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French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe with Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the Sir John Monash Centre on opening day. Photo by Thierry Chesnot/Getty Images. The Prince of Wales at the ...

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Amy was busy at her job in the outskirts of St. Louis, Missouri, when the officer strode through her open doorway to investigate a sordid accusation: Someone had called the police department and ...

Memettursun Omer beneath the northern lights in Kirkenes Omer, 31, is one of very few Uyghurs to escape Xinjiang in recent years. He’s fled almost as far as it is possible to go: to Kirkenes, a remote ...

While the use of open source intelligence has been praised by law enforcement and investigative journalists for its crime-solving efficiency, public data can be dangerous when used in haste on social ...