Los Angeles Times

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WASHINGTON - A new independent United Nations report provides a glimpse of the horrific last moments of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, detailing how the men lying in wait for him at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul coolly discussed how they would dismemb

The Atlantic

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Trump’s chaotic executive order will have lasting repercussions throughout the Muslim world.

The Critic Magazine

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THE REPUTATION OF Sir Edward Grey, the Liberal foreign secretary at the time of the outbreak of the Great War, has suffered greatly in recent years. Matthew Parris has called him “a bloody awful foreign secretary”, Andrew Adonis thinks him “arguably

NPR

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Some of the most-read stories by NPR's international reporters looked at endangered rhinos, livid Canadians, Mexico's response to migrants and a show-stealing eye roll at a Chinese political event.

The Christian Science Monitor

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The Japan Times / TokyoThe US and Japan must be open to diplomatic talks with North Korea “The summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump may have been a success in demonstrating the solid Japan-U.S. alliance in the face

India Today

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On the FATF (Financial Action Task Force) grey list for failure to do enough to curb terror funding; has sustained losses worth $38 billion (Rs 2.77 lakh crore) since 2008 Economy in the doldrums, dealing with a debt crisis and rising inflation. Exte

Foreign Policy Magazine

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FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WINTER, a Harvard professor named Samuel P. Huntington and a wealthy diplomat and investment banker named Warren Demian Manshel decided to start a new journal. The United States, they worried, was on the brink of a crisis—a whole

Sunday Tribune

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WE ARE aware of several unfortunate incidents, all of which have been reported to the police for investigation. We continue to call for peace in the area and request all people in the community to deal with each other with respect. To ensure peace an

Los Angeles Times

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WASHINGTON - One day after an Iranian rocket appeared to explode on its launch pad, President Donald Trump denied U.S. responsibility Friday for the extensive damage and released an unusually detailed aerial photo of the debris-strewn launch site. Hi

Lonely Planet Magazine India

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The Peaks of the Balkans trail is generally hiked between May and October. During winter, much of the route is impassable due to snow. Your choice of flight depends on which country in the Balkans you plan to visit. In Albania, Tirana Airport has fli

Post South Africa

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THE letter, “Other ways to express outrage” (POST, November 11-15) refers. Although the world was horrified by the beheading of a teacher in France, there have been some amusing fallouts as well. On October 28, many international publications highlig

Foreign Policy Magazine

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Although successive editors have reiterated FOREIGN POLICY’s commitment—stated in its first issue—to publish writers at all points on the political spectrum, it is symptomatic of a larger national insecurity that the magazine has at times been under

Beijing Review

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First, we need to step up anti-epidemic cooperation and build a community of health for us all. Right now, COVID-19 is still presenting an ongoing threat. To fight the virus that respects no borders, we must take up the most powerful weapon of solida

India Today

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IF US president Donald Trump believes he owes his success to always thinking big, Prime Minister Narendra Modi does it by thinking even bigger. When Trump, who represents the world’s most powerful democracy, and Modi, who heads its most populous one,

The Atlantic

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President Donald Trump’s decision to quickly withdraw troops from Syria has sparked deep concern about an Islamic State revival, Iranian gains, and a Turkish attack on America’s Kurdish allies. For months, in both public and private, top aides—includ

Pretoria News Weekend

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SPORTS Minister Nathi Mthethwa issued a sharp rebuke to Cricket South Africa’s members council threatening to use the sanctions available in the National Sport and Recreation Act – which include withdrawing recognition of CSA – if the organisation do

History Revealed

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bit.ly/2B76Osc The conflict that engulfed much of the world from 1914 to 1918 had a huge military cost – but it also reshaped British society forever. In this podcast from 2018, historian Maggie Andrews considers how civilian life changed as World Wa

Farmer's Weekly

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Lobsters appear to be the latest victims of escalating trade tensions between Australia and China. According to Australian Associated Press (AAP), tons of live Australian rock lobsters were left on the tarmac at a Chinese airport recently due to dela

Post South Africa

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THERE is a water crisis in the Ugu District Municipality, says the DA. The party has written to international advocacy groups such as UN Water, the World Bank, the World Water Council, and Amnesty International to alert them to this. Chris Pappas, a

NPR

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Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun is reportedly en route from Thailand to Canada. The 18-year-old was granted refugee status by the U.N. after she alleged abuse by family members.

Beijing Review

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UN Secretary General António Guterres calls for global solidarity and a sense of urgency to confront the coronavirus pandemic at a special session of the UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York City on December 3 President Klaus Iohann

NPR

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U.S. Strategic Command faced a backlash after it tweeted about the Time's Square ball drop, adding that "if needed" it would "drop something much, much bigger."

Post Magazine

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The talks, the first of their kind since the two countries' leaders brokered a temporary truce to the trade war at the G20 summit in December, were initially scheduled to take place over two days, with discussions continuing late into the night on Tu

Lebanon Opportunities

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An emergency donor video-conference has raised pledges worth nearly €253 million ($300 million) for immediate humanitarian relief. The international response is coordinated by the United Nations. The “assistance should be timely, sufficient and consi

New Internationalist

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YOHANN KOSHY for the New Internationalist Co-operative newint.org It’s 1860 and the ‘century of humiliation’ is underway: China is forced to open up to the opium trade and Hong Kong has been handed over to London. British troops slaughter thousands a

NPR

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Under the Communist Party's ideological reeducation of China's population, humiliation by foreign powers forms an emotional underpinning of the country's national identity.

Sunday Independent

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“The army is now open for everyone who wants to join and you can then join, but the integration process has been closed and cannot be reopened,” Mabuza. The deputy president said that in terms of economic integration and social integration the panel

Sunday Independent

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AHEAD of Prince Philip’s funeral yesterday, former participants of one of his most enduring legacies, the Duke of Edinburgh International Awards scheme, launched in 1956, praised the role it had played in their lives. From Africa to Asia, people who

Beijing Review

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The first plenary meeting of the 75th Session of the UN General Assembly opens for the UN headquarters in New York City on September 15 People run past the Empty Sky memorial at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey, on September 11, commemor

This Week in Asia

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Observers say these are among the key reasons why Singapore, entrusted with hosting Tuesday's summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, is well on its way to becoming "Asia's Geneva". The Lion City this week signal