Mexican Government Privately Warns Trump Administration Of Counter-Tariffs
President Trump has threatened tariffs as punishment for migration flows. Behind the scenes of public negotiations, sources familiar with the talks say that Mexican officials are prepared to respond.
In today’s Cuba, can churches and LGBTQ rights each find path forward?
John Wesley rides his horse through the Cuban countryside, beneath tall palm trees and mountains so green they look purple. There is no record that Wesley, the 18th century Methodist leader, ever came to Cuba, or anywhere else in the Caribbean – thoug…
In His U.K. Visit, Trump Navigates A Strained Trans-Atlantic Relationship
The U.S. president kicked off a trip to London this week in a test of the countries’ “special relationship.”
Tiananmen 30 years later: ‘Hope has not died’ say Chinese dissidents
At his house in a tree-lined subdivision south of Sacramento, dissident journalist Zhang Weiguo sips green tea as his gray-haired mother dishes up a steaming bowl of homemade Shanghai wonton dumplings – a fragrant reminder of a long-gone place and time…
Trump Met By Protesters, Some Supporters Upon Arrival In London
President Trump kicked off his visit to the U.K. by renewing his Twitter war with London’s mayor. Now, protesters have gathered at Buckingham Palace where the Queen is throwing him a state banquet.
‘Genocide’ Has Been Committed Against Indigenous Women And Girls, Canadian Panel Says
A years-long inquiry found that indigenous communities have been targeted by a pattern of rights violations aimed at eradicating “their existence as Nations, communities, families and individuals.”
As Morocco swells with migrants, music is a common language
Until 2004 Reuben Yemoh Odoi was living a content life in Dakar: socializing with the president’s children, working and winning fights at a local boxing gym, and making music about the aftermath of wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Reimagining Baltimore: Schools invite students to help
“But my perspective of Baltimore City is everyone having fun … at our friend’s house or at a playground,” the eighth-grader says, pointing to the other side, with drawings of kids on swings. Providing channels for students to express their perspective…
Caster Semenya Hopes to ‘Run Free’ Again After Swiss Supreme Court Offers A Reprieve
“I hope that following my appeal I will once again be able to run free,” the Olympic champion athlete said Monday.
The cries for freedom that still rattle China
In 2016, Chinese police arrested four people in connection with the sale of liquor bottles labeled “64” and later charged them with “inciting subversion of state power.” In late May this year, a Chinese filmmaker tweeted a photo of the bottles. It ref…
They Pump $15 Billion A Year Into Bangladesh’s Economy — But At What Cost?
Bangladeshis who want to work abroad can pay thousands of dollars for a permit. The reward is a chance for a job that allows them to send cash back home. There’s a potential for abuse as well.
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