Doctors With Borders: Caribbean Countries Angry After US Threatens Cuba’s Physician-For-Hire Scheme
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Everything, Everywhere, All at Once: Saudi Arabia Moves Fast to Get a Makeover
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An Election Heard ‘Round the World: Romanians Hold a ‘Do-Over’ Vote
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The Trump Effect: Anger at the US Fuels Leftist Advantage in Australian Elections
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Whirling in the Tear Gas: Dervishes, Students and Hope Threaten Turkish Leader
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In Singapore, an Election Brings Choices, Change and – Tingles
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Looking for Captain Canuck: Canadians Rush To Vote, Seeking Superhero Rescue
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The Cauldron Boils Over: As Israel Fights Hamas and Other Militants, It Fights Itself
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Going Local: Venezuela’s Leader Targets Towns to Survive Dissent, Sanctions
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In the Central African Republic, the Hired Guns Wear Out Their Welcome
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Wanted: a Home – Spain Is Becoming a Victim of Its Own Success
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The Long Arm of the Law: In the Philippines, the Rules Remain an Afterthought
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The Chainsaw Massacre: Hailed and Reviled for His Deep Cuts, Argentina’s Leader Faces the Axe
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A Perfect Storm: A New Civil War in South Sudan Threatens Entire Region
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Going a Courting: China Woos Neighbors to Beat US Trade War
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The Threat From Within: Some Gazans Say They Have Had Enough
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The Fire and the Fury: North Macedonia Mourns – and Rages – After a Devastating Blaze
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The Emperor’s New Clothes: Coup Leader Ahead in Gabon’s Elections
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When the Sky Falls: Lesotho Says US Tariffs Will ‘Kill’ the Country
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A Shot in the Dark: Indonesia’s President Want’s ‘Polite Democracy.’ Good Luck With That.
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The Chain Gang Blues: The Dominican Republic Grapples With Prison ‘Chaos’
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Back to the Future: Kuwait Looks Past Oil – and Democracy
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The Desperation of Dictators: Tunisia’s President Is Running Out of Time
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The Omen: An Earthquake, Say Locals, Foretells the End of Myanmar’s Junta
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