People attend an anti-racism demonstration in Dessau, Germany, June 11, 2020. Twenty years after Mozambican Alberto Adriano's violent death by neo-Nazis, people commemorate the victims of racism and right-wing extremism. 

Critical State

Misusing culture in international politics: Part II

Ukraine

Wagner mercenary group recruits Africans held in Russian prisons

White Sand beach on Boracay Island, in the Philippines. 

Business, Economics and Jobs

The return of Chinese tourists restores hope in the Philippines' tourism industry

Politics

India’s Rahul Gandhi supporters finish 5-month rally and march against increasingly nationalist state

Screenshot from Bahjat official lyric YouTube video "Hometown Smile."

Music

Libyan pop star Bahjat beat the odds. Now he wants to popularize ‘A-pop.’

Teachers representing the observatory of knowledge, protest against budget cuts for public universities outside the Ministry of Education, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, July 2, 2019. 

Trust the process: Part I

A member of auction house staff poses for a picture with a 19-carat pink diamond at Christie's auction house, in London, Oct. 18, 2017. 

Belgium faces pressure to support sanctions on Russian diamonds

US State Department Counselor Derek Chollet smiles ahead of a meeting in Serbia, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. 

America’s top priority is to help Ukraine ‘defend itself’ as a sovereign nation, Blinken adviser says

Disease

A spike in ringworm cases in Spain leads to a surprising culprit: the barbershop

The Inca temple of Sacsayhuamán gets only a handful of visitors per day now, as tourists cancel their trips to Cusco amid protests taking place in Peru.

Protest

Protests across Peru are keeping tourists away from the country’s top travel destinations

The new reception center at a cruise terminal on the Brooklyn waterfront will house 1,000 migrant men until May 1, when cruise ships will be back.

Migration

New York City struggles to accommodate new migrants

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