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Anti-immigrant sentiment rises in South Africa

Conflict & Justice

As tensions over immigration reach a crisis point in South Africa, the Nigerian government has even offered to repatriate its citizens. The World’s Host Marco Werman speaks with professor Sethulego Matebesi about the growing protests and violence.

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Czech Republic bans communist symbols in May Day parades

DW
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From pensions to pastries: Vienna café supports elderly workers

Community
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Cambodia’s concrete ‘reefs’ thwart trawling and create new homes for marine life

Environment
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Foreign laborers protest working conditions and unfair pay for renovating Barça football stadium

Human rights
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Ireland hopes to make a program giving artists a stable income permanent

Arts, Culture & Media

In 2022, the Irish government launched a basic income scheme for artists. It randomly selected 2,000 artists and paid them around $1,500 a month, so they could concentrate on their creative work. Now the government is planning to make the program permanent.

Artisans in Paris revive the old art of handpainted signs

Lifestyle

Known for its quaint and classy signage on storefronts and hotels, France is experiencing a renaissance of this hand-painted technique, which dates back to the early 19th century.

A person fishing from a small motorboat labeled "El Hijo del Pueblo" in open water with green, rugged hills in the background.

Traditional fishermen limit forays into the Caribbean over fear of US strikes

Conflict & Justice

The Trump administration’s airstrikes in the Caribbean are having a chilling effect on small-scale fishermen there, who fear being attacked by mistake.

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Help wanted: Germany hires its next generation of workers from abroad

Business, Economics and Jobs

Battling a shortage of skilled labor, Germany’s businesses are bringing in reinforcements: young foreigners training in the country’s time-honored apprentice programs.

Indians gravitate toward different opportunities as the US hikes visa fees for skilled foreign workers

Immigration

Many people are feeling the impact of harsher immigration policies under the Trump administration, such as price hikes for H-1B visas that are issued to skilled foreign workers. That’s now led a growing number of people, including those from India, to pursue options in other places instead.