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Preparing to study abroad requires knowing what might go wrong during and after the trip

After spending two college semesters in northern Thailand, Sarah Jongsma found herself back home in the rural Nevada town where she grew up, surrounded by everything familiar yet feeling strangely out of place.

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U.N. secretary general urges nations at climate talks to be flexible to get results

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for countries at climate talks in Brazil to compromise and "show willingness and flexibility to deliver results," even if they fall short of the strongest measures some nations want.

Next year's U.N. climate talks set for Turkey after Australia withdraws bid to be the venue

Turkey will host next year's annual U.N. climate talks but Australia will preside over the discussions under a compromise in which Australia withdrew from the running to be the venue, the Australian climate minister said.

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Nigerian court sentences separatist Nnamdi Kanu to life in prison on terrorism charges

A court in Nigeria on Thursday convicted separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu of all seven terrorism-related charges brought against him and sentenced him to life imprisonment.

Jailhouse shock: Brazil coup monger Bolsonaro finally faces life behind bars

The former president’s far-right supporters have discovered a new interest in prison conditions as incarceration loomsHe fought the law and the law won.Two months after receiving a 27-year sentence for trying to “annihilate” Brazil’s democratic institutions, former president Jair Bolsonaro finally looks jail-bound. Continue reading...