Guatemala elections: Campaigning begins amid public distrust
Some are questioning the vote’s integrity after several opposition candidates were blocked from running.
Day: April 10, 2023
Vladimir Kara-Murza condemns Russian treason case
Longtime critic of President Vladimir Putin, facing up to 25 years in jail, tells judge that the war in Ukraine is the crime.
The 6 Biggest Mistakes Recruits Make in Tactical Fitness
As a military recruit, the first obstacles for many are meeting the physical fitness and height/weight standards just to qualify.
Graphic version of Anne Frank book removed by Florida school
A high school along Florida’s Atlantic Coast has removed a graphic novel based on the diary of Anne Frank after a leader of a conservative group challenged it, claiming it minimized the Holocaust.
Indicting ex-presidents: It’s par for the course in South Korea
While pro- and anti-Trumpers pondered the implications of a precedent shattered, the brouhaha compelled a Korean-American academic to pose this question on social media: Has the student – South Korea — overtaken the master – the U.S. – in the practice…
Thousands of Israelis march to illegal West Bank outpost as tensions mount
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Thousands of Israelis, including government ministers, marched towards the evacuated outpost of Evyatar in the occupied West Bank on Monday to support settlement expansion, as tensions mounted between Israelis and Palestinians. W…
Biden and Irish poets: ‘Hope and history,’ a lifelong love
When President Joe Biden visits Ireland this week, you can expect him to visit an ancient castle, honor some of his ancestors and mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday agreement among Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and the United King…
Is it time to embrace the labour market shortage as a good thing?
This is a singular opportunity to pivot from growth at any cost towards the goals of individual well-being and environmental health, John Erik Meyer writes.
Father of woman killed by husband in Greece to take granddaughter ‘far away’
David Crouch to permanently move daughter of murdered Caroline Crouch to the Philippines, where her grandmother has relocatedAlmost two years after the 19-year-old British student, Caroline Crouch, was murdered by her husband as she lay asleep in the c…