In Iran, US sanctions are being felt, with harsher measures to come
One sign of the impact of stepped-up American sanctions on Iran can be found on the northeast edge of Tehran: anxiety at Iran’s largest charity for children diagnosed with cancer. Mahak, a private charity with a $60 million annual budget that cares fo…
Meanwhile in … Austria, poll shows eagerness to lose country’s reputation as ‘ashtray of Europe’
Austria, a recent public opinion poll shows an eagerness to lose the country’s reputation as “the ashtray of Europe.” A nationwide petition collected nearly 900,000 signatures (about 14 percent of the total electorate) of people who support a ban on sm…
How Big Sky Country became the front line in a long battle over dark money
Jaime MacNaughton’s future in law can be traced back to the time when she was locked in the trunk of a car, sweating inside a garbage bag. Fast-forward 15 years and Ms. MacNaughton, now a lawyer, is a key player in enforcing Montana’s strict laws agai…
A different Mexico as a US partner on migration
As they trek together toward the United States, a few thousand migrants from Central America could end up doing more than pose a crisis at the border. The mass exodus has the potential to build a better partnership between the US and Mexico in address…
When migration means fleeing home, but not your country
“My [teenage] children all sleep in my bed with me now,” says Maritza, whose partner and two eldest sons were killed in the span of three years by gang violence. Maritza is on her way to becoming an internally displaced person (IDP): someone who is fo…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel Announces She Won’t Seek Another Term
Merkel had told her party she won’t run for re-election as its chairwoman. Her decision comes after the CDU suffered heavy losses in regional elections. She’s held the chancellor post for 18 years.
In an Indiana river cleanup, businesses and environmentalists cooperate
Gary is an industrial city, not known for its natural beauty. The Nature Conservancy, Mr. Labus’s employer, has worked for the past 30 years to preserve the dune and swale habitat surrounding the nearby Grand Calumet River. In the 1950s and ’60s, the…
In Indonesia, Airliner Crashes With 189 Aboard
An Indonesian airliner crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff from Jakarta. According to local reports, it suddenly lost altitude and disappeared from radar.
Preliminary Results: Far-Right Candidate Wins Brazil’s Presidential Runoff
Jair Bolsonaro — a former army colonel who expressed his admiration for dictatorship and repeatedly denigrated women and gays — looks certain to become the country’s new president.
Mexican Officials Offer Caravan Members Work Visas If They Stay In Mexico
Steve Inskeep talks to Mexico’s ambassador to the U.S., Gerónimo Gutiérrez, about his country offering refugees temporary work permits if they stay in southern Mexico and don’t continue to the U.S.
Brazil’s Far-Right Jair Bolsonaro Wins Presidential Runoff
The former army colonel has expressed admiration for the country’s brutal 1964-1985 dictatorship, made incendiary remarks about women, gays and minorities, and decried “fake news.”
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