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Street markets light up for Ramadan in Cairo and the Lunar New Year in Beijing
In Old Cairo, shoppers prepare for the holy month of Ramadan, a time of fasting and prayer. In Beijing, the Lunar New Year brings the Year of the Fir…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Storied newspaper makes deep cuts, and closes many international bureaus
The Washington Post laid off most of its foreign correspondents, including some of the last American and Western journalists working in authoritarian…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
NATO coordinates Arctic defense plan. Japan’s teary goodbye to last pair of pandas.
NATO launches the mission in response to Russian and Chinese ambitions in the high North, and to President Trump’s threat of a US takeover of Greenla…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Syria’s New Government Returns Property to Syrian Jews Who Left Decades Ago
Syria’s Jewish community fled the country’s repressive Assad regime. Now, a new government is encouraging their return by giving back ownership of sy…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
US oil blockade roils life in Cuba. Venezuelans test new freedoms
Cuba hasn’t received an oil shipment since December. The shortage has grounded air travel, and disrupted food production, hospitals and schools. Ven…
2 months ago
The special phrase helping Cubans to get by
Cuba is in economic crisis. Its ally, Venezuela, is no longer sending oil, and the Trump administration is applying pressure. Life for Cubans is har…
2 months ago
What is the environmental impact of the Winter Olympics?
As the Winter Olympics get underway in Milan and across the Italian Alps, our correspondent looks back at a bold pledge made by the organizers: that …
2 months ago
Russia’s Hybrid War on Europe
Ever since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, experts say Russia has stepped up its hybrid war on Western Europe. Attacks on critical infrastructur…
2 months ago
Will the U.S. withdraw military forces from Syria?
The United States has been conducting military operations in Syria for more than a decade. Their mission has been to attack ISIS militants and to pr…
2 months ago
Fallout in the U.K. over the Epstein files
While there has been political turmoil in the U.S. over the latest release of photos and emails in the “Epstein files”, the consequences in the U.K. …
2 months, 1 week ago