Nearly three-quarters of Indian women over 60 can’t read and Bollywood star Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s mother is one of them.
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Cash, T-Shirts and Gallons of Booze: How Liberian Candidates Woo Voters
As a national election looms, Liberians game the system, squeezing largess out of political candidates.
Cash, T-Shirts and Gallons of Booze: How Liberian Candidates Woo Voters
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 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:
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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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.