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* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3823cd7a73ac335c/6988b00efb4eacddcf8900c0/st-andrews-day-2016-5751836586803200-3-hp2x.gif?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 30, 2016  
### [Google Doodle Celebrates St. Andrews Day](https://time.com/4585694/google-doodle-st-andrews-day/)  
Join Scots in celebrating with a traditional meal of haggis, neeps and tatties
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Nov 29, 2016  
### [U.K. Soccer Authorities Investigate Sex-Abuse Allegations](https://time.com/4584384/english-soccer-sex-abuse-football-uk-epl-barry-bennell/)  
More than 20 former soccer players, including members of the national squad, have come forward  
[SPORTS](/section/sports/)
* ![SWITZERLAND-MIGRANTS-RIGHTS-UN](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5af636e080d11ab0/6988aeff428a9e40aacd50de/gettyimages-477224816.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 18, 2016  
### [U.N. Special Rapporteur Condemns Australia's Refugee Island](https://time.com/4575976/australia-nauru-refugees-un-francois-crepeau/)  
"Australia would vehemently protest if its citizens were treated like this"  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Civil War in Syria](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e0b4bfc66471246/6988aed52dce018e4a9eb75f/gettyimages-623342138.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 17, 2016  
### [Syrian Jets Bombard Aleppo Children's Hospital](https://time.com/4574279/childrens-hospital-aleppo-syria/)  
The facility has already been hit multiple times this year  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Prime Minister Narendra Modi Meets Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ae5aa9b34212f07/6988ae26bc6cfcbb723df4b4/gettyimages-5010818361.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 11, 2016  
### [What You Need to Know About Narendra Modi's Visit to Japan](https://time.com/4567566/narendra-modi-shinzo-abe-japan-visit/)  
Modi and Abe will discuss various trade deals and pacts designed to develop closer strategic relatio...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
* ![SYRIA-CONFLICT-HERITAGE-PALMYRA](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb940b076148cfa84/6988aca28e06019cb0468171/gettyimages-518515424.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 2, 2016  
### [The Louvre May House Endangered Treasure From War Zones](https://time.com/4554381/hollande-war-treasures-louvre-isis-syria/)  
A French-led initiative aims to address the effects of "terrorism on culture"  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
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Nov 2, 2016  
### [Adele Slays Halloween With Incredible 'The Mask' Costume](https://time.com/4554341/adele-the-mask-halloween-costume/)  
"S-s-s-somebody stop me"  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![INDIA-ENVIRONMENT-POLLUTION](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6743956123d63c76/6988ac28cf40a882aac455d0/gettyimages-619425380.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 31, 2016  
### [New Delhi Air Pollution Peaks After Diwali](https://time.com/4551081/delhi-diwali-air-pulltion-india-smog/)  
An evil looking smog greeted Monday morning commuters  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Google Doodle for Halloween 2016](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt62b28a432d8746ce/6988ac26e20a870f06a9303e/screen-shot-2016-10-31-at-1-02-16-pm.png?branch=production&width=640&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 31, 2016  
### [New Google Doodle Celebrates Halloween 2016](https://time.com/4551044/google-doodle-halloween-2016/)  
Celebrate Halloween by playing through five fun levels
* ![Indonesia's President Joko Widodo Speaks At Business Forum](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteac6d0b1a61cda3f/6988aacde20a87a2b7a92dd5/gettyimages-531659762.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 20, 2016  
### [Indonesian President Speaks Out Against Anti-LGBT Rhetoric](https://time.com/4537925/indonesias-president-finally-speaks-out-against-worsening-anti-lgbt-discrimination/)  
Jokowi's comments come amid a sharply worsening climate for Indonesia's LGBT community  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
* ![Marijuana Grow Near Albany For State's Legal Medical Marijuana Dispensaries](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt50d24c84c54b6158/6988a99d656a3f983ebcd6b9/gettyimages-592213262.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 20, 2016  
### [Sixty Percent of Americans Support Legalizing Pot](https://time.com/4538057/americans-support-legal-pot-weed-marijuana/)  
Support has reached its highest level in 47 years  
[U.S.](/section/us/)
* ![DRCONGO-FOOD-HEALTH-GASTRONOMY](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt057485e1013363cb/6988aa91e20a8705e6a92d91/gettyimages-452416328.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 19, 2016  
### [Violence Over 'Caterpillar Tax' in DR Congo](https://time.com/4536314/caterpillar-tax-congo-violence/)  
Caterpillars are considered a delicacy in the country and are an important source of income  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Singer Chuck Berry Performance In Moscow](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt73bc6063a3e9dfe1/6988aa8d2dce011b7f9eb14c/gettyimages-185469172.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 19, 2016  
### [Chuck Berry Announces First New Album in 38 Years](https://time.com/4536210/chuck-berry-birthday-new-album/)  
The album, to be simply called <i>Chuck</i>, will drop in 2017  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![Bangladesh Protests After Blogger Hacked To Death](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt417f0597b141e81f/6988aa61ab6d77caab6ab998/gettyimages-519602056.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 18, 2016  
### ['Islamic Militant' Arrested for Bangladeshi Blogger Death](https://time.com/4534504/bangladesh-atheist-blogger-murder-arrest-nazimuddin-samad/)  
Samad, a master's student at Dhaka's Jagannath University, was killed last April  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![President Putin visits Goa, India. Day Two](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6542a04ac8feb20b/6988aa2a656a3f645fbcd783/ap930995694081.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 17, 2016  
### [India's Modi Suggests Pakistan Is 'Mothership of Terrorism'](https://time.com/4532875/modi-pakistan-terrorism-mothership/)  
He did not explicitly mention Pakistan but referred to "a country in India's neighborhood"  
[WORLD](/section/world/)

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