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Dec 20, 2024
As Syrians seek to recover from decades of a brutal dictatorship, they want to learn what happened to missing loved ones. For many, the first stop is a notorious prison.
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Dec 20, 2024
The city of Berlin pays half the cost if you repair electronics and don't throw them away. That sounds better than it worked out in practice.
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Dec 19, 2024
First Hamas, then Hezbollah, now Syria. As key components of Iran's anti-Israel/anti-U.S. "Axis of Resistance" are sidelined or incapacitated, what is left of Tehran's regional strategy?
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Dec 19, 2024
Recent dramatizations about the British Post Office scandal are making it seem that entertainment is a better way to relay news than reported stories.
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Dec 19, 2024
Progress roundup: Electric gondolas bring commuters closer to the center of Mexico City, Scotland's abandoned homes get makeovers, and more.
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Dec 19, 2024
The end of the Assad dictatorship opens the way, perhaps, to a more peaceful and stable Middle East. Will regional leaders take that opportunity?
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Dec 19, 2024
The end of the Assad dictatorship opens the way, perhaps, to a more peaceful and stable Middle East. Will regional leaders take that opportunity?
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Dec 18, 2024
Over a century ago, a Ukrainian choirmaster wrote what became known as the "Carol of the Bells." Our writer sought out its birthplace in Pokrovsk.
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Dec 18, 2024
For years Turkey and Qatar backed what had been written off as the losing side in Syria's civil war. With the Assad regime's fall, they are geopolitical winners. The Mideast axis of power is shifting, but it still runs through Syria.
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Dec 17, 2024
The detention of Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal in Algeria shows how the shadows of colonialism continue to haunt the world of French letters.
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Dec 17, 2024
The detention of Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal in Algeria shows how the shadows of colonialism continue to haunt the world of French letters.
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Dec 17, 2024
Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov was killed by Ukraine's Security Service, or SBU, on Dec. 17. The SBU had opened an investigation linking him to the use of banned chemical weapons, which Russia has deployed more than 4,800 times since the war began, says the SBU.
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Dec 17, 2024
The Oct. 8 fire at a market in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, highlights the fragility of life for those toiling on the margins of a collapsing economy.
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Dec 16, 2024
As the barriers to movement into and inside Syria have come down, Syrians are racing to reunite with loved ones and visit their former homes, or what is left of them. It is an emotional time, and the destruction they are finding is often vast.
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Dec 16, 2024
As the Pacific heats up, South Korea is heading into what may be a divisive and drawn-out impeachment battle, casting uncertainty over its relationships with critical security allies.
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Dec 16, 2024
What better way to tell a true holiday story than with singing - and knitting? In Sweden, an island choir comes together to celebrate community.
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Dec 16, 2024
People with disabilities who live in this flood-prone area of South Sudan have a champion in Daniel Anyang. He delivers support and inclusion to vulnerable residents.
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Dec 16, 2024
Over the past four years, Canada has made its border increasingly secure. But enforcement is difficult on the world's longest land border, and President-elect Donald Trump's immigration rhetoric pressured Canada to invest in security or face tariffs.
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Dec 16, 2024
Mikheil Kavelashvili's victory is still challenged by the opposition who claim the election was rigged with Russia's help. "There is no legitimate parliament and thus no legitimate election," said Georgia's outgoing president Salome Zourabichvili.
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Dec 16, 2024
What makes a museum? In long-marginalized neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro, it's up to the community.
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Dec 15, 2024
The move by ECOWAS comes after a nearly yearlong process of mediation to avert the unprecedented disintegration of the grouping.
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Dec 14, 2024
The Constitutional Court now has up to 180 days to determine whether to dismiss Yoon Suk Yeol as president or restore his powers.
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Dec 13, 2024
The magnitude of the emotions sweeping Damascus cannot be overstated, as our correspondents are witnessing. Unbridled joy is replacing years of terror and unspeakable loss. But the task of restoring order, and faith in a peaceful future, is enormous.
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Dec 13, 2024
François Bayrou, the fourth new French prime minister in one year, faces a deepening political crisis. The veteran politician's appointment is intended to bring stability to the bitterly split parliament.
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Dec 13, 2024
Bitcoin mining could be behind rolling blackouts in Iran's capital and nearby areas. Iranian media reports daily police raids of these illegal operations, which are often set up in apartments and use virtual private networks to evade authorities.
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Dec 12, 2024
Invoking its security, Israel moved quickly to seize border positions and smash Syrian military equipment after the fall of the Assad regime. But can it translate its strategic advantage into diplomatic achievements?
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Dec 12, 2024
Her Voice Foundation teaches skills such as tailoring and hairdressing to young women who were wed in the illegal yet long-standing "money marriage" custom.
