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TikTok apologizes to US teen after removing video critical of Chinese government
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Global Politics
How does China’s Communist Party view Trump’s impeachment inquiry?
Man and woman wearing crown stand on balcony with blue, white and red flag in front of them
Women & Gender
What should a first lady do?
Samantha Flores, a trans woman, stands at the entrance to the Vida Alegre, a day center for older LGBTQ people in Mexico City that she cofounded.
LGBTQ
This senior center is helping Mexico’s ‘invisible’ LGBTQ seniors
Miguel Henrique Otero, editor and president of El Nacional, one of Venezuela's main national newspapers, walks past paper rolls at the newspaper's building in Caracas on April 11, 2014. Since 2015 he has lived in self-imposed exile in Madrid, Spain.
This Venezuelan newspaper editor is fighting to keep publishing — from Spain
A mural of a white bird, chain and rose painted on the Berlin wall and a person walking by it
Arts
Artists in Germany fear backlash after far-right party wins big
President Donald Trump President Donald Trump looks on after welcoming Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borissov at the White House on Nov. 25, 2019.
Military
Veterans worry about justice in the military after Trump backs Navy SEAL
An Asian man holds a volleyball on the court
Sports
Will the Chinese American sport ‘9-man’ have to change its strict heritage rules?
People bang on pots and pans in front of white truck
Kitchenware cacophony: How ‘cacerolazos’ became the symbol of Colombia’s anti-government protests
A man in a white navy uniform and black sunglasses walks into a car
Navy SEAL saga ‘cuts to the core’ of trust in the military, says Army combat veteran
Donald Trump and Boris Johnson sit next to each other.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Brexit might come at the price of the union, says Economist’s editor-in-chief
Former Ukrainian lawmaker Sergii Leshchenko displays papers from secret ledgers
Politics
This former Ukrainian MP wants US politicians to ‘stop playing the Ukrainian card’
A crowd of people celebrate their election win.
Hong Kong politics
Former Hong Kong politician hopes election results will force China to ‘keep its promise’
Women hold a coffin prop during a demonstration to protest femicide and violence against women in Paris.
Women & Gender
The ‘forgotten victims’ of femicide in France: Women over 65
US President Donald Trump, left, greets South Korean President Moon Jae-in during a joint news conference at the presidential Blue House on June 30, 2019 in Seoul, South Korea.
Global Politics
Charging South Korea more for US troops would ‘turn us into mercenaries,’ expert says
Robbie Robertson looks at the camera posing for a photo
Robbie Robertson reflects on brotherhood, music and ‘The Last Waltz’
A man and a woman take the oath by raising their right hand.
Fifth day of impeachment hearings roundup
A North Korean soldier keeps watch toward the south through a binocular telescope
Conflict & Justice
South Korea just repatriated two North Korean fishermen. Why?
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If FCC bans Huawei, rural carriers may have to ‘rip and replace’ gear
A man speaks behind a desk
Gordon Sondland testifies in impeachment inquiry
Students play a soccer game on a basketball court at a boarding school for Uighur children on the outskirts of Istanbul, Turkey.
Education
In Turkey, a boarding school cares for Uighur children separated from their parents
A woman's face with needles in it
Health & Medicine
Chinese medicine is getting WHO recognition. Some doctors are alarmed.
An orangutan looks at the camera.
Justice
This orangutan’s ‘personhood’ victory brings hope to US animal rights movement
Children play with a wheelbarrow.
Politics
Legal recognition of West Bank settlements could ‘kill off’ hope of two-state solution, says former US ambassador
A black and white panda bear holds a bamboo in his mouth
Bye-bye, Bei Bei: Is diplomacy at play with this panda’s return to China?
Mother, father and baby pose outside for a photo in wooded area
‘For Sama’: A love letter from filmmaker to daughter on life and war in Aleppo
Ferkat Jawdat, a Uighur living in Virginia, has asked the US government to pressure China to release minorities, including his mother, from "re-education camps." 
Justice
‘I just couldn’t sleep’: Uighur activist calls for China to stop targeting minorities
An indigenous woman holding a Wiphala flag carries a kid, in La Paz, Bolivia November 13, 2019.
Bolivia sees backlash against conservative interim leader
Marie Yovanovitch, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, departs after concluding her testimony before a House Intelligence Committee hearing as part of the impeachment inquiry into US President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, on November 15, 201
Foreign policy
Yovanovitch testimony shows US foreign policy is ‘in shambles,’ former diplomat says
Looking up at the sunshine coming through tree tops in a forest.
