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How Japan keeps its trains safe from earthquakes

Japan in Focus

Japan experiences more earthquakes than any country. But its transit system remains remarkably safe. The bullet train, for example, has never seen a death or serious injury due to an earthquake or tsunami. Japan may offer lessons to other countries as climate change causes more natural disasters globally.

Protesters in India call for safer working conditions after rape and murder of female doctor

Sexual violence

Syrian refugees in Lebanon face growing restrictions and deportation

Israel-Hamas war
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Why the Trump administration is asking the courts to remove safeguards for detaining migrant children

Immigration
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With smuggling costs skyrocketing, parents balance risk and debt for their children’s future

Conflict
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After 17 years of ‘legal life’ in the US, a family considers its next move

Global Politics

The Trump administration is removing temporary protected status for El Salvador, a program that has permitted the Velasco family to live and work in the US since 2001. That puts them — and 200,000 other like them — at a tough crossroads.

Mexico City

When disaster hits home: The Mexico City quake one month on

Environment

When The World’s Monica Campbell returned to her home in Mexico City, she arrived to chaos. People were trying their best to rebuild or they were leaving altogether. Her neighborhood in particular was among the hardest hit.

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