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Hamdan Ballal, an Oscar-winning Palestinian co-director of <em>No Other Land</em>, is released from a police station in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba on Tuesday, a day after being detained by the Israeli army following an attack by Jewish settlers.

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  • Middle East

Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian director beaten by Israeli settlers, is now released

Hamdan Ballal, who won an Oscar for No Other Land about Palestinians under Israeli occupation, was attacked by Israeli settlers and later detained by Israeli security forces, his lawyer tells NPR.

March 25, 2025
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By:
  • Kat Lonsdorf
Susan Anderson began using skin lightening creams at age 12. Now 52, she has stopped using the products but her skin shows the damage they caused.

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  • Global Health

Skin bleaching is terribly popular -- and takes a terrible toll

The government in Nigeria is warning about the health risks of skin lightening, where potent chemicals can thin and damage skin. It's a booming business in that country and others.

March 25, 2025
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By:
  • Emmanuel Akinwotu
A sculpture of Aphrodite is displayed during an exhibition of ancient Greek art in 2007 in Beijing, China. The collection is from the 5th and 4th centuries B.C. Many ancient statues were scented, a researcher says.

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  • History

Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says

Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the same, either.

March 25, 2025
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By:
  • James Doubek
China has been trying to woo back investors to help revive its sagging economy.

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  • Asia

China releases staff of an American due diligence firm in a move to woo investors

The release of the employees from the Mintz Group comes as China is trying to woo back foreign investors to help revive its sagging economy.

March 25, 2025
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By:
  • Anthony Kuhn and
  • Emily Feng
People take part in a protest demanding the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday.

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  • Middle East

Why Israel's having some of its biggest protests since the war in Gaza began

They're demanding a deal between Israel and Hamas to release all the remaining hostages, and also demonstrating against government attempts to weaken the judiciary.

March 25, 2025
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By:
  • Kat Lonsdorf and
  • Daniel Estrin
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has set a snap election for April 28 — the first time he'll run for an elected public office. He's seen here at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Sunday.

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  • Politics

Why Canada is holding an election that will be a first for its prime minister

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is running for elected public office for the first time, as the country is roiled by turbulence set in motion by President Trump.

March 25, 2025
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Actor Gerard Depardieu arrives to face trial for the alleged sexual assaults of two women on a film set in 2021 on Monday.

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  • Europe

French actor Gérard Depardieu stands trial in Paris for alleged sexual assaults

Depardieu's long and storied career has turned the trial into a post- #MeToo test of the willingness of France and its movie industry to confront sexual violence and hold influential men accountable.

March 25, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Brazilian Minister of Human Rights Macae Evaristo speaks at a government ceremony to apologize to families of victims of the country's military dictatorship (1964-1985) at the Dom Bosco cemetery in Sao Paulo, Monday, March 24, 2025.

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  • Latin America

Brazil apologizes to families of victims of military dictatorship's mass grave

Brazil's government on Monday apologized to families of victims of the country's military dictatorship whose remains could be among those found in a clandestine mass grave 35 years ago.

March 24, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Hamdan Ballal, Palestinian co-director of Oscar-winning documentary <em>No Other Land,</em> is detained by the Israeli military from his home in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Monday.

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  • Middle East

Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked by Israeli settlers, detained by army

Israeli settlers beat up Hamdan Ballal, one of the Palestinian co-directors of the documentary film No Other Land, in the occupied West Bank, according to witnesses. He was then detained by the Israeli military.

March 24, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A woman sits on a bus in Sriperumbudur district in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, where many women are employed in manufacturing. India hopes to attract more business as the Trump administration imposes tariffs on China.

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  • World

India is hoping its manufacturing industry will profit from Trump's tariffs on China

India is hoping to attract more manufacturing as the Trump administration's tariff policies make it more expensive to do business in China.

March 24, 2025
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By:
  • Diaa Hadid
A resident watches as his neighbor cleans up a damaged apartment after a Russian drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 23.

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  • World

The U.S. and Russia are holding talks in Saudi Arabia on a Black Sea ceasefire

The closed-door talks at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Riyadh follow U.S. consultations with a Ukrainian delegation on stabilizing the front lines and implementing a proposed 30-day armistice.

March 24, 2025
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By:
  • Nick Spicer
Displaced Palestinians, who flee from Rafah amid ongoing Israeli military operations following Israel's renewed offensive in the Gaza Strip, arrive in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Sunday.

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  • Middle East

Israel's latest war plans: To occupy Gaza and rule Palestinians

Occupying Gaza and establishing military rule there would go beyond Israel's stated war goals to end Hamas rule and free hostages captured in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack.

March 24, 2025
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin,
  • Itay Stern,
  • and 1 more
Palestinians walk amid the rubble of destroyed homes and buildings in Jabaliya, northern Gaza Strip, March 14.

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  • News

Israel's classified military plans for Gaza. And, defining "buy-now, pay-later" loans

Israel is considering plans for a full-scale ground invasion of Gaza within a few months. And, examining the pros and cons of "buy-now, pay-later" loans.

March 24, 2025
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By:
  • Brittney Melton

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  • Middle East

One family. One attack. 132 names. A Gaza investigation

More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's war with Hamas, Gaza health officials say. We reconstructed what happened in one of the deadliest Israeli strikes of the war.

March 24, 2025
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin,
  • Daniel Wood,
  • and 5 more
South Korea's Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who became the country's acting leader after President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, is shown speaking during a cabinet meeting at the government complex in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 24, 2024.

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  • Asia

South Korean court reinstates impeached PM Han Duck-soo as acting leader

Many observers said Monday's ruling on Han Duck-soo doesn't signal much on the upcoming verdict on President Yoon Suk Yeol, as Han wasn't a key figure in Yoon's martial law imposition.

March 24, 2025
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