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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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Feb 05, 2025
After President Trump won a second term, the Monitor spoke with parents around the world about their hopes and fears for the future. Here we catch up with one parent - a Venezuelan mother - who made her way to Mexico, but is now preparing a reverse trek south.
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Feb 05, 2025
Wine has been as iconically French as a baguette or the Eiffel Tower. But for many young French, wine has lost its appeal, especially when it is alcoholic.
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Feb 04, 2025
In postponing some threatened tariffs but not others, U.S. President Donald Trump is sowing uncertainty for businesses and consumers in his own country and abroad. His tactics could score some wins, but also carry big risks.
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Feb 04, 2025
As the Russia-Ukraine war grinds toward its third anniversary, Ukrainian morale is low amid shortages of military support from European allies and America under Donald Trump.
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Feb 04, 2025
University undergrad Victor Bello started the Almajiri Scholar Scheme to open doors for children.
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Feb 03, 2025
Joyful family reunions that the ceasefire has enabled in Israel are being echoed in the West Bank and Gaza. But few freed Palestinian prisoners, many of whom were jailed for decades, knew much of the Gaza war, or its staggering costs.
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Feb 03, 2025
Progress roundup: With safety and well-being in mind, Warsaw's measures halved traffic fatalities. And Sri Lanka's capital is restoring wetlands.
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Jan 31, 2025
After the fall of the Assad regime, Syrians grasp for answers and a path to restoration under new president Ahmed al-Sharaa.
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Jan 30, 2025
The stage-managed spectacle of Israeli hostages being released in Gaza serves political interests on both sides. Hamas' assertions that it is still in power bolster the argument that Prime Minister Netanyahu still has a job to do.
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Jan 30, 2025
Elon Musk is intervening in European politics with a slew of vitriolic posts supporting far-right parties. European leaders have begun to object.
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Jan 30, 2025
In October, voters in Botswana ousted their ruling party of 58 years. The new president, Duma Boko, carries the weight of their calls for change.
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Jan 29, 2025
A reporter's trip to the world's largest holy festival was interrupted by a deadly stampede. His account reveals both the risks and spiritual importance of the Kumbh Mela, and how India's relationship with Hinduism is changing.
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Jan 29, 2025
Americans' rush to the popular Chinese app RedNote opened a window between two starkly different worlds - at least for a time - allowing for unexpected discoveries.
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Jan 29, 2025
Progress roundup: Children's rights and needs drove national policy in Colombia and Finland. And for coastal areas, new proof of seabeds as carbon sinks.
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Jan 28, 2025
Western sanctions were meant to crush Russia's economy. But Russian entrepreneurs have filled many of the gaps left by departing Western brands.
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Jan 28, 2025
Israel has failed to eliminate Hamas, a key goal of its war in Gaza, and the militant group has reasserted its rule in Gaza. Can that situation last?
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Jan 28, 2025
Lauren Pacheco is inspired by this Midwestern underdog of a city and is looking to enliven what she calls its "remarkable cultural heritage."
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Jan 27, 2025
President Donald Trump appeared to win Sunday's showdown with Colombia, after Colombia appeared to accept military flights carrying deportees. But the faceoff could herald more conflict.
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Jan 27, 2025
Many migrants whom President Trump plans to deport have been keeping their relatives in Latin America financially afloat. What does their future hold?
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Jan 27, 2025
Despite pledges to halt deforestation and youth-led efforts to reverse it, Madagascar is losing its trees faster than almost anywhere else on Earth.
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Jan 27, 2025
Long considered the epitome of German engineering, Volkswagen has struggled to keep up with shifts in consumer and societal demands.
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Jan 26, 2025
Accusing Hamas of violating the terms of a fragile ceasefire, Israel has prevented thousands of Palestinians from returning to northern Gaza.
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Jan 24, 2025
Palestinian residents of Gaza, the vast majority of them homeless, celebrated when the Israel-Hamas ceasefire was announced. But as they return home, the destruction they are finding is almost too much to comprehend.
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Jan 24, 2025
Incarcerated people in California have helped put out the fires in Los Angeles. One man, deported to Mexico for his crime, says he wishes he could be back on the line now.
