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  • A strike on Sunday evening at Riyadh's international airport has resulted in more injuries, and the number of fatalities has increased since over a dozen people were killed at the main aviation facility the day before.
  • The Ansar Allah Houthis and Yemeni government forces are engaged in fierce fighting over the vital city of Taiz.
  • A human rights group reported on Sunday that airstrikes targeting artisanal gold miners in a disputed border area between Sudan and Egypt had killed at least 72 workers.
  • Pope Leo XIV said on Sunday that he will have surgery in the "next few days" after medical professionals found a nodule on his lung.
  • The reform agenda of nationalist Prime Minister Janez Jansa, which the opposition has called "authoritarian," suffered a setback when Slovenians narrowly rejected a government bill in a referendum on Sunday.
  • After his social media posts were purportedly blocked on the company's platforms, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva accused tech giant Meta of meddling in the election on Saturday.

Category: Feature Story

January 11, 2020

“Like My Own Family:” Romanian Man...

After spending part of his childhood in the dire conditions of a Romanian orphanage, Florin Catanescu founded a shelter in Brasov for young people leaving state institutions. The residents share housing, meals, friendship, and Catanescu’s guidance in giving back to the community

January 9, 2020

Wheelchairs In Siberia: Disabled Activists Fight...

Navigating a Russian city in a wheelchair is incredibly difficult — and the challenge is even greater in the middle of winter. One disability activist in the Siberian city of Tomsk says government projects intended to improve accessibility have largely failed to deliver on their promises

January 8, 2020

Surviving Siberia: The Hard, Cold Winters...

Temperatures of minus 40 degrees Celsius mean only the horse farmers and their families stay to endure the winter in the village of Tumul in the Far Eastern Russian region of Yakutia. But ancient traditions and crafts still survive there, despite a dwindling local population

January 6, 2020

Ukrainian Cuisine Delights in the Heart...

Eastern European delicacies like borscht and pierogi have earned their place on American menus, especially in large and culturally-diverse cities. But it’s taken some time for these kinds of dishes to find their way to rural places like North Dakota. But that’s changing thanks to the great grandson of some Ukrainian immigrants

December 26, 2019

Story of a Libya Evacuee

Mohamed Daood Ali, a refugee from Sudan’s Darfur region, had not spoken to his mother in the two years he was held in a detention center in Libya. He left Darfur and travelled to Libya in the hopes of crossing the Mediterranean to Europe but never made it out

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