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General stores are a lifeline to many rural communities. But in Vermont, towns are fighting to keep their general stores alive.In today’s issue, we also look at the EPA’s new clean-water rules, the toll of Sudan’s civil war on women, and why an Indiana state senator is resisting pressure to redraw the state’s congressional map.Join the Monitor's Cl…
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The public falling-out between U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and President Donald Trump has brought splits in the MAGA movement into the open. In Ms. Greene’s solidly Republican district, voters are weighing their populist allegiances.Also: today’s stories, including how members of traditionally unionist Protestant communities in Northern Irelan…
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Richard Nixon’s “war on drugs” has always entailed a degree of U.S. pressure on foreign allies. But the Trump administration’s strikes on suspected drug-smuggling boats off Venezuela charts a new course of non-cooperation.Also: today’s stories, including how a ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand is falling apart — and possibly pushing Bangkok c…
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Despite Israel’s war with Hamas and Iran, its economy grew, if modestly, due mostly to its strong tech sector. But calls to boycott Israel over the conduct of its war in Gaza appear to have hit some exports. Will that rage subside if the ceasefire holds?Also: today’s stories, including how, after the deadliest fire in 100 years of U.S. history, peo…
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The House is set to pass a bill calling to release the Jeffrey Epstein files. President Donald Trump’s last-minute support helps mask the first major rebuke of the president in the House since he returned to office in January. This comes amid other challenges facing Mr. Trump and Republicans.Also: today’s stories, including a teacher in Gaza and hi…
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Four years of leftist rule have not rid Chile of social inequalities, but worries about a crime wave blamed on immigrants appear to give a right-wing presidential candidate an edge in Sunday's election.Also: today’s stories, including how Syria is facing new tension with Israel, how Boston’s struggling subway system got back on track, and how one M…
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As the COP30 climate conference gathers in Brazil, Beijing and Washington have taken opposing positions on climate change. Donald Trump calls it a “con.” Xi Jinping has invested billions this year on green tech. Whose view will prove more prescient?Also: today’s stories, including how one digital initiative in Kashmir expands nomadic children’s sen…
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With the U.S. government shutdown drawing to a close, the next steps come into view: Turning the federal government back on after six weeks may not be easy. Or instantaneous. The shutdown was felt across the country, from airport delays to missed paychecks from America’s largest employer. And politically, Washington may find itself more divided tha…
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After eight senators crossed the aisle to break the shutdown impasse, the House is poised to vote Wednesday to reopen the federal government. Also: today’s stories, including why many experts remain skeptical of the Trump administration’s killings of alleged “narcoterrorists”; a look at protests in the Philippines over the government’s alleged misu…
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As South Africa gets ready to host the first Group of 20 gathering on African soil, it is struggling to reclaim the world-inspiring ideals of its post-apartheid founding. In this essay, a longtime resident observer in Johannesburg traces what went wrong.Also: today’s stories, including how Hamas is drawing closer to rival Palestinian factions; how …
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