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Gissela Yanez in her first day of English classes at St. Anne-St. Augustin Parish in Manchester, New Hampshire.

‘Help wanted’: Immigrants find opportunities to learn English, get jobs amid labor shortage in New Hampshire

Many new immigrants in the US have to revalidate their diplomas first if they want to continue their careers in the US. Sometimes, cost and language barriers make that process difficult. But in New Hampshire, immigrants are finding opportunities to study English and get jobs.

‘Help wanted’: Immigrants find opportunities to learn English, get jobs amid labor shortage in New Hampshire
Men carrying white plastic bags of food from a pile of bags

COVID sparks a new 'right to food' movement across the globe

COVID sparks a new 'right to food' movement across the globe
A protester walks past the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021.

'The death of American exceptionalism’: Views from abroad on US Capitol attack 

'The death of American exceptionalism’: Views from abroad on US Capitol attack 
Jeremiah Young, 11, examines his bandage covering during an appointment with Dr. Janice Bacon at the Community Health Care Center on the Tougaloo College campus in Tourgaloo, Miss., Aug. 14, 2020.

Study shows Black people twice as likely as whites to contract coronavirus

Study shows Black people twice as likely as whites to contract coronavirus
Some of the hundreds of bee tattoos inked at Alchemy Studio in Wigan, Greater Manchester

Why people in Manchester are getting bee tattoos

Why people in Manchester are getting bee tattoos
A girl writes a message in chalk on the pavement in central Manchester, Britain.

Suicide attacks are rare in the West — but part of a growing global trend

Although suicide bombings grab headlines in the West, they comprise only .13 percent of all attacks globally in the last decade. They are, however, part of a predictable pattern, experts say.

Suicide attacks are rare in the West — but part of a growing global trend
UK police and soldiers patrol outside the UK parliament in London. Britain remains at a 'Critical' level of terror alert following the bomb attack on Monday.

Did US media spoil the British investigation into the Manchester attack?

The British government has formally frozen all sharing of intelligence with the US relating to the Manchester bomb attack following repeated leaks of sensitive information.

Did US media spoil the British investigation into the Manchester attack?
Manchester in the aftermath of the 1996 bomb blast.

How the Manchester community has responded to terror attacks for decades

Monday’s bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester was, sadly, not a new experience for the city, which has been the target of various bombings since the 1970s.

How the Manchester community has responded to terror attacks for decades
A woman in London's Trafalgar Square at a vigil for the victims of an attack on concert goers in Manchester Arena.

The possible motives behind the Manchester attack

What’s ISIS trying do, with attacks like the one in Manchester, and what should the media be doing in response?

The possible motives behind the Manchester attack
Gender symbols

The UK is planning to open its first school for gay and lesbian students

The UK is planning to open what's being called its first "gay school." There's a proposal in Manchester, England, for a school focusing on the education of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students.

The UK is planning to open its first school for gay and lesbian students
A protester shouts with both his hands in the air while marching through a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, on November 23, 2014.

Black communities in England know what Ferguson is going through

In 1981, uprisings broke out in communities all throughout England, with poverty and heavy-handed policing to blame. If that sounds familiar to you, black Britons who remember the riots also see similarities in how the US and UK treat minority communities.

Black communities in England know what Ferguson is going through

A Canadian politician remembers the day he survived a flight with a bomb on board

Bob Rae was on a flight from Belfast to London in 1974. But there was an extra passenger on that flight — a bomb planted by the Provisional IRA.

A Canadian politician remembers the day he survived a flight with a bomb on board

Missing Stradivarius Violin Found

British police say they have recovered a $1.84 million Stradivarius violin that was taken from acclaimed Korean musician Min-Jin Kym. She lost it more than two years ago when she was in a sandwich shop near Euston Station in north London.

Missing Stradivarius Violin Found
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A Ballet School Still Open Despite Violence in Syria

Emma LeBlanc has spent much of the past five years in Syria, documenting life there with a camera. LeBlanc has assembled an exhibit of photographs taken at a ballet school in a Damascus, as a way to show daily life routines during times of conflict.

A Ballet School Still Open Despite Violence in Syria

Controversy swirls over British plan to fitness test police officers

A survey in the United Kingdom recently found that a majority of the nation's police officers are overweight. In response, a proposal has been floated to require fitness testing of all officers. But some police say this is unnecessarily broad.

Controversy swirls over British plan to fitness test police officers