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Jan 23, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin has made Ukraine's book publishing industry a target of the war. But the industry and Ukrainian readers are keeping books alive as a source of Ukraine's resilient culture, and of solace and distraction.
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Jan 23, 2025
Liberal internationalism is losing its luster with many voters internationally. Could Donald Trump's inauguration mark an end to the post World War II project?
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Jan 22, 2025
As Israelis celebrate the return of hostages held in Gaza, they are also anguished over the long time it took to bring them home. A nagging question for many is whether a social contract of mutual responsibility has been broken.
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Jan 22, 2025
Salome Zourabichvili, Georgia's "only legitimate president," warned at a Monitor Breakfast that American interests would be at risk should her country fall under Russia's sway.
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Jan 22, 2025
Progress roundup: Indigenous art goes home to Brazil, rights are granted to children born to Malaysian mothers overseas, and farms help birds migrate.
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Jan 21, 2025
Ukrainians hope that Mr. Trump's planned peace initiative will not let Moscow prevail, warning the U.S. leader not to trust his Russian counterpart.
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Jan 21, 2025
Once known for its efforts to curtail population growth, China is now facing a demographic crisis that threatens its economy and already-frail social security system.
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Jan 21, 2025
The nonprofit Swords to Plowshares Northeast isn't just raising awareness of gun violence; it is forging a more peaceful vision for the future.
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Jan 20, 2025
As Donald Trump takes office in the U.S., China pitches itself as the new global leader - and for all the countries' ideological differences, Beijing seem to be taking notes from Washington.
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Jan 19, 2025
A ceasefire in the War in Gaza took effect on Sunday as Hamas released the first three hostages it has held for 15 months during its fighting with Israel.
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Jan 19, 2025
South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested Sunday, just days after being apprehended at his home in Seoul. He faces possible imprisonment for declaring martial law last month.
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Jan 17, 2025
Over more than 15 months of war and loss, Israeli and Palestinian emotions have been rubbed raw, or suppressed. Now they are being released by an imminent ceasefire, even as questions over its durability persist.
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Jan 17, 2025
Many assume Donald Trump's policies mirror those of Vladimir Putin. But there is a yawning gulf between the two men's outlooks for the war in Ukraine.
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Jan 16, 2025
Word of an Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage release deal was greeted with relief and some celebrations. But Israelis and Palestinians have been disappointed before; joy over the fragile deal was muted.
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Jan 16, 2025
Donald Trump prides himself on his skills as a dealmaker, but his ambitions to reach agreements with China, Russia, and Iran may be beyond his reach.
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Jan 15, 2025
Donald Trump's suggestion that he'd use force to acquire Greenland may just be bargaining. But for Denmark and Europe, it's a possibility too serious to ignore.
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Jan 15, 2025
Fifty years after ousting Portugal's colonial government in Mozambique, Frelimo is still in power. But young people's desire for change was evident in protests against the inauguration of the country's new president.
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Jan 15, 2025
After months of on-off negotiations conducted by Egyptian and Qatari mediators, there is hope that the remaining details of the ceasefire deal will be resolved within hours and could go into effect on Jan. 19.
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Jan 15, 2025
Deportations entail fear and heartbreak. But amid an expected wave of deportees from the U.S., Mexican civil society is mobilizing to lay out a more positive reintegration.
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Jan 15, 2025
The 10-nation bloc, known as ASEAN, has been useful for the United States in countering China's influence in the Indo-Pacific. Many member nations have territorial disputes with China, which has become increasingly assertive in pressing those claims.
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Jan 14, 2025
President Joe Biden's final foreign policy speech and Donald Trump's previews of his priorities underscore a tectonic shift in how America projects global power, from relying on alliances to taking a more imperial approach. Does that fit the times?
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Jan 14, 2025
Shelters are struggling to care for vulnerable animals. A constellation of animal welfare groups is supplementing their work.
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Jan 13, 2025
Progress roundup: Preschool has lasting positive affects for children in Mexico, Slovenia's affinity for bees aids in their conservation, and more.
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Jan 10, 2025
Popular support for the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank has been in steady decline. Now, to burnish its credentials, the authority is taking on a militant stronghold in Jenin. The high-risk move is further dividing Palestinian society.
