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China pledges to improve conditions of delivery workers. Arrest of a labor activist suggests otherwise.
Chen Guajiang, a delivery worker and organizer, is facing 5 years in prison for ‘picking qu…
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The rise and fall of Clubhouse in Turkey
After a brief period of popularity among opposition activists, pro-Erdoğan figures have now…
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As India grapples with COVID-19, Pakistan extends support, prayers
Twitterati on both sides of the border have expressed solidarity Pakistan and India. Imag…
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The Canary Islands face tensions over migrants’ arrival
Since January 2020, more than 23,000 migrants have arrived on the islands Photo by JonRo/…
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As legislative elections draw to a close, will the Congress Party reclaim Assam state from the BJP?
Results will be called on May 2 A volunteer conducting thermal screening of the voters at…
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Tweeting to remember: Twitter account commemorates Japan's 1945 Battle of Okinawa
Blog posts describe the first and only battle fought by U.S. soldiers on Japanese soil “S…
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Serbian anti-vaxxers revive the medieval ‘Danse Macabre,’ while pandemic deaths rise
The ‘Covid round dance’ is a form of escapism or defiance Dance of Death by Ivan from Kas…
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Attack on a woman in a parking lot has Jamaicans furious and a parliamentarian in limbo
Jamaican women are not reassured by official response to the incident Group photo of the …
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