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The 1948 neo-realist cinematic masterpiece can be a key to understand Italian society today. With...
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Child psychiatrist Joseph Knobel Freud, an Argentine-based descendent of Sigmund Freud, says mode...
In the lobby of my hotel on the shores of the Black Sea, locals in full folkloric attire were dancing to traditional tunes. It felt strangely familiar, having had my own experiences preserving the ...
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The country faces dramatic debt levels among small-scale coffee farmers, as prices fall on world ...
Someone who is terminally ill and wants to die faster does not "commit suicide," says this German...
A collective called Les Morts de la Rue keeps tabs on the deaths of homeless people, and tries to...
Caster Semenya's case shows that the sport world must have an open debate about intersexuality, a...
I found striking cityscapes all around the world, from the feng-shui buildings of Honk Kong to Rio de Janeiro's lush bay and the odd-looking houses of Indonesian villages — but to me there's ...
The "exceptional" eaters are tolerated if it's part of a medical treatment. But when it's based o...
India's politicians have to understand that people are earning something to survive, but a surviv...
If President López Obrador really wants to give his country peace and security, he'll need...
An iconic image from Italian photojournalist's reportage from Chad, which won the World Press Pho...
A report turns much-needed attention to a dark and long-ignored chapter in Swiss history.
A nation became so attached to a nasty word that it has lost some of its edge, but not all of it.
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