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Dec 12, 2024
The leader of Asia's fourth-largest economy claims "criminal groups" have paralyzed state affairs as he fights to remain in power. President Yoon Suk Yeol survived an impeachment motion brought after he declared martial law on Dec. 3, but a new vote looms.
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Dec 11, 2024
Russia kept Syria's Bashar al-Assad in power over the last decade. Now he's gone. But setbacks in the Mideast are familiar to the Kremlin.
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Dec 11, 2024
As security threats mount in the Asia-Pacific, the hard-won defense alliance between Japan and South Korea is the linchpin to regional safety. Now, political upheaval in Seoul threatens to test the partnership's resilience.
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Dec 11, 2024
The size and scale of a recent Chinese military deployment is "unheard of," says a diplomat in the region. Beijing, which views Taiwan as its own territory, says it is defending its sovereignty.
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Dec 11, 2024
Amid Israeli airstrikes, tens of thousands of Lebanon's Shiites fled their homes. After ceasefire, residents express support and anger for Hezbollah.
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Dec 10, 2024
Northern Israel offered residents a relaxed refuge away from the country's crowded center. Now a ceasefire with Hezbollah, bolstered by the fall of Syria's government, offers northerners displaced by war hope that they can return home.
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Dec 10, 2024
In our progress roundup, an underwater mountain in the Southern Pacific yields new species and South Africa researchers grow fungi to fight river pollution.
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Dec 10, 2024
President Javier Milei's first year saw a sharp decrease in inflation and a stronger peso as he implemented sweeping government cuts. Even as unemployment and poverty have surged, his approval rating still hovers around 50%.
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Dec 09, 2024
After decades of repression, the pace of political change in Syria over the weekend was stunning. But resetting the country's institutions and reassuring the public will be painstakingly slow.
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Dec 09, 2024
South Korea's relatively young democracy proved its resilience last week when lawmakers shut down the president's attempt to impose martial law. But he remains in power.
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Dec 09, 2024
The civil war in Syria flared into sudden action last week, toppling Bashar al-Assad's dictatorship in a matter of days. What comes next?
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Dec 09, 2024
Want to understand why Ghanaians just elected the opposition candidate, John Mahama, as president? Look no further than their favorite food, kenkey.
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Dec 09, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on trial for accusations of fraud, breach of trust, and accepting bribes. In a trial that first began in 2020, he will become the country's first prime minister to take the witness stand as a defendant on Dec. 10.
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Dec 08, 2024
Syrian President Bashar Assad has reportedly arrived in Moscow with his family, granted asylum by Russia after rebel advances. Russian state media says Assad fled Syria following negotiations with rebels, sparking celebrations nationwide.
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Dec 08, 2024
In South Africa, where unemployment exceeds 32%, deaf individuals face greater challenges. A deaf entrepreneur left her job to launch a program training the deaf in agriculture, offering skills development and sustainable livelihoods.
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Dec 07, 2024
Syrian insurgents advance near Damascus as the army retreats, seizing key areas. sparking rumors of Assad's flight. Rumors of President Bashar Assad fleeing the country circulate amid largest opposition gains in years.
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Dec 07, 2024
Most lawmakers in President Yoon's ruling party boycotted a vote Saturday to deny a two-thirds majority needed to suspend his presidential powers. With growing protests, polls show most South Koreans support his removal.
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Dec 06, 2024
After South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law this week, the National Assembly nullified the decree only six hours later. As the opposition pushes for an impeachment vote, the chief of Mr. Yoon's party stressed the need to suspend him.
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Dec 06, 2024
After fire ravaged the Notre Dame cathedral, few believed the Parisian icon could be quickly restored to its former glory. But only five years later, it is set to reopen - lighter, brighter, and better protected from disaster than ever.
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Dec 05, 2024
What can Iran do to help Syrian President Bashar al-Assad defeat newly energized rebel forces? Its anti-Israel "Axis of Resistance" has been overworked and diminished. Yet even as Iran searches for solutions, there are some suggestions it is not panicking.
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Dec 05, 2024
Elections worldwide in 2024 saw incumbents defeated as voters registered displeasure with their economies. New leaders will find that hard to remedy.
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Dec 05, 2024
Farm Radio Trust harnesses the power of radio to help the young people of Malawi share their experiences on difficult subjects.
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Dec 04, 2024
Ukrainians are assembling drones at home to help supply the military with the thousands it uses every month in the war with Russia.
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Dec 04, 2024
Ukrainians are assembling drones at home to help supply the military with the thousands it uses every month in the war with Russia.
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Dec 04, 2024
France's far-right and left-wing lawmakers have joined together to vote on a no-confidence motion that forces Prime Minister Michel Barnier and his Cabinet to resign. Mr. Barnier pushed through a contentious 2025 budget without parliamentary approval.
