World
Ebola confirmed in a city of more than 1 million in Congo
May 20, 2019The global health community gulped Thursday with the announcement that a case of Ebola had been confirmed in a city of more than 1 million.
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UK’s Prime Minister Theresa May on her way out
May 17, 2019May might be leaving, but it doesn’t mean she’ll exit quietly. In fact, her plan is to set up one final showdown—fourth time’s a charm, right?
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Love wins in Taiwan: First in Asia to recognize LGBTQ marriage equality
May 17, 2019With just days to go before a court-ordered deadline, lawmakers in Taipei passed landmark legislation recognizing same-sex unions.
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Iranian Communists rally progressive forces to prevent war
May 16, 2019The Tudeh Party noted a “worrying rise of tensions between the racist, pseudo-fascist, and reactionary Trump administration and the regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran."
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Nazi biscuits: German cookie heiress has no guilt about using slave labor
May 16, 2019"That was before my time," Verena Bahlsen said, claiming her family's company treated slave laborer well and paid them appropriately.
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