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With Mugabe Out Of Power, This Zimbabwean Newspaper Editor Looks Ahead

Most media outlets in Zimbabwe are state-run, and working as an independent journalist under Robert Mugabe came with serious risks. With Mugabe’s rule over Dumisani Muleya speaks about his hopes as a journalist.

How This Saudi Woman Is Fighting Her Country’s Male Guardianship Laws

Saudi Arabia’s restrictions on women don’t stop at the country’s borders. One Saudi woman in California is challenging the country’s rule that she needs her father’s permission to remain in the U.S.

Thai Boys And Their Soccer Coach Recount Trauma Of Being Trapped In Cave

Twelve Thai boys and their soccer coach, who spent over two weeks trapped in a cave in Northern Thailand, described the time spent underground and their dramatic rescue.

Former U.S. Ambassador To Russia Opposed to Joint Interference Investigation

A former U.S. ambassador to Russia says President Trump needs to denounce a deal suggested by Russian President Putin in Helsinki, which would allow Russian intelligence officers to interrogate U.S. officials.

AI Innovators Take Pledge Against Autonomous Killer Weapons

“We will neither participate in nor support the development, manufacture, trade, or use of” artificial intelligence that is used to kill people, leading AI researchers vowed.

Google Fined $5 Billion By E.U. For Breaking Antitrust Rules

The European Commission alleges that by forcing device makers to install Google apps on Android devices it gains a significant advantage over competitors. Google plans to appeal.

After the summit: No new cold war, but no warming of ties either

Remember when a sudden burst of Russian intervention from Ukraine to Syria, efforts to undermine Western democracies, and above all, Moscow’s chosen role as chief global opponent of the US-led liberal international order, all spurred predictions of an …

What Caused The Unrest In Haiti

NPR’s Ari Shapiro speaks to reporter Jacqueline Charles of The Miami Herald about the unrest in Haiti that caused the prime minister and his cabinet to resign.

Overturning Roe might be simple; the politics that follow won’t be

Roe, the 1973 ruling that legalized abortion in the US, has been at the heart of a heated culture war that’s split the nation largely along partisan lines. Would America be flung back into an age of back alleys – or forward into a “Handmaid’s Tale” dy…

A Sumatran fishing town’s message for Rohingya refugees: Welcome

The plan was to go to Malaysia. Nur might have made it there if it weren’t for the two Thai Navy ships that intercepted the wooden boat he shared with 78 fellow Rohingya refugees. Instead, the Navy escorted the boat toward the Indonesian island of Su…

South Africa revives a Mandela legacy

 All this year, South Africa is using the centennial of Nelson Mandela’s birthday to take stock of his legacy. Under a new president, Cyril Ramaphosa, the government hinted earlier this month that it might reverse a controversial decision in 2016 to w…

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