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Demonstrators inside the U.S. Capitol after breaching barricades on Jan. 6, 2021

WORLD / Society

Jan 8, 2025

Violent extremism lingers online with U.S. flagging less content

By Jeff Stone

Donald Trump’s return to the White House promises to cement the hands-off approach toward online behavior.

DOPS Director Dr. Jim Tucker (back row, from left), David Acunzo, Marina Weiler, Philip Cozzolino (front row, from left) Marieta Pehlivanova and Elliot Gish, pose for a photo on the campus of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, on July 15. Is reincarnation real? Is communication from the "beyond” possible? A small set of academics are trying to find out, case by case.

WORLD / Society

Jan 4, 2025

Do you believe in life after death? These scientists study it.

By Saskia Solomon

Is reincarnation real? Is communication from the “beyond” possible? A small set of academics are trying to find out, case by case.

A man pushes a cart along Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles

WORLD / Society

Jan 4, 2025

Ahead of Trump term, U.S. cities grapple with homelessness

By Carey L. Biron

The crisis worsened with the end of pandemic-related aid, and are driven by a lack of affordable housing, as well as inflation and low wages.

Oleksandr, a 45-year-old Ukrainian soldier of the 1st Separate Assault Battalion Da Vinci, who left his unit without permission and later returned to the army, poses for a portrait in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, on Dec. 12.

WORLD / Society

Dec 30, 2024

Desertions spark panic, and pardons, in Ukraine's army

By Jonathan BROWN

More than 90,000 cases have been opened into instances of soldiers in Ukraine going absent without leave or deserting since Russia invaded in 2022.

Spanish Red Cross members hold children after a boat with 57 migrants onboard arrived at La Restinga port on the Canary island of El Hierro, on Sept. 14.

WORLD / Society

Dec 27, 2024

Record number of migrants lost at sea were bound for Spain in 2024: NGO

By Daniel Silva

An average of 30 people died per day while trying to reach Spain by sea in 2024, up from around 18 in 2023.

Internally displaced Syrians from eastern Ghouta queue for food in a Damascus countryside in April 2018.

WORLD / Society

Dec 24, 2024

Global hunger crisis deepens as major nations skimp on aid

By Jaimi Dowdell, Kaylee Kang, Benjamin Lesser and Raymon Troncoso

The United Nations says that, at best, it will be able to raise enough money to help about 60% of the 307 million people it predicts will need humanitarian aid next year.

Migrants seeking asylum gather near the border wall between the United States and Mexico after crossing a razor wire fence deployed to inhibit their crossing, as a member of the Texas National Guard escorts them on Dec. 19.

WORLD / Society

Dec 23, 2024

'Bless Donald Trump': Human smugglers cash in

By Diana Baptista and Benjamin Alfaro

"Coyotes," as they are known, are banking on a pickup in trade due to the president-elect's campaign promise to crack down on migrants once he takes office.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

It's back to the classroom for some residents as municipal governments across the country conduct lessons to learn how to use new technologies.

Can aging Japan go digital without leaving anyone behind?

By Tomoko Otake

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

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