ukrainians lament the reminder that a corrupt culture still lurks in the halls of power. Yet many are encouraged that the country's anti-corruption apparatus proved strong enough to pursue even some of the country's most powerful.
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Dec 22, 2025
Many Ukrainians lament the reminder that a corrupt culture still lurks in the halls of power. Yet many are encouraged that the country's anti-corruption apparatus proved strong enough to pursue even some of the country's most powerful.
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Dec 22, 2025
"Aquarium of Amazing Fishes" in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, allows visitors to dream of worlds beyond a war that has made their city a battle zone.
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Dec 22, 2025
For each Senegalese man who migrates to Europe, or dies trying, there are women left behind to build new lives.
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Dec 21, 2025
England appears to be on the edge of a shift away from its traditional Labour-Conservative axis, to more radical parties such as Reform UK and the Greens.
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Dec 20, 2025
The airstrikes on port infrastructure in Odesa come as the Kremlin sends an envoy to Florida to discuss the Trump administration's proposed peace plan. Meanwhile, European Union leaders agreed to provide $106 billion to support Ukraine's military and economic needs over the next two years.
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Dec 19, 2025
Christmas came early this year in Venezuela, at leader Nicolás Maduro's behest. It's the same tactic Hugo Chávez used as far back as 2003.
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Dec 19, 2025
The long ordeal of hostages held in Hamas tunnels since Oct. 7 has led to a rise in religious belief among Jewish Israelis. One hostage notes: "God will always listen. He does not get tired."
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Dec 18, 2025
Hezbollah has been weakened by Israel and is under pressure to disarm. But its Shiite supporters express pride in their sacrifice and look forward to revenge. And for the militia, says one analyst, keeping its arms is "existential."
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Dec 18, 2025
The potential military threat from Russia and the decreasing support from the US have European countries looking to conscript citizens. It's a big ask after decades of peace and prosperity.
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Dec 18, 2025
Every time I go to Ukraine, I come across scenes of yet more extraordinary human resilience.
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Dec 18, 2025
Often it takes sprinting, crouching, or climbing on chairs to get the ephemeral mix of angle, timing, light.
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Dec 18, 2025
I decide on the pieces I need to construct a visual narrative, and I proceed in search of them. From that point on, the job is a treasure hunt.
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Dec 18, 2025
People often ask how I decide whom to train my lens on. Sometimes it's just a matter of where the light falls.
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Dec 18, 2025
Europe struggles to maintain its open, liberal identity, while the U.S. pressures the continent to follow President Trump's path and secure its borders.
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Dec 18, 2025
Gaza families search for their missing family members, trusting that clues such as scraps of clothing and rumors will be the key to unlock the mystery
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Dec 17, 2025
The Bondi Beach massacre has shattered the sense of security held by Australian Jews, generations of whom found a warm haven far from the horrors of Europe. Some now hope Australians see that antisemitism is not just a Jewish problem.
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Dec 17, 2025
Wildlife SOS teaches tourists and tour operators about the pain that elephants endure during training, and later, in their lives as riding elephants.
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Dec 16, 2025
A large tropical island off China's southern coast will gain independent customs status on Dec. 18 - a move Chinese leaders hope will jump-start development in Hainan and pioneer new levels of openness for the rest of the country, despite the rise of protectionism.
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Dec 15, 2025
Syria's need to rapidly reconstitute its security forces has left them vulnerable to infiltration by former rebels with jihadist sympathies at the very time that President Ahmed al-Sharaa has been cultivating ties with the U.S.
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Dec 15, 2025
In Senegal, poverty makes young people embark on dangerous boats to reach Europe. Parents and local leaders seek solutions to encourage them to stay.
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Dec 14, 2025
During the war between Israel and Hezbollah, Lebanese people crossed sectarian lines to offer one another food and shelter. A year after a shaky ceasefire took hold, how is that community spirit enduring?
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Dec 12, 2025
Disney has struck gold with the "Zootopia" franchise, breaking box-office records in one of the most profitable but challenging movie markets in the world.
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