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• Death-toll disparity in Puerto Rico: why accurate numbers matter
• Spain’s grand example for Europe
• What Beijing's surge in the South China Sea means
• In Boston, pushback on controversial ICE tactic separating families

Death-toll disparity in Puerto Rico: why accurate numbers matter Posted: 01 Jun 2018 11:54 AM PDT Rebeka Rodríguez leans over the car console to help navigate her hand-drawn map of this small, hard-to-reach neighborhood in Adjuntas, a western mountain town. A handful of homes are outlined in orange, meaning they're "extremely urgent" cases – families left extra-vulnerable by hurricane Maria, whom Ms. Rodríguez's organization worked to connect with solar power. A new hurricane season kicks off today, but Puerto Rico is still reckoning with Maria's deadly aftermath.

Spain’s grand example for Europe Posted: 01 Jun 2018 11:49 AM PDT Europe has never seen anything quite like it. For the past six years, prosecutors and judges in Spain have been on a roll against corruption, backed by rising demands for accountability in government. On June 1, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy was ousted by parliament in a no-confidence vote.

What Beijing's surge in the South China Sea means Posted: 01 Jun 2018 09:38 AM PDT Five years after Beijing began reshaping the South China Sea to suit its interests in the teeth of international opposition, China has all but taken control of the vital waterway. China's success in asserting an unbreakable strategic grip on the South China Sea through the creation of militarized artificial islands brings it another step closer to its ultimate goal: supplanting the United States as the preeminent power in Asia and the Pacific.

In Boston, pushback on controversial ICE tactic separating families Posted: 01 Jun 2018 08:42 AM PDT When the notice arrived in the mail, Juliana Junqueira was wary. A year after they applied, she and her husband, Eduardo, had an appointment with an immigration officer. Ms. Junqueira called her attorney in New York.

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