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Myanmar human rights conditions hit new low, UN says

GENEVA, Aug 25 - Human rights conditions in Myanmar have sunk to a new low, with widespread abuses against the Rohingya minority and a booming illicit economy driven partly by illegal rare-earth mining deepening civilian suffering, the U.N. said on Tuesday.

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Remembering Sliman Mansour

The influential Palestinian painter dies at 79, the National Museum of the American Latino is still looking for a home, and the new horse mural that’ll put a smile on your face.

Trump’s fight with GOP senators over trade intensifies

President Trump is headed for a clash with Senate Republicans over his decision to pause tariffs on beef imports while ratcheting up tariffs on key Canadian goods. Trump’s plan to exempt 300,000 tons of product for ground beef from out-of-quota tariffs to address Americans’

South Carolina runoff pits America First against MAGA

Voters, especially Republican primary voters, don’t tend to make their decisions based on what’s going on overseas. But with Uncle Sam’s place in the world looking a little unsteady and a doozy of a debate gaffe in a snap election, we suddenly have in today’s South Carolina

Black and Blue in Cleveland

Both of Wilbert L. Cooper's parents were cops. In this excerpt from his memoir, Cooper recounts how his mother got into the force—and what the department did to try to keep her out.