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People carry portraits of late Soviet dictator Josef Stalin as they attend a gathering marking the 130th anniversary of his birthday
Global Politics
‘Cosmopolitan’ is a dog whistle word once used in Nazi Germany and Communist Russia
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an announcement on immigration reform in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., August 2, 2017.
Economics
Trump pushes a plan to reduce legal immigration, prioritizing English-language and job skills
Ira Aldridge, as Othello, in battle armor, by William Mulready
Arts
African American Ira Aldridge, a Shakespearean actor in the early 1800s, honored in England
A sign for an electric car charging station at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
Economics
The UK joins a move to ban gas and diesel cars by 2040
A woman talks on her cellphone on a bus in Madrid.
Culture
Spain tries to speed up — by putting siestas to bed
Trae Winter in front of a video screen
Technology
Helping the blind ‘see’ the solar eclipse