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A street vendor with a cart full of assorted goods, including snacks and cigarettes, stands on a waterfront promenade as people sit along a low wall by the sea. The street is lined with people and buildings in the background, while two motorbikes with headlights on pass by on the road.
Energy
Cuba’s crisis, as told through Cuban voices
8:04
Conflict & Justice
How the Russian economy is faring as new sanctions hit 
4:58
Conflict & Justice
A new wave of violence in the West Bank amid Gaza ceasefire
6:22
S2 E6 (Fallout) – No Cheese, Extra Pickles
Full Episode
Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro during the closing campaign ceremony for the Constituent Assembly election in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 27.
Economics
The US sanctions Venezuela’s President Maduro and calls him ‘a dictator’
Iranians wave the national flag during celebrations in Tehran on July 14, 2015, after Iran's nuclear negotiating team struck a deal with world powers in Vienna.
Conflict
Iranians are celebrating a nuclear deal, some with homemade vodka
A child plays at the Prado Boulevard in downtown Havana.
Business
When will Starbucks pop up all over Cuba? Don’t count on it
A worker arranges cheese for sale at a grocery store in Moscow on August 7, 2014. Moscow imposed a total ban on imports of many Western foods on Thursday in retaliation against sanctions over Ukraine.
Global Politics
C’est it ain’t so! Russia bans French cheese and other European food imports
A worker arranges cheese for sale at a grocery store in Moscow on August 7, 2014. Moscow imposed a total ban on imports of many Western foods on Thursday in retaliation against sanctions over Ukraine.
Global Politics
C’est it ain’t so! Russia bans French cheese and other European food imports