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At least 9,000 people have been forcefully evicted from a riverside community in Nigeria’s most populous city, Lagos. Like many waterfront communities across the city, it has faced multiple threats and been targeted by luxury real estate developers. (Image credit:

The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it is ending the collective bargaining agreement with the tens of thousands of frontline employees at the Transportation Security Administration, marking a major effort to dismantle union protections under the Trump administration.

Trump threatens Canada with new tariffs and warns Russia about sanctions  CNN

Bong Joon-ho isn’t a subtle director, and he never has been. The ominous killer-on-the-loose thriller Memories of Murder, the sardonic creature-feature The Host, the futuristic downer Snowpiercer, the multiple-Oscar-winning class-war parable Parasite: all of these movies are over-the-top by design,

This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. It’s been a week of searing reversals coming out of the White House, making it difficult to

In 2011, K-pop star IU made her K-drama debut in Dream High, a series about young people trying to make it in Korea’s competitive music industry. But after more than a decade of superstardom on stage and on screen, IU

SANTA FE, N.M. — Authorities revealed Friday that actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease and showed severe signs of Alzheimer’s disease a full week after his wife died of hantavirus in their home. Authorities initially ruled out foul play

In many parts of the world skin whitening is a major industry, but women in Nigeria have a particular fondness for creams and lotions that promise to lighten their skin. By one estimate, over 77% of women in the country

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland and 19 other states are suing multiple federal agencies, contending President Donald Trump’s administration has illegally fired thousands of federal probationary workers. Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown is leading the coalition of attorneys general in the

Gene Hackman’s wife died from a rare infectious disease around a week before the actor died, medical investigators have said.