Medill students report across Germany and France
A recap of the 2020 Medill Explores trip to Germany and France. This year’s trip focused on how Russian disinformation campaigns work to influence elections around the world.
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US Army Europe’s growing challenge? Fight fake news and misinformation
A growing team inside U.S. Army Europe is fighting fake news and misinformation.
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Al-Shabab terrorist group growing across Africa
Islamic-inspired radical group Harakat Al-Shabab is spreading across Africa by taxing populations in the countryside and brokering deals with local government officials.
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Protesters urge Trump to halt Turkish military advance
Kurdish-led protesters gathered in front of the White House demanding Trump stop a Turkish military advance into Northeast Syria.
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U.S. sees only “modest success” in return of refugees to northern Iraq, USAID official says
The U.S. has had only “modest success” in encouraging the return of refugees to Iraq’s Nineveh Plain and Western Nineveh, according to an official on the U.S. Agency for International Development.
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Strong alliances, global investments key to China challenge
An assistant secretary of defense warns that the cost to the U.S. of complacency toward China could be “extremely high.”
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