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Lagos: Thousands of young and old descendants of formerly enslaved people donned elaborate costumes on Sunday to bring the ...

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The arrest of Istanbul’s mayor has sparked a movement against Turkey’s authoritarian turn that is using satire to transform ...

Ruth Bender was a correspondent based in Berlin who covered a broad range of topics from business over politics to social issues for The Wall Street Journal.