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  • May 28, 2019

    Redefining old age

    Workers repair clothes at a seniors' work centre in Tokyo.
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    How can countries help workers to do more in old age? A U.N. report warns North Korea is failing its citizens. And policymakers gather in Portugal to discuss climate change.

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  • Democratizing the great outdoors
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    Centrists lose ground in European parliamentary elections. People are unfriending Facebook and Snapchat. A new program seeks to get people outdoors with low-cost transportation.

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  • A volunteer places flowers along a row of headstones during a volunteer event ahead of Memorial Day on May 26, 2019 in Arlington, Virginia.
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    The GOP tax overhaul is affecting Gold Star families. Gen-Zers are looking at the next step. Why is confidence is often mistaken for competence?

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  • Detroit Lions running back Zach Zenner runs the ball during the first half of an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings in Detroit, Michigan. Mentoring business leaders is similar to coaching in footballs, acording to former Google boss Eric Schmidt (Photo by Jorge Lemus/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

    A new car giant is born. European parliament elections shift power away from the center. And former Google chairman Eric Schmidt explains why football coach Bill Campbell was so influential.

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  • A woman walks through flooded streets in the rural migrant worker town of Immokalee, which was especially hard hit by Hurricane Irma on September 13, 2017 in Immokalee, Florida.
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    The House passes a bill to protect Americans in retirement. Is the U.S. in a trade “cold war” with China. Florida’s new governor actually acknowledges climate change, and even says the phrase.

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  • When elder fraud is a family affair
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    Farmers get some help from the Trump Administration to deal with the repercussions of the trade war with China. When an older person is being scammed by family, when does protecting them turn into discrimination?

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  • Prime Minister Theresa May outside 10 Downing Street on May 24, 2019 in London, England. The prime minister has announced that she will step down on June 7.
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    Britain’s prime minister sets out her exit timetable. Japanese leader Shinzo Abe hosts President Trump against a backdrop of trade tensions. And we ask, “What’s the global appeal of Comic Con?”

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  • A naming rice agreement
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    Is there now such a thing as a “Trump Tax”? Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi wins a second term. There’s a fight in Louisiana over what can and can’t be called “rice”.

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  • Should bank employees be the ones protecting seniors from scammers. President Trump heads to Japan to talk trade.

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  • Crowdfunding for healthcare
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    India’s prime minister is set for a second term. The World Health Organization urges action to tackle a new breed of superbugs. And why are Chinese consumers turning to crowdfunding for healthcare?

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