Environment
Scientists say nature therapies don’t just feel good — they save trillions in health costs
A nurse hands out a red ribbon to a woman, to mark World AIDS Day, at the entrance of Emilio Ribas Hospital, in Sao Paulo December 1, 2014.
Health & Medicine
Brazil reduces sex education amid spike in sexually transmitted infections
The backyard of Juliet's house in Verona with the famous balcony full of tourists.
Arts, Culture & Media
Letters from Juliet offer love, hope and human connection
Two men stand with their backs to the camera, their right hands held in the air for an oath. Ahead of them is a row of lawmakers seated behind a large desk.
Trump impeachment
In the impeachment inquiry, is the US a defender of democracy — or corrupt itself?
US President Donald Trump stands amid microphones outside
Trump impeachment
How Trump was impeached: A timeline
US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump meet with Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan and Emine Erdogan in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on November 13, 2019.
Global Politics
How Turkey’s Erdoğan went from populist hero to strongman
Four men stand outside in a valley near a river bed
Small hydropower plants threaten Montenegro’s last free-flowing rivers in a bid for cleaner energy
DACA plaintiffs walk arm-in-arm down from the US Supreme Court.
Immigration
With Congress passing the buck, DACA lands before Supreme Court
Women lie on a green cloth and practice aiming their guns while wearing red sashes.
Global Politics
Good wives, good soldiers: Durga Vahini women take up arms to protect Hindu identity
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu speaking at a press conference.
Conflict & Justice
Europe is ‘terrified’ ISIS fighters will go free if repatriated
A woman stands on a mountain overlook.
Global Nation Education
These sisters both had DACA. One took matters into her own hands.
Ramlo Ali Noor, whose immediate family is affected by the Trump administration's cap on refugee numbers, poses at her apartment with her daughter Sumayo in Columbus, Ohio, on Sept. 27, 2019.
Refugees
After Trump order, states scramble to say they will receive refugees
A man raises his hand while walking through a crowd.
82-year-old British cyclist completes 1 million miles
A large group of people are shown climbing on the Berlin Wall on the night it was opened.
Love, friendship, protest: 3 former East Germans reflect on the fall of the Berlin Wall 30 years later
People stand in voting booth casting ballots
As 2020 US presidential election nears, voter systems are still vulnerable
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Despite hateful social media attacks, local voters elect Muslim American candidates
A protester uses a flagpole to strike the head of a statue that lays in the street
Mapuche Indigenous people in Chile take down symbols of Spanish colonization
Demonstrators and tuk-tuk drivers are seen on a bridge during ongoing anti-government protests, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Nov. 4, 2019.
Fueled with a ‘do-or-die attitude,’ young Iraqis protest for change
A woman holds a video camera in her hand in a black and white photo
Vintage home movies show another side of life in East Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall
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Hong Kong politics
China’s internal suppression troops have plans for Hong Kong
a man in a suit walks with people standing by
New testimony, transcripts, paint fuller picture of quid pro quo
Lionheart
Nigeria’s first-ever Oscar submission has too much English for international category, academy says
A protester holding a "Ukraine" scarf poses during the "march against capitulation" on Oct. 14, 2019, in Kyiv, Ukraine. 
Ukraine remains split over how to achieve peace in contested Donbas region
A Running sink.
Health
Lead levels in Montreal water comparable to Flint
A man wears a blue shirt and glasses in an office
Refugees
Greece’s new asylum law ‘poses continuous traps’ for refugees
"Ghee Happy" creator
Netflix’s ‘Ghee Happy’ imagines life as a Hindu deity — in preschool
Soldiers gather outside around a military vehicle.
Conflict & Justice
‘He wanted to give back’: Aid volunteer killed on the Syria-Turkey border
line of asylum-seekers
Canadian court weighs whether the US is safe for asylum-seekers
Several children are shown playing with a flower-shaped light projection on a wall.
Migration
Youngest migrants in Tijuana find a safe space for learning at the ‘Nest’
Men in military uniforms hold weapons and are walking into smoke inside building.
Human rights report accuses CIA-trained Afghan paramilitaries of atrocities
climate rally
Nov. 4 is the first day Trump can legally leave the Paris Accord