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Mar 27, 2025
Across Syria, the reunification of families and communities that had been displaced by conflict has enhanced the spirituality and generosity of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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Mar 27, 2025
Facing American indifference to European security, Germany has launched a major rearmament drive. But without U.S. help, can Europe defend itself?
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Mar 26, 2025
As Israelis demonstrate in defense of democracy, newspaper headlines and neighbors' conversations brim with references to a constitutional crisis. Analysts say Benjamin Netanyahu is emboldened by Donald Trump.
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Mar 25, 2025
South Sudan stands on the brink of civil war for the second time since it became independent in 2011, and the space for deescalation is shrinking.
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Mar 25, 2025
Progress roundup: Nepal's Supreme Court disallowed development in protected areas. And in Mexico, Congress put animal welfare in the constitution.
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Mar 25, 2025
Palestinians flocking back to the Yarmouk refugee camp outside Damascus say it's more than a physical place. It's their last physical tie to a Palestine they have never seen.
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Mar 24, 2025
Hundreds of university graduates are stepping up to teach children whose formal schooling has been interrupted by a brutal civil conflict.
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Mar 24, 2025
The NBA is taking a bet on Africa. And Africans are taking a bet on an unfamiliar sport.
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Mar 24, 2025
The NBA is taking a bet on Africa. And Africans are taking a bet on an unfamiliar sport.
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Mar 23, 2025
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and his Conservative opponent have kicked off their campaigns amid a trade war and annexation threats from U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Mar 22, 2025
The gains come a day after the military seized control of the Republican Palace in Khartoum from a notorious paramilitary group.
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Mar 22, 2025
Planned limitations on Canadian access to the Haskell Free Library & Opera House, which spans the U.S.-Canada border, symbolize a fraying relationship between towns with traditionally close ties.
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Mar 21, 2025
Voice of America was rejected by the Soviets and Vladimir Putin. But some in Moscow wax nostalgic about what the state-funded broadcaster meant for them, especially during the Cold War.
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Mar 21, 2025
Brazil's Supreme Court will decide this month if former President Jair Bolsonaro will stand trial for a 2022 coup attempt.
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Mar 20, 2025
Turkey's next presidential election is in 2028, so why would the mayor of Istanbul, a Recep Tayyip Erdogan rival, be arrested now? One reason: The autocratic Mr. Erdogan fears a loosening hold on voters.
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Mar 20, 2025
After the resumption of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, the population worries it has been abandoned by the world.
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Mar 20, 2025
Across Ukraine's minerals-rich region, word of a potential U.S. deal has renewed confidence in the future. Most see U.S. investment as a positive.
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Mar 20, 2025
The maple leaf flag is showing its colors everywhere as a Canadian-style nationalism rises in response to President Trump's actions and rhetoric.
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Mar 20, 2025
César Gantes' dedication to slowing HIV in his country's poorest region has earned him national recognition.
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Mar 19, 2025
Across Syria, as the interim government struggles to provide both security and services, local civil society groups are helping to fill the voids. But is there a part for them to play in politics, and in helping to shape the country's future?
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Mar 18, 2025
After Hamas' Oct. 7 attack, Israelis mobilized almost without reservation for war, and sacrifice. But the overnight airstrikes that killed hundreds in Gaza find many Israelis exhausted by a long war and suspicious of their leaders' motivations.
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Mar 18, 2025
El Salvador accepted hundreds of Venezuelans deported from the U.S. over the weekend, putting them behind bars without criminal charges or trials.
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Mar 18, 2025
The nonprofit Bebali Foundation works with nearly 60 culturally distinct community groups in eastern Indonesia to keep alive their textile traditions and natural dyeing techniques.
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Mar 17, 2025
What does war look like from the inside? Ask Congo's young slam poets.
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Mar 17, 2025
Bringing the U.S.-allied Kurdish militia under the umbrella of Syria's army sends an important message about national cohesion amid heightened concerns over minority rights.
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Mar 17, 2025
Progress roundup: Fish advance science on China's space station, solar farms host sheep on the ground, and across Africa, new publishers boost writers.
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Mar 14, 2025
Interview: Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa reported on death squads that operated under former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Now she sees hope as he faces charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court.
