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Students at this Minneapolis charter school prep for immigration raids

There could be immigration raids in 10 US cities, according to news reports. At a south Minneapolis high school, the principal has worked to make sure her students are ready if the raids come.

Tensions rise in Gulf after oil tanker standoff between Iran and the UK

Iranian ships tried to block a British tanker in the Straight of Hormuz. How does the standoff fit into rising tensions in the Gulf?

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A Syrian mom in Istanbul builds a business from her own kitchen with Whatsapp

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Detention centers are ‘worthy of your disgust’ in their own right, says Jewish Latina activist

The term "concentration camps" has been used to describe migrant detention centers on the southern border under the Trump administration — and not without controversy. But the term has particularly affected some Latinx Jews.

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Photos: The women of Argentina’s abortion debate

An attempt to legalize abortion in Argentina failed last year, but the debate is far from over.

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The British ambassador in Washington resigns

The British ambassador to the US, Kim Darroch, resigned on Wednesday amid controversy over his leaked emails that described the Trump White House as dysfunctional, clumsy and inept. Also, an update from the US-Mexico border, where frustrations are growing for migrants trying to cross into the US and criticism of conditions at migrant detention facilities continue to mount. And, we say goodbye (again) to the Volkswagen Beetle.