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Why exports of illegally sourced gold are gaining on drugs in funding the continent’s illicit economy.

It fills the vacuum left by an unimaginative political class.

In Lebanon, an unprecedented campaign of DNA tests is being used to identify mangled bodies left trapped under rubble by Israel’s blitz.

The two women died during miscarriages. The state’s medical board has ruled that substandard care led to their deaths.

Surging Chinese exports, a sliding renminbi and a depleted European industrial base are colliding — and Brussels has run out of time to respond.

Matt Duss, former foreign policy adviser to Sen. Bernie Sanders, on how Democrats can win on an anti-war platform and bring about real change.

A new investigation from ProPublica and FRONTLINE examines federal agents’ response to protesters and bystanders at the Trump administration’s immigration sweeps. “We see, just, use of excessive force after use of excess force, ” one expert said.

Ten years ago, Antarctica's sea ice suddenly and dramatically declined. Scientists now blame a "very violent release" of deep, pent-up heat.

We tracked how the collapse of federal rural energy support is ending solar projects across farm country — and costing some developers millions they'll never get back.

Licensed therapist Leslie Davenport offers advice to a young reader staring down a world of uncertainty.

A new report shows how resilience projects from around the world offer a model for tapping private investment to finance climate mitigation.

Legal experts say the use of the Congressional Review Act to open mining near the Boundary Waters could drastically reshape U. S. public lands protections.

The U. S. president is picking fights in every direction, alienating key supporters and allies.

The country has had nine presidents in the last decade. Who will be next?

The White House has lashed out at the Vatican’s latest sermons on war and peace.

Trump’s party is still providing cover on unauthorized war despite growing signs of misgivings.

In the war’s aftermath, key details about the regime remain opaque.

Kyiv is struggling with skepticism of conscription fueled by Russian propaganda.

News of less violence is welcome, but let’s be clear what Israel thinks in Lebanon when its Gaza “ceasefire” has meant continued genocide.

The rise of Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr signals the consolidation of a new type of state.