The daughter of a politician, she didn’t expect to become one. But once she ran for office in 1987, there was no stopping her.

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During the war, a Ukrainian boy lost his home, his father and his friends. Could he find new buddies at a camp in the mountains?

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Eastern Europeans have migrated in droves to take care of Italy’s aged and infirm. Then they started getting sick, with an ailment dubbed ‘Italy syndrome.’

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A Somali hospital ward packed with gasping children shows how war, climate and mistrust of vaccines is fueling the disease’s return.

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