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Jan 10, 2025
How central is an independent police force to democracy? In Israel, the politicization of the national police is seen as part of the hard-line government's revived judicial overhaul.
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Jan 09, 2025
More than a month after President Yoon Suk Yeol's botched martial law attempt infuriated a nation, South Koreans are still in the street, demanding he step down. The Monitor caught up with some people we spoke with in December about their views on the evolving political crisis.
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Jan 09, 2025
Venezuela is meant to inaugurate its next president Jan. 10. But with a contested election, who exactly will take power?
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Jan 09, 2025
A wary world is treating Donald Trump as if he is already U.S. president. International leaders are seeking his favor, making nice, but buckling up.
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Jan 09, 2025
Following 13 attempts to elect a president, Lebanon's parliament has sworn in army commander Joseph Aoun as the head of state. Mr. Aoun is the preferred candidate of the United States and Saudi Arabia.
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Jan 08, 2025
Elon Musk's efforts to influence European politics raise questions about the degree to which he speaks for himself or President-elect Donald Trump.
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Jan 08, 2025
What's more important, the freedom to mock, or protection of what many hold sacrosanct? After the Charlie Hebdo massacre, France opted for the former. But that may be shifting.
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Jan 08, 2025
Russia's war of depopulation is worsening Ukraine's demographic crisis; the population has fallen from 52 million in 1991 to 35 million today.
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Jan 08, 2025
Progress roundup: Success for coral raised in the nursery, corn grown on steep hillsides, and a new powder that captures CO2 from the atmosphere.
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Jan 08, 2025
With a warrant out for his arrest, South Korea president Yoon Suk Yeol has hunkered down in his hillside villa for weeks. Investigators failed to detain him Jan. 3. As they prepare a new attempt, presidential guards are fortifying the residence.
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Jan 07, 2025
For Palestinian families forced from their homes by 15 months of war, the temporary shelters they have constructed are no match for Gaza's winter. Infants are especially vulnerable.
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Jan 07, 2025
Sudan's civil war has dealt a catastrophic blow to the country's universities, forcing many students to continue their education abroad.
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Jan 07, 2025
The "Repair Café" movement has spread to more than 40 countries across six continents, with nearly 3,200 Repair Cafés in operation.
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Jan 06, 2025
Much of the world still sees Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as a force for progress. But Canadians had anticipated his resignation for quite some time.
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Jan 06, 2025
In Colombia, one couple's love, across a political divide, offers hope for broader national reconciliation.
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Jan 06, 2025
Ethiopia's government is razing entire neighborhoods in Addis Ababa in the name of urban transformation, provoking dismay among many residents.
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Jan 05, 2025
Both Russian and Ukrainian official confirmed the fresh offensive into the Kursk region on Sunday. The Defense Ministry in Moscow said that Russian forces had pushed back Ukrainian troops, though online bloggers said Moscow faced major pressure.
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Jan 03, 2025
Community health workers are hailed as a cost-effective way to plug gaps in health care systems. Now they are fighting for their own rights.
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Jan 03, 2025
Losing someone to gun violence can leave loved ones despondent. But the force of that sadness can also be channeled into supporting others.
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Jan 02, 2025
Jenniffer González Colón took office Jan. 2 as Puerto Rico's new governor, securing a historic third consecutive term for the pro-statehood New Progressive Party. Ms. González faces a crumbling power grid, recent blackouts, and a feeble, debt-ridden economy.
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Dec 31, 2024
A South Korean court issued warrants Tuesday to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol and search his office and residence over allegations of rebellion in connection with his short-lived declaration of martial law.
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Dec 30, 2024
For more than a year, Yemen's Houthi rebels have launched long-distance missile and drone attacks on Israel and Red Sea shipping. After Israel largely subdued its Iran-allied enemies closer at hand, it is struggling to deter the Houthis on its own.
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Dec 30, 2024
As President-elect Trump promises mass deportations, one binational humanitarian group at the U.S.-Mexico border turns the Christmas season into a present-day parable of charity and acceptance.
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Dec 30, 2024
Ukrainians are uncovering their country's culinary history - and how its distinctive features were suppressed during Soviet rule.
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