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Mar 14, 2025
From the outset, the Trump plan for rebuilding Gaza faced fierce resistance over the relocation of its Palestinian residents. A plan that now has broad Arab world backing avoids that, and goes further, setting its sights on regional peace. Still, it faces hurdles.
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Mar 14, 2025
Vladimir Putin says he agrees in principle with Donald Trump's proposal for a Ukraine ceasefire, but wants to know the details. They have not yet been decided.
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Mar 13, 2025
Saudi ruler Mohammed bin Salman has used his country's oil wealth to build its international clout in diplomacy, tech, and global sport.
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Mar 12, 2025
On Oct. 7, Hamas forces penetrated a $1.1 billion, high-tech Israeli barrier on the Gaza border. Israel's army and Shin Bet security force say their intelligence failed by relying on technology at the expense of humans.
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Mar 12, 2025
Social media may democratize knowledge, but they can also perpetuate perceptions that ideas from some countries are worth more than those from others.
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Mar 12, 2025
European businesses lag behind the United States in employee diversity, equity, and inclusion, but there are no signs they are following Donald Trump's policy.
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Mar 11, 2025
Some Westerners see Russia as a place to build a better, more conservative life. Moscow, facing a demographic crisis, is willing to let them try.
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Mar 11, 2025
Progress roundup: School lunch goes nationwide in Canada, overdue honor for Black soldiers in South Africa, and in Ecuador, marine life gain rights
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Mar 11, 2025
Jason Brown turned down a golden opportunity as a professional football player so that he could start a family farm and give away most of its harvest.
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Mar 11, 2025
The World Health Organization declared a global COVID-19 pandemic on March 11, 2020. Our reporters see wide lasting effects.
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Mar 10, 2025
Sectarian violence involving supporters of the deposed Assad regime has left hundreds dead, calling into question whether Syria's new rulers can maintain discipline over a patchwork of armed militant groups, including hard-line jihadists.
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Mar 10, 2025
Ukrainians fear that though the lack of U.S. military aid may not be much felt on the battlefield, civilians will suffer badly from Russian bombing.
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Mar 09, 2025
Former central banker Mark Carney, elected Sunday by Canada's governing Liberal Party to replace Justin Trudeau as prime minister, tapped into surging Canadian nationalism and anger at President Donald Trump's "unjustified tariffs" after his landslide win. "We cannot let him succeed and we won't."
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Mar 08, 2025
The death toll from two days of clashes between security forces and loyalists of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 600, a war monitoring group said Saturday. Local residents said gunmen shot Alawites, the majority of them men, in the streets or at the gates of their homes.
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Mar 07, 2025
The faltering Chinese economy is creating too few jobs, which is feeding social discontent. The government is taking steps to assuage rising anger.
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Mar 07, 2025
As gang violence spreads in Haiti, locals say a Kenya-led U.N. security force in support of local police is not delivering the peace they crave.
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Mar 06, 2025
For Europe to defend both itself and Ukraine from Russia, Europeans will need to agree on what sacrifices they will make and who will pay.
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Mar 06, 2025
The palm oil industry has put Indonesian Borneo at risk of devastating wildfires. Ahead of International Women's Day, The Christian Science Monitor joins an all-female firefighting force on patrol.
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Mar 06, 2025
President Trump's overtures to Russia and hostility to Ukraine's leader have undermined the historic US alliance with democratic European partners.
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Mar 05, 2025
Moscow's return from the diplomatic wilderness has been sudden. But Vladimir Putin's attempts to capitalize on it may not match Donald Trump's expectations.
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Mar 05, 2025
Even as former anti-Assad rebels adjust to governing, private Syrians are trying to rebuild homes and communities shattered by civil war. Standing in their way are severe U.S. sanctions blocking equipment and investment.
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Mar 04, 2025
Do U.S. arms manufacturers bear responsibility for the guns fueling cartel violence in Mexico? Mexico is arguing that case before the Supreme Court.
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Mar 04, 2025
The first phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire allowed Palestinians to return to communities in Gaza's devastated north. But as they try to pick up the pieces of their lives, the peace framework is shaking.
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Mar 04, 2025
For those who love and work in Florida's waterways, the fall's storms were devastating. This is how the Waterway Warriors sprang into action.