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Dec 04, 2024
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's surprise declaration of emergency martial law lasted only six hours. But it has plunged South Korea - a key Asian economy and U.S. ally - into a political crisis that could last much longer.
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Dec 04, 2024
In the German region of Thuringia, where Nazis had their first electoral wins, the extreme right-wing AfD is now ascendant.
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Dec 04, 2024
The South China Sea, with its many strategic islands, is one of the biggest maritime routes in the world and has been a flashpoint between China and its neighbors. Naval aggression between the various nations is not new but follows a month of respite.
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Dec 03, 2024
The Pelicot rape trial is not just drawing media attention. The courthouse has become a gathering place for French people seeking to support Gisèle Pelicot.
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Dec 03, 2024
Progress roundup: New turtle moms hit the beach, a school bus fleet sends power back to the grid, and food waste is fermented into livestock feed.
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Dec 02, 2024
Syria's devastating civil war, responsible for more than 300,000 deaths, was never officially resolved. Lightning gains by rebels opposed to President Bashar al-Assad were opportunistic, but also indicated years of patient preparations.
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Nov 27, 2024
Donald Trump has put together a Mideast team charged with building on his first term's successes. But in a region shaken by the war in Gaza, can the deal-making president achieve a historic peace agreement with a pro-Israel team?
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Nov 27, 2024
Women in the Ukrainian city of Sumy are escaping the war by exploring their home town's history through fashion using old photos to recreate costumes.
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Nov 27, 2024
Hezbollah has emerged from its war with Israel leaderless and weak, no longer the force that Iran has depended on. Will Israel seek to take advantage of Tehran's vulnerability?
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Nov 27, 2024
Delhi's air pollution is among the worst in the world, far exceeding World Health Organization safety limits. Residents share what that feels like for them on the ground.
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Nov 26, 2024
The International Criminal Court's warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant target two Israeli leaders. But they create tensions across a net of Western allegiances, especially in Europe.
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Nov 26, 2024
Latin America's animal populations have fallen drastically over the past 50 years. Will recapturing trafficked animals be enough to rewrite the future of wildlife?
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Nov 26, 2024
In Canada, Acadian descendants and the Mi'kmaq remember when they gathered to celebrate the harvest - and "good cheer."
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Nov 26, 2024
Israel has dealt massive blows against Hezbollah since going on the offensive in September. Now, a ceasefire appears to be on the table, as fighting still rages in Lebanon and Gaza.
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Nov 26, 2024
Israel has dealt massive blows against Hezbollah since going on the offensive in September. Now, a ceasefire appears likely, but there are still significant steps both sides need to take to reach an agreement, a U.S. State Department official said.
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Nov 25, 2024
The pro-settlement movement in Israel is exulting at what it perceives as a possible green light from the incoming Trump Middle East team to pursue annexation of the West Bank.
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Nov 25, 2024
Donald Trump's pick for secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has a history of antagonizing China over its human rights record. But assuming Mr. Rubio is confirmed, his new boss may be more pragmatic.
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Nov 25, 2024
Many of the countries that formed out of the Soviet Union aspired to link their future with the West. But European troubles and Russian aggressiveness are pulling their focus back toward Moscow.
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Nov 25, 2024
Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. defense secretary, has repeatedly questioned if men and women should serve together in combat unit. Gen. Jennie Carignan, who commands Canada's military, defended women's combat roles at a security forum.
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Nov 25, 2024
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte publicly threatened the life of the country's president on Nov. 23. Under the Philippine penal code, such public remarks may constitute a crime and is punishable by a jail term and fine.
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Nov 24, 2024
Israel's attacks are aimed at Hezbollah militants, but a fatal weekend strike hit Lebanon's army center, igniting a heavy barrage in the ongoing war.
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Nov 24, 2024
Israel's attacks are aimed at Hezbollah militants, but a fatal weekend strike hit Lebanon's army center, igniting a heavy barrage in the ongoing war.
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Nov 22, 2024
From aging power plants to devastating hurricanes, here's a look at the factors driving outages on the island.
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Nov 21, 2024
ICC issues arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant for allegedly depriving Gazans of essential items. Local merchants and gangs worsen the shortages.
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Nov 21, 2024
Should Ukraine surrender land to Russia to end the war? Opposition had been strong throughout the conflict, but Ukrainians are shifting on whether their territory is inviolate.
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Nov 21, 2024
As the world's leaders discuss the planet's future at COP29, in Nigeria, a group of local women is defending its own forests, vigilante-style.
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Nov 21, 2024
Behind COP29 problems in agreeing on a fund to help developing countries face global warming is a threat to the idea of shared global climate action.
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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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