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Thousands Wait at Ukraine Border After Polish Truckers Blockade It

Thousands of trucks were lined up at border crossings between Ukraine and Poland on Friday, causing traffic jams lasting several days as Polish truckers blocked checkpoints over what they said was unfair competition from their Ukrainian counterparts.

Deadly Fire in Africa’s Richest City Exposed a Secret in Plain Sight

A fire that tore through a rundown building in Johannesburg in August left 77 dead. For years, the city had promised to catalog and fix dilapidated buildings like this one to prevent such disasters. But it never did.

Britain’s Prisons Are Dangerously Close to Capacity

The prison system in England and Wales is dangerously close to capacity, with 98 percent of available spaces full, according to data released by Britain’s Ministry of Justice on Friday that experts said underscored an ongoing crisis within the criminal justice system.

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