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Senior Reporter

With over more than 6 years of writing obituaries for the local paper, Senior Reporter has a uniquely strong voice that shines through in his newest collection of essays and articles, which explores the importance we place on the legacy.

New crisis brewing for Venezuelans turned back at US border

New crisis brewing for Venezuelans turned back at US border

Mexico - Dozens of migrants and asylum seekers sit on a cold and rainy street near the office of the National Commission for Refugees (COMAR). Most of them were deported from the US to Mexico

How coyotes and scammers use TikTok to sell migrants the American dream

How coyotes and scammers use TikTok to sell migrants the American dream

Global - The TikTok video begins, like most other travel shots on the platform, with a selfie of the user and their companions sitting on a plane and walking through an airport. But unlike the

UK’s economic outlook now ‘negative’

UK’s economic outlook now ‘negative’

UK - Rating agency Moody's downgraded the UK economic outlook to "negative" due to political instability and high inflation. Moody's changed its outlook for the UK, which is an indicator of the likelihood of debt

Who could replace Liz Truss as prime minister?

Who could replace Liz Truss as prime minister?

UK - Liz Truss has announced she will be resigning, meaning there will now be another leadership election to decide who will be the next Conservative leader and prime minister. The competition for its replacement

Iranian authorities have a playbook for silencing dissent, and they’re using it again

Iranian authorities have a playbook for silencing dissent, and they’re using it again

Iran - Farhad, a 37-year-old father of two, understands well the cost of speaking out against the Iranian government, but that hasn't stopped him from joining the demonstrations, which have been going on for more

30% of Ukrainian power plants were destroyed in just over a week

30% of Ukrainian power plants were destroyed in just over a week

Ukraine - Thirty percent of Ukraine's power plants have been destroyed in just over a week, causing "massive blackouts" across the country, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday as the Kremlin ramps up attacks on critical

Amnesty accuses Latvia of abusing migrants on Belarus border

Amnesty accuses Latvia of abusing migrants on Belarus border

Latvia - Amnesty International alleges that Latvia "brutally" pushed migrants back to Belarus and even tortured some. A new report from a human rights group says people trying to cross the border from Belarus into

UN condemns ‘deeply distressing’ discovery of 92 naked migrants at Greece-Turkey border

UN condemns ‘deeply distressing’ discovery of 92 naked migrants at Greece-Turkey border

Greece - The UN Refugee Agency said it was "deeply saddened" by the discovery of nearly 100 naked men on the border between Greece and Turkey. The two countries blame each other for the plight

Court Rules Deliveroo Used Discriminatory Algorithm, Riders Claim

Court Rules Deliveroo Used Discriminatory Algorithm, Riders Claim

Italy - An Italian court found late last week that an algorithm used by the well-known European food delivery app Deliveroo to rank and give shifts to riders is discriminatory, in what some experts are

Concern grows over the “disinformation bill’s” potential effects on human rights

Concern grows over the “disinformation bill’s” potential effects on human rights

Turkey - The adoption by Turkey's Parliament of a package of revisions to several pieces of legislation "that risk limiting freedom of expression" in the nation alarmed the UN human rights office (OHCHR) more and