In Zimbabwe, talk therapy involving park benches and a network of grandmothers has become a saving grace for people with mental health issues
Patricia Washburn
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Who is Keir Starmer, the UK’s new prime minister?
His delivery of a landslide win for Labour is the latest reinvention for a man who went from human rights attorney to hard-nosed prosecutor and from young radical to middle-aged pragmatist.
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Federal Reserve highlights its political independence as presidential campaign heats up
Donald Trump, in his time as president, repeatedly badgered the Fed to do his bidding.
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Air travel is getting worse. At least that’s what passengers are saying.
The Transportation Department said Friday that it received nearly 97,000 complaints in 2023, up from about 86,000 the year before.
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With suggestive poses and pets, election campaigning tests Tokyo’s patience
Tokyo elects a new governor this weekend, but residents say personal publicity stunts have overtaken serious campaigning to a degree never seen before.
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Japan issues new yen banknotes packed with 3D hologram technology to fight counterfeiting
People will still need older bills to use most vending machines and to pay bus fares.
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Russian-linked cybercampaigns put bull’s-eye on France. Their focus? The Olympics and elections
More than a dozen reports issued in the past year point to an intensifying effort from Russia to undermine President Emmanuel Macron, one of Ukraine’s most vocal supporters in Europe.
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Parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue to buy rival Neiman Marcus for $2.65 billion
Online behemoth Amazon will hold a minority stake.
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With Taylor Swift heading to Germany, one city has taken her name – at least for a few weeks
In honor of the singer, the city has renamed itself ‘Swiftkirchen’ – at least temporarily.
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As temperatures soar, judge tells Louisiana to help protect prisoners working in fields
A federal judge has ordered Louisiana to take steps to protect the health and safety of incarcerated workers toiling in the fields of a former slave plantation