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A Ryanair plane parks at the airport in Weeze, Germany
Borders
‘It’s absolutely ludicrous’: Traveler up in arms after being forced to take Ryanair’s Afrikaans-language test to fly
Portraits of China's former top leaders from left Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and including the current President Xi Jinping are seen at a military camp in Beijing, China
Top of The World
Chinese Communist Party cements Xi Jinping’s rule
Israeli border police officers and Palestinians clash during a protest against the expansion of Israeli Jewish settlements near the West Bank town of Salfit. 
Conflict & Justice
The word ‘apartheid’ is used to describe Israel’s control over Palestinians. Why is it so loaded? 
Wrecking ball smashing through glass window
Lifestyle
People overlook power of subtraction, says engineer
A view of Shuafat refugee camp is seen behind section of Israel's separation barrier in Jerusalem, June 19, 2020.
Why a leading Israeli rights group is calling Israel an ‘apartheid’ state
Late South African jazz great Hugh Masekela,
Culture
How South African jazz musician Hugh Masekela inspired band members
Children run past a mural painting of an Aids ribbon at a school in Khutsong Township, 74 km (46 miles) west of Johannesburg, August 22, 2011.
Media
Want to learn about sex? In South Africa, just turn on the radio.
Truth and Reconciliation
Culture
South Africa’s imperfect progress, 20 years after the Truth & Reconciliation Commission
The host of The Daily Show Trevor Noah's new memoir is called Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood.
Books
Trevor Noah gets personal
A man watches the bust of South Africa's Apartheid Architect, Hendrik Verwoerd, being removed from the entrance of Pretoria's main hospital named after him.
Culture
How should South Africa remember the ‘Architect of Apartheid’?
Genocide in South-West Africa, committed by German soldiers, decimated the Herero and Namaqua tribes. These survivors escaped into the Omaheke desert.
Global Politics
For one Namibian activist, the fight against apartheid was personal
Rachel Dolezal poses for a photo in her Spokane, Washington home.
Culture
In South Africa, a special resonance to Rachel Dolezal’s tale
On April 9th in Pretoria, South African Afrikaner singer Sunette Bridges chained herself to the statue of former Boer leader Paul Kruger, known as the father of the Afrikaner nation, to protest against calls for its removal. The statue was covered in gree
Global Politics
South Africa’s most famous cartoonist considers what to do with statues of white oppressors
University of Cape Town students.
Culture
Here’s how South African students talk about race and gender
Global Politics
Israeli officials promise public referendum on any peace agreement
Obama administration urges Israelis to embrace diplomacy with neighbors
China Past Due: Hukou ‘Economic Apartheid’
Global Politics
Mideast lobby group stirs it up in Washington