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Mar 03, 2025
Ukrainians were shocked to see Volodymyr Zelenskyy lock horns with a seemingly Russia-aligned Donald Trump. They are now seeking a new way forward.
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Mar 03, 2025
After President Donald Trump's public rebuke of Ukraine's president, European leaders are attempting to step up their defense of Kyiv and adjust to shifting security norms.
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Mar 03, 2025
Caste - an outlawed hereditary hierarchy - has continued to shape Indian society in overt and subtle ways. But calls for a full nationwide caste census have been met with resistance, sparking debate over India's path to equality.
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Mar 02, 2025
At a security summit in London, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged export financing for 5,000 air defense missiles for Ukraine. The prime minister also said that Britain, France, and Ukraine had agreed to work together on a ceasefire plan that they will present to United States.
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Mar 02, 2025
Progress roundup: EU court says binary choices are discriminatory. And in Colombia, two museums hold mother lode of 10-million-year-old fossil history.
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Feb 28, 2025
The kibbutzim and other Israeli communities near Gaza still bear the marks of Oct. 7. But as hostages return home, they are shifting toward rebirth.
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Feb 28, 2025
Ukrainian families in front-line regions struggle daily to rebuild their lives amid the destruction of Russia's invasion. Providing the electricity, phone, and internet needed for online schooling can be frustrating.
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Feb 28, 2025
A controversial oil pipeline project in Uganda and Tanzania has displaced tens of thousands, generating an outcry from residents and activists.
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Feb 27, 2025
US President Donald Trump has drawn accusations of appeasement for his rapprochement with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, seemingly abandoning Ukraine.
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Feb 26, 2025
While much of Europe is wrestling with far-right politics, Serbia is seeing a student-led movement against corruption and its strongman president.
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Feb 26, 2025
For centuries, Yemen's coastal wetlands played host to each year to flocks of migrating birds. But civil war has left the ecosystem in dire straits.
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Feb 25, 2025
The freeze on U.S. foreign aid has hurt Chinese rights defenders, but encouraged China to fill the void left by USAID's evisceration, preparing to replace Washington in the soft power landscape.
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Feb 25, 2025
As the U.S. becomes an increasingly unreliable ally, the pressure is mounting on Europe to pay for its own defense. But the transition will be slow.
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Feb 25, 2025
It has been a pressing question regarding Syria's new rulers. How would the Islamist group treat religious freedom in a diverse country? For Syria's religious minorities, the answer has been encouraging, but incomplete.
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Feb 24, 2025
In German elections Sunday, voters boosted parties on the partisan poles. Patience with faltering attempts to govern from the center is wearing thin.
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Feb 24, 2025
Progress roundup: Studies show that Americans are safer partly because of better driving. And Britons are healthier when they pursue arts and culture.
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Feb 21, 2025
Amid recent Russian battlefield gains and a radical shift in U.S. diplomacy, residents of Ukrainian towns occupied three years ago now fight fears and struggle to remain defiant.
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Feb 21, 2025
In Zimbabwe, therapy-trained grandmothers, sitting on public benches, offer personal comfort to those in need. The idea has spread to Washington.
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Feb 20, 2025
Benjamin Netanyahu is in a bind over Gaza. His hard-right allies want to resume the war. An emotional Israeli public wants more hostages released. The Trump administration wants the ceasefire with Hamas to proceed.
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Feb 20, 2025
Proposing talks with Vladimir Putin to end his war in Ukraine, Donald Trump has freed the Russian president from his diplomatic isolation and confounded U.S. allies.
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Feb 20, 2025
Germany democracy was built to repel the populism now sweeping the West. That makes its elections Sunday a test of whether this bulwark can hold.
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Feb 19, 2025
Drug cartels in Mexico sow terror, but their goals are economic, not political. Labeling them "terrorists" could change U.S.-Mexican relations.
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Feb 18, 2025
For almost eight decades, the transatlantic alliance created mutual prosperity and brought peace to a war-prone Europe. But U.S. questioning of shared values is seen as a watershed.
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Feb 18, 2025
The United States appears set to abandon European security as a priority. That has left Europe scrambling to find new ways to protect the continent.
