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‘Please do all you can to bring us home’: Brittney Griner is not the only American who’s been ‘wrongfully detained.’
Brittney Griner. Austin Tice. The Citgo 6. And now, potentially, three American military veterans who were captured by enemy forces after traveling to Ukraine to fight Russia. They are among nearly 50 Americans who the State Department believes are wrongfully detained by foreign governments. At least a dozen more Americans are being held as hostages…
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Bolsonaro Gathers New Audience for Old Claim: Brazil’s Elections Could Be Rigged
BRASÍLIA — President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil called dozens of foreign diplomats to the presidential palace on Monday to tell them that he believed the country’s voting systems could be rigged, a potential preview of his strategy for an election that is 75 days away and that polls forecast he will lose in a landslide.…
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Losing Luggage During Airline Travel? Here’s What To Do.
The Apple AirTag tracking device that Lily Datta had placed in her luggage before leaving Cleveland on June 27 showed the suitcase had arrived in Paris the following day. That perplexed Ms. Datta because she and her family had no plans to go to Paris. Their destination was Vienna, with stops in Washington, D.C., and…
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Global Central Banks Ramp Up Inflation Fight
Central bankers around the world are lifting interest rates at an aggressive clip as rapid inflation persists and seeps into a broad array of goods and services, setting the global economy up for a lurch toward more expensive credit, lower stock and bond values and — potentially — a sharp pullback in economic activity. It’s…
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From Mexico to the U.S., an Underground Abortion Pill Network
As more U.S. states move to criminalize abortion, activists in Mexico have been inundated with calls from women seeking abortion medication. Our cameras went inside their distribution effort.
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Mexico’s Leader Says Poverty Is His Priority. But His Policies Hurt the Poor.
NAUCALPAN, Mexico — The one government service this neighborhood outside Mexico City could rely on was the local elementary school run out of an abandoned train carriage. It was a vital lifeline for the residents, most of whom live in the remnants of a once-vibrant railway station. Each morning, families squatting in the cavernous cabooses…