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Quartz· 1 day agoThe Brazilian foreign ministry has announced it will resume entry visa requirements for visitors from the US, Japan, Australia, and Canada. The move reverses a 2019 decision by then-president ...
Fleeing Kabul, chasing gold - the story of a refugee Olympian
BBC via Yahoo Sports· 3 hours agoFarzad Mansouri was the teenage flagbearer for his nation at the last Olympics. Three years on,...
Chinese journalist freed after four years in prison for COVID reporting
North Denver News· 6 days agoAmong them was Zhang Zhan, then a 36-year-old former lawyer who bravely chronicled the unfolding crisis in the city where the virus first surfaced. Standing in front of a Wuhan train station ...
Where San Francisco gas prices stand two years after historic high
The San Francisco Examiner· 6 days agoIn mid-June 2022, two historic events coincided — a surge in travel brought on by relaxed COVID-19 ...
One Big, Unintended Consequence of the Failed Attempt to Ban the Abortion Pill
Slate via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIn 2016 the agency began to allow a wider range of medical providers to dispense the...mifepristone...
Japan sees record spike in infections caused by tissue-damaging bacteria
UPI· 2 days agoJapan is reporting a record high number of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome -- or STSS -- cases...
Russia and North Korea sign partnership deal that appears to be the strongest since the Cold War
Wisconsin State Journal· 4 hours agoRussian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed an agreement Wednesday...
Russia’s Putin to visit North Korea in rare trip as anti-West alignment deepens
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 days agoVladimir Putin is set to travel to North Korea this week, the Kremlin said Monday, in the Russian...
Opinion: Putin and Kim forge closer ties, resuscitating a defunct Stalinist alliance
NPR· 17 hours agoAs late as 2021, there were few signs that North Korea was about to become Russia’s closest friend. That February, when COVID-19 restrictions prompted an ...
‘You can’t tell me what’s up in these hills’: Skeptics and believers gather in Metaline Falls for...
Idaho State Journal· 9 hours agoIf Bigfoot wanted to reveal himself, Metaline Falls, Washington, this past weekend would have been a...