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A boxer with a ‘sense of patriotism’

  Havana / DPA When Cuban boxer Julio Cesar de la Cruz bit into his gold medal as he celebrated his triumph at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics earlier this year, Namibia Flores watched enviously on television at home in Cuba. Even though Cuba is a boxing powerhouse and has won more Olympic gold medals than any other country, competitive ...

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‘A mouthpiece for black people in Europe’

  Berlin / DPA Isaiah Lopaz lets his photos speaks for themselves. “And when do you go back?” reads one of the plain white T-shirts the 36-year-old American wears for his portrait series. “Where do you really come from?” is another. It’s a question the Afro-American hears all the time in his everyday life in his adopted home city of ...

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Bumpy recovery road as India cuts purchases of soaps to cars

  Bloomberg India’s economy is set for a choppy recovery from the world’s most sweeping currency policy change in decades. Inflation continued to slow in December as the cash ban squelched demand while a volatile factory output gauge rose in November, according to Bloomberg surveys before data due at 5:30 pm in New Delhi on Thursday. Companies are bracing for ...

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