As a national election looms, Liberians game the system, squeezing largess out of political candidates.
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Living on the edge: Inside a South Korea border town
What is life like on South Korea’s front line, with Kim Jong-un’s artillery just a few miles away?
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Taking relatives’ bodies for a dance in Madagascar
The “turning of the bones” is one of the country’s most important and joyful occasions.
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Nate floods Alabama and Mississippi
Cities in the south-eastern United States saw heavy flooding as Storm Nate made landfall.
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Puerto Rico has permanent state of ‘yes, but no’ with US
As Americans watched the devastation unfolding in Puerto Rico last week I read, listened, tweeted and posted information on my social media timelines. Then came the text bubbles on my cell phone screen:
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Puerto Rico is far from ‘OK’
As Americans watched the devastation unfolding in Puerto Rico last week I read, listened, tweeted and posted information on my social media timelines. Then came the text bubbles on my cell phone screen:
North Korean Leader Hails Nuclear Arsenal as ‘Powerful Deterrent’
Kim Jong-un struck a defiant tone after President Trump said diplomacy had failed to end the crisis. And South Korean officials were worried that the North would conduct a major test Tuesday.
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‘I Am Spanish’: Thousands in Barcelona Protest a Push for Independence
Demonstrators who oppose separation from Spain expressed solidarity with the vilified national police and waved the national flag.
‘I Am Spanish’: Thousands in Barcelona Protest a Push for Independence
Demonstrators who oppose separation from Spain expressed solidarity with the vilified national police and waved the national flag.
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Barca and Real rivalry satirized amid Catalonia crisis
With tensions running high in Spain, the crisis in Catalonia has been given an animated filmed satirical treatment with Spanish riot police violently attacking Barcelona soccer players in a spoof El Clasico game as the Catalan club plays its fierce rival Real Madrid.