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Feb 18, 2025
U.S.-Russia relations have gone from nowhere to close engagement in a week, since Donald Trump called Vladimir Putin ahead of a putative summit.
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Feb 17, 2025
The talks scheduled for Tuesday in Saudi Arabia mark another pivotal step by the Trump administration to reverse U.S. policy towards Russia.
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Feb 17, 2025
From a basement space in Kharkiv, a puppet theater troupe allows the show to go on even if air raid sirens blare.
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Feb 16, 2025
At Munich Security Conference, Finland's president says Europe should put "maximum pressure on Russia" as U.S. prepares to negotiate deal without them.
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Feb 15, 2025
Progress roundup: Colombian women chose fish farms over coca, Africa made income gains, and solar power is surging in Pakistan.
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Feb 14, 2025
Electric Vehicles have become a new battleground for the power struggle between China and the West. For Beijing, Pakistan could become an important ally.
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Feb 14, 2025
Nova Scotia's Black community, which dates back to the province's days as a French colony, is trying to ensure it survives Canada's economic shifts.
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Feb 14, 2025
Uncertainty over U.S. foreign aid's future, as Trump ally Elon Musk dismantles USAID, has thrown the global campaign to contain AIDS into disarray.
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Feb 14, 2025
If Russia's plan to quickly defeat Ukraine failed, it's fallback seemed more assured: a war of attrition in which the larger and stronger nation would prevail. With Western help, Ukraine has endured, but fatigue is setting in just as U.S. support is flagging.
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Feb 13, 2025
President Donald Trump's plan to take over Gaza and expel its residents was received in an Israel exhausted by conflict and lacking a "day after" plan of its own.
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Feb 13, 2025
Elon Musk is overseeing the eradication of one of America's most broadly impactful government agencies, its foreign aid arm, USAID. How far will he go?
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Feb 12, 2025
The Trump administration's push to deport unauthorized immigrants threatens to disrupt the lives of thousands of Indians. In one village where U.S. migration has led to both prosperity and loneliness, opinions are torn.
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Feb 12, 2025
Russia's "shadow fleet" of oil tankers is worrying European nations. It's not just about sanctions; the vessels also pose environmental and navigational risks.
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Feb 11, 2025
Jordanian King Abdullah's meeting with Donald Trump Tuesday was one of the most consequential of his 25-year reign. His mission: to get the U.S. president to walk back his plan to relocate Gaza's population to Jordan and Egypt.
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Feb 11, 2025
As Israel presses ahead with a massive military operation targeting militants in the West Bank, it's relying on tactics used in the war in Gaza. The result for Palestinians is a rising level of destruction and displacement.
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Feb 11, 2025
Tea Leaf Trust aims to help young people find work off tea estates if they desire, while also making them leaders of change in their communities.
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Feb 10, 2025
French farmers are protesting a proposed EU trade deal. But a bigger crisis for France's agriculture is also brewing. Its farmers are aging out.
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Feb 10, 2025
Progress roundup: Taxi companies built by women are improving their safety. And fences made of beehives are keeping farmers safer from elephants.
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Feb 08, 2025
Lebanon's first government in two years takes office as it rebuilds its war-torn south. The country also seeks to maintain security after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in November.
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Feb 07, 2025
President Donald Trump has sown alarm worldwide by moving to close down USAID, which distributes more foreign aid than any other organization.
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Feb 07, 2025
The recent surge of Chinese travelers into Japan may be creating much-needed ambassadors.
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Feb 06, 2025
Whatever becomes of President Trump's proposal to take over Gaza and resettle the Palestinians there, the Arab world is not on board. Many consider the plan a form of what the U.N. terms "ethnic cleansing." Some say it could lead to war.
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Feb 06, 2025
Canadians are worried about the threat of a U.S. trade war. But Donald Trump done something they didn't expect: bolster their patriotic pride.
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Feb 06, 2025
President Donald Trump is modeling his presidency on the example set by William McKinley during the Gilded Age of territorial expansion and trade sanctions.
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Feb 05, 2025
While President Trump has ridiculed past U.S. military deployments and nation-building efforts, he has consistently been drawn to Mideast diplomacy. But his proposal to "own" and develop the Gaza Strip and displace its population has many questioning how serious he is.
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