‘Everything is dead’: How record drought is wreaking havoc on the Amazon
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Curralinho, Brazil – For communities on the Brazilian island of Marajó, the ebb and flow…

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‘Everything is dead’: How record drought is wreaking havoc on the Amazon

Forget Australia’s referendum. Indigenous people make strides on their own
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Shepparton, Australia – Brad Boon points to the towering mural, one of many that adorn…

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Forget Australia’s referendum. Indigenous people make strides on their own

My friend Al-Hassan, a Liverpool fan who dreamed big, killed in Gaza
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Last week, an Israeli airstrike leveled a single-family home in Deir el-Balah, a central city…

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My friend Al-Hassan, a Liverpool fan who dreamed big, killed in Gaza

‘A nice feeling’: Sri Lanka basks in tourism surge after four-year crisis
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Colombo, Sri Lanka – Devmith Kaggodarachchi’s beachfront hotel in the southwestern coastal town of Hikkaduwa,…

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‘A nice feeling’: Sri Lanka basks in tourism surge after four-year crisis

How Beijing is changing the way it involves itself in Taiwan’s election
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A few months after Taiwanese NGO worker Cynthia Iunn bought a book titled “If China…

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How Beijing is changing the way it involves itself in Taiwan’s election

Hamas is now recruiting in Lebanon. What will that mean for Hezbollah?
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Beirut, Lebanon – When Hamas issued a call for recruitment in Lebanon on December 4,…

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Hamas is now recruiting in Lebanon. What will that mean for Hezbollah?

Smell that: The rise of India’s ittar industry
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Kannauj, India — Gopal Kumar tore apart the bulb of a flower and pointed to…

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Smell that: The rise of India’s ittar industry

Will oil prices rise after Red Sea shipping curbs amid Houthi attacks?
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Hijackings, rocket attacks and drone strikes on ships by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have forced AP…

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Will oil prices rise after Red Sea shipping curbs amid Houthi attacks?

China’s youth compete for stable gov’t jobs in unstable economic times
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A good score on China’s annual national civil service examination is a requirement for any…

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China’s youth compete for stable gov’t jobs in unstable economic times

Photos: In a refugee camp in Chad, Sudanese women are running out of hope
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Adré, Chad — A young girl squats on the sandy ground and weaves blades of…

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Photos: In a refugee camp in Chad, Sudanese women are running out of hope