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Why Indian men are fighting for Russia in Ukraine

Conflict & Justice

After being lured into the Russian military with promises of “helper” jobs, young men from India find themselves training to fire weapons and getting caught up in combat with no way out.

India’s Diamond City is reeling from the war in Ukraine

Ukraine

The precarious state of green tea in Japan

Japan in Focus

Syrian refugees in Lebanon face growing restrictions and deportation

Israel-Hamas war

The Creative Class Isn’t Dead Yet

Arts, Culture & Media
A model demonstrates a Samsung Electronics' new smartphone Galaxy S7 during its launching ceremony.

Samsung dream jobs are running out for young, overeducated South Koreans

Jobs

Why are South Korea’s new graduates having so much trouble finding work? Some say it’s because they only want to work for big conglomerates.

Tsegay

Organizations try to fight ‘brain waste’ and get highly trained immigrants back to work

Jobs

Many immigrants’ previous professions can slip away because of red tape, economics and hefty requirements. “Welcome Back” centers are trying to help with the hurdles.

President Trump shakes hands with a coal miner

Two US coal miners, two very different perspectives on the future of coal

Environment

Trump surrounded himself with coal miners when he signed his energy executive order, a very public signal that he was making good on a campaign promise to end the “war on coal.” But not all miners agree on the future of their industry.

Several young people wearing gloves and helmets work in a park, one digs with a shovel

For these families in Pittsburgh, teens’ summer jobs make more than just pocket money

Finance

It’s not a new phenomenon for young people to work summer jobs to make money and gain skills. For children who came to the US as refugees, there’s a bit more at stake though. These families get three months of assistance when they arrive — and then they’re mostly on their own.It’s not a new phenomenon for young people to work summer jobs to make money and gain skills. For children who came to the US as refugees, there’s a bit more at stake though. These families get three months of assistance when they arrive — and then they’re mostly on their own.

A Ukrainian miner sleeps on a coal trolley in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk in May 1998.

World’s longest workday? It may not be where you think it is.

Business

When it was part of the Soviet Union it had a tightly controlled workday. Now, it’s unlimited. Lawmakers are finally trying to change that.