The demonstrations, which were triggered by anger over the rising cost of living, have been met with a crackdown by Iran's Islamic Republic government. Germany's foreign minister condemned violence ag...
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This year's figures represent a drop in migrant arrivals from North Africa to the Canary Islands, one of the world's deadliest crossings for migrants hoping to reach the EU....
There have been angry protests across the country against economic hardships....
It's taken me a while to adapt to some of the work and cultural norms in France. Jodie Hughes Learning French etiquette was a challenging, embarrassing part of adapting to my new working life. The Fre...
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For two weeks recently, most of my evenings were spent in Douyin’s live-stream section. On Douyin, TikTok’s sibling platform in China, shopping, entertainment and conversation blur into an endlessly s...
The author moved from Spain to Florida 21 years ago. Courtesy of the author I moved from Spain to Florida with my kids and then-husband 21 years ago. Initial challenges included culture shock, marital...
The Norway-based Iran Human Rights NGO says that 45 demonstrators have been killed by Iranian security forces since the protests began in late December....
Protesters gathered in major European cities in solidarity with the ongoing demonstrations in Iran amid a communications blackout. Protests erupted in Tehran and across Iran two weeks ago over dire ec...
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Trump said many Venezuelan immigrants ‘want to go back.’ Will Maduro’s removal spark a return -- or another exodus?...
It was like any other day for 24-year-old sales adviser Kanimolhi Krisnan from Shah Alam in Malaysia’s Selangor state. She was at the MRT station waiting for the bus to go home after work when a stran...
Wrestling superstar CM Punk has compared the online anger at the ending of Stranger Things to the backlash to John Cena's final WWE match, saying both fandoms sometimes display “a slight mental illnes...
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In an effort to combat childhood obesity, the United Kingdom has banned daytime TV and online ads that promote junk food. The health ministry says this could recede by 20,000 the number of children li...
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Justin Howells, Target's group vice president for Pacific Northwest stores. Matt Hage/AP Content Services for Target Target is getting a new CEO in the New Year — one who started with the compan...
Kris LeBoutillier says that living in Singapore gave him opprotunities he never would have found back home. Provided by Kris LeBoutillie Kris LeBoutillier grew up in Upstate New York and knew early on...