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-Editorial- BOGOTÁ — As the world recently watched humanitarian supply trucks burn on a bridge between the Colombian town of Cúcuta and the Venezuelan border, locals anxiously wondered if aid would ever arrive in a region plagued with years of economic crisis. Colombian Attorney General Fernando Carrillo echoed these sentiments after visiting Cúcuta and meeting […]
Pigeonly is one of several applications that were designed by ex-cons and are transforming the way U.S. prisoners communicate with the outside world.
We often flocked to Italy for Spring, as weather there tends to be better than in my sometimes rainy neck of the French woods. But mornings can be a bit cloudy — nothing to worry this woman at the center of the picture, who was diligently setting up deckchairs, waiting for the sun to warm […]
The former docks in Buenos Aires have become a model of how to turn an area in the doldrums into a multi-million dollar investment magnet.
Kali and Marika have been stuffed with nandrolone and carnitine, doped and “dried,” waiting to represent the Wild Boys Kennel against rivals Top Line. And so it would end: the former died, the latter won. Zeus instead had been tested with a couple of sparring matches, waiting an encounter with Dwaith: they tore each other […]
Just because someone has something to say about the latest current-events controversy doesn’t mean they should.
-Analysis- NEW DELHI — U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to end preferential trade treatment for India, will end benefits under a nearly 50-year-old program for up to $5.6 billion worth of New Delhi’s exports to America. The move comes after more than a year of back-and-forth between the two countries, and pressure exerted upon the Trump administration by the American dairy export and medical devices lobbies. “I am taking this step because, after intensive engagement between the United States and the government of India, I have determined that India has not assured the United States that it will provide equitable […]
High-quality grapes from Champagne production used to be made into ratafia liqueur. Now French winemakers are exploring a more trendy (and Russian!) alternative.
Sociologists say there are certain historical and cultural elements behind the country’s fondness for confrontation.
The evacuation of civilians — especially women and children — continues in Baghouz, the Islamic State’s last bastion.
As the two superpowers get closer to an agreement, the global trade regime could suffer. History offers several precedents.
-Editorial- SANTIAGO – Ten days ago, on Feb. 23, our continent and the whole world were watching what would happen at Venezuela’s borders with Colombia and Brazil . In an attempted show of force, Venezuela’s opposition chief and self-proclaimed head of a provisional government Juan Guaidó , sought to bring humanitarian aid across the border, […]
After more than five years in prison, Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, a.k.a. Shawkan, is finally free. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/embed/FMEXMgd3AnU expand=1] © Mohamed El Raai/DPA/ZUMA – March 4, 2019 OneShot is a new digital format to tell the story of a single photograph in an immersive one-minute video. Follow OneShot:
Asylum seekers who lawfully attempt to enter the U.S. are being forced to wait in Mexico — or made to leave after gaining entry — even after demonstrating they have a credible fear of returning home.
The EU desperately needs a new industrial doctrine — and a healthy dose of R&D spending — to revive its economy and fend off outside competition.
Quality higher education in Colombia and vigorous student activism – not student rioting – will shake a complacent elite and help cleanse public life of its longstanding corruption
The U.S. may need to accept that Pyongyang doesn’t give up its nuclear program.
-Analysis- It’s a striking contrast in both age and public exposure. Defying a sometimes repressive police force, a bold youth-led Algerian street protest movement has risen up against the North African country’s aging and largely invisible leader. Tens of thousands demonstrated over the past couple of weeks against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s decision to seek a […]