8 h. ago PHOTO ESSAY: Indonesia’s village keeps tradition of life on sand

In the northeastern tip of Indonesia’s Madura Island, sand blankets front yards and even spills into the interior of homes.

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21 h. ago American orders traditional British Sunday roast and issues unexpected verdict

Jon Barr was excited to try 'the most British meal ever' for the first time – so he headed into London for a traditional Sunday roast. Here's what he made of it

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54 h. ago PHOTO ESSAY: 18 young lives have been lost in the West Bank this year

One child was sitting on her mother’s lap. Another had just stepped outside his home. Another was picking almonds.

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64 h. ago Synagogue killer 'preached' about Koran to children living near his home after becoming 'radicalised' during Covid, say neighbours

The marijuana-smoking bigamist - who had a tangled love life involving several different women - started wearing traditional Islamic dress and holding 'gatherings' in the front garden, they said.

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6 d. ago Disillusionomics: the US economy isn’t serving gen Z | Alice Lassman

My generation is struggling for stability in a system that no longer feels fit for purpose. It’s time to take that seriouslyFor gen Z Americans, it’s hard to remember a version of the economy not defined by crisis. We finished our education online as Covid devastated the world, only to graduate into high costs of living, stagnant wages and now AI’s threat to entry-level jobs. We’ve come of age in a system that no longer feels fit for purpose.The result is a generation that’s lost faith in the traditional markers of stability. What once defined a secure life – home, family and comfortable retirement – feels out of reach. “A pension is out of the question,” one friend told me. “So staying in the same job no longer makes sense.” She’s not alone: jobseekers’ confidence in keeping or finding work dropped sharply this spring, with a survey in June suggesting nearly 60% of graduates were still looking for their first jobs.Alice Lassman is a policy expert with a focus on the global economy ...

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7 d. ago PHOTO ESSAY: An influx of immigrants boosted Orlando's economy but many now fear detention

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants came to Florida in recent years as immigration surged under former President Joe Biden.

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2 w. ago NASA unveils proof of life on Mars as aliens would have thrived in conditions

As human continue their explorations into space, the latest data from NASA revealed that Mars was capable of having various forms of life on the traditionally frozen planet

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3 w. ago PHOTO ESSAY: On Greece's Tinos island, families own and lovingly care for 1,000 chapels

A glance in any direction on the Greek island of Tinos reveals at least a dozen chapels, recognizable as tiny houses of worship by their miniature belltowers and simple crosses.

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last month PHOTO ESSAY: Those caught in the dragnet of China’s digital cage enabled by U.S. tech

China runs the largest digital surveillance apparatus on earth. An Associated Press investigation has found that American tech companies to a large degree designed and built China’s surveillance state, playing a far greater role in enabling human rights abuses than previously known.

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