In the Chilean capital, protesters set fire to two churches, looted a store and clashed with police a week before a referendum on whether to erode a one-sentence constitution. In television images from Santiago on Sunday, masked protesters were shooting from their smartphones and excited as the spire of the …
Read More »Turkish-backed Syrian fighters join Armenian-Azeri conflict
Hundreds of Syrian army fighters allied with Turkey have joined the fight between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh divorce, and hundreds more are preparing to go, according to two Syrians involved in the effort. In the escalating conflict between the two former Soviet republics near the border with …
Read More »Voting begins and ad wars escalates as the 2020 election enters the Home Stretch
More than 400 million presidential campaigns – and possibly significantly more – will be washed out on American TV screens in the next two months, as the White House race enters part of the house and voters begin voting this month. Advertising spending, part of the anticipation for the presidential …
Read More »The battle for Snapback sanctions
The United Nations announced on Thursday that the United Nations Security Council would impose “snapback” sanctions on Iran for failing to comply with the 2015 nuclear deal. The move will trigger a blow to the UN, but the United States is right to trade. Barack Obama and John Kerry drafted …
Read More »Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Is Pivot In Coronavirus Cases
WASHINGTON – Just as he was in the Supreme Court term, which ended in early July, Chief Justice John Roberts has emerged as the deciding vote when disputes over the coronavirus pandemic end in court. Since April, the Supreme Court has seen a stream of emergency appeals to overturn public …
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