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2019/11/04

India said Monday it would not join a sprawling Asian trade pact, dealing a blow to the China-backed deal at...

A demonstrator dressed as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C) with blood on his hands protests outside the Saudi embassy in Washington, DC after Khashoggi went missing.

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Repression Deepening in Saudi Arabia Even After Khashoggi Murder: HRW

2019/11/04

Despite a perception that the outcry over the October 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi had left the Saudis chastened,...

Ten candidates from the second night of the first round of Democratic presidential primary debates.

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In Detroit, Elusive Black Voters Could Upend 2020 Democrats

"I think the Democratic Party just took the African American vote for granted."

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Controversial Russian Law to Control Internet Enters Force

"Now the government can directly censor content or even turn Russia's internet into a closed system without telling the public...

Braving Live Fire and Tear Gas, Thousands Protest Across Iraq

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Iraq Protests Enter Second Month, Defying Pledges of Reform

The movement is unique in Iraqi history because of its condemnation of the political and religious class wholesale.

Migrants and refugees look on after minor clashes with Greek policemen occurred at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 2016

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Rights Groups Condemn Controversial New Greek Migration Law

Greece on Friday approved a law tightening asylum procedures that has been widely criticized by rights groups as harmful to...

Wall Street in Lower Manhattan is easily one of the most famous streets in the world, known for its role in the international financial system

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Grace Blakeley: The World Must be Saved from ‘Financialization’

by Bryan Bowman

Where many see a strong economy today, Blakeley sees not just the early indicators of an inevitable recession, but the...

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Hong Kong Plunges Into Recession As Protests, Trade War Take Toll

Hong Kong on Thursday confirmed it had plunged into its first recession since the global financial crisis as months of...

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East Africa Reels From Deadly Floods In Extreme Weather

A powerful climate phenomenon in the Indian Ocean stronger than any seen in years is unleashing destructive rains and flooding...

A man and a boy cry after police fire tear gas in a refugee camp in Lesbos (Greece). At least one woman and one child have died in a fire during riots with the police. Photo: Angelos Tzortzinis.

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Migrants on Greek Islands ‘on Edge of Catastrophe:’ Council of Europe

"What we see in practice is telling me that human rights are not respected. This is an unacceptable situation."

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Lebanon Reopens But Crisis Remains After PM Resigns

2019/10/30

The resignation of Lebanon's government under pressure from the street looked set to ease a two-week-old nationwide lockdown but protesters...

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Furious Bolsonaro Denies Links to Brazil Politician’s Murder

2019/10/30

On Tuesday night, TV network Globo reported that a suspect visited the condominium building where Bolsonaro lived the night before...

An Iranian woman walks past an anti-US mural painted on the wall of the former US embassy in Tehran on November 19, 2011

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US Sanctions Threaten Iranians’ Right to Health: HRW

2019/10/29

Trump "administration officials claim they stand with the Iranian people, but the overbroad and burdensome U.S. sanctions regime is harming...

Hong Kong Democracy Activist Joshua Wong Jailed

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Hong Kong Bars Democracy Activist Joshua Wong from Local Election

2019/10/29

Wong, one of the most prominent figures in the otherwise leaderless movement, accused the government of "political screening" after an...

Outrage at Johnson’s Rhetoric in Brexit Impasse

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UK Set for Third Election in Four Years to Try to Break Brexit Gridlock

2019/10/29

Britain is set for a high-stakes pre-Christmas election to try to overcome the lengthening political deadlock caused by Brexit

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Jewish Groups Voice Fear Over German Far-Right Surge

2019/10/28

Jewish community leaders in Germany voiced alarm Monday over a surge in support for the far-right AfD in a regional...

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Chile President Lifts State Of Emergency, But Protests Continue

2019/10/28

Demonstrators are angry at Chile's neoliberal social model, low salaries and pensions, high health care and education costs, and a...

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Argentina’s Macri Ousted Amid Recession, Rising Poverty

2019/10/28

Argentina's poverty rate has risen to more than 35 percent, inflation for the year to September was at almost 38...

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Illegal Chinese Migration to Europe ‘Commonplace’ Despite Risks

2019/10/25