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The new film ‘Mountains’ looks at the beauty and challenges of the Haitian American experience
Actor Atibon Nazaire speaks with The World’s Host Marco Werman about his role in the new film “Mountains,” which takes a look ...
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What’s left for the opposition after the likely president-elect fled the country
The widely recognized winner of Venezuela’s July 28 presidential election, Edmundo González, was forced to flee into exile, ...
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South America is seeing a record number of wildfires
South America is seeing a record number of wildfires, and a smoky haze hung in the air in cities like São Paulo this week.
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The Bambir, one of Armenia’s biggest rock bands, is still going strong after 40 years
The Bambir is a rock band from Gyumri, the Armenian “city of artists.” The band was founded during the Soviet Union in the ...
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An Israeli strike hits tent camp in humanitarian zone in Gaza
An Israeli strike on a humanitarian zone in southern Gaza left a giant crater in the ground where Palestinian families had ...
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Political detainees in Belarus granted amnesty
Authorities in Belarus have granted amnesty to several dozen political detainees in recent weeks. These are opposition figures, part of the movement that protested the reelection in 2020 of Belarusian ...
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Barcelona children find safety in numbers as they bike to school in herds
Across Spain’s Barcelona province, children are getting to school in organized convoys of bikes, dubbed bicibús or “bicycle-bus.” As with traditional bus lines, each bicibús route has stops where ...
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Language and admissions policies the focus of education reform in South Africa
On Friday in South Africa, an education bill to improve aspects of the country’s schools was signed into law — but not without controversy. Under pressure from coalition partners, South African ...
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Wildfires blazing in Brazil’s Pantanal becoming more likely because of climate change
Brazil’s wetlands region called the Pantanal cover an area roughly the size of England. Although this region is typically flooded for much of the year, historic droughts have led to historic wildfires ...
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Biden says he’s ‘outraged’ by the killing of a Turkish American protester
President Joe Biden issued a statement on Wednesday saying he is “outraged and deeply saddened by the death of Aysenur Eygi.” The 26-year-old Turkish American activist was shot and killed by an ...
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Survivors in Derna, Libya, mark 1 year after disastrous dam collapse
Storm Daniel hit Derna, a small coastal city in eastern Libya. The deluge led to the collapse of two aging upstream dams, unleashing a 65-foot wall of water on the city. At least 6,000 people died, ...
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North Korean photos offer rare look inside nuclear program
The North Korean government released photos from inside a uranium enrichment facility that shows a much more sophisticated nuclear program than experts might have expected. The photo offers clues ...