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Is retirement officially dead in Japan?

Authoritarians justify targeting dissidents abroad as 'counterterrorism'

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Growing number of governments using counterterrorism to justify targeting dissidents abroad

North Korean troops suffering heavy casualties in Russia

Ukraine

North Korean troops are suffering heavy casualties in Russia

Going after scam farms in the Philippines

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Escape from Bamban: One man’s scam farm nightmare in the Philippines

Officials in Canada hope for end to upheaval for international students

The World's Global Classroom

In Canada, university and college officials hope for an end to upheaval for international students

How a deal between the US and Cuba fell apart 10 years ago

Global Politics

Ten years after Washington’s historic deal with Havana, Cuba remains adrift

Commander of Kurdish forces in Syria speaks about the challenges ahead

Syria

Exclusive: A conversation with the commander of the US-backed Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces

How rare saintly relics ended up at a college in New York

Sacred Spaces

Holy Catholic relics from shuttered institutions are preserved on a New York campus

Israel's plan to expand settlements in the Golan Heights

Israel-Hamas war

Israel to expand Golan Heights settlements as Syria goes through political transition

Syria's prison offers a glimpse into Assad's brutal rule

Syrian prison offers a glimpse into Assad’s brutal rule

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