Articles filed under Politics
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Understanding the separation of artistic criticism and politicsAug 03, 2023 1:00 am - In more than 45 years of working in journalism, I have never seen someone ask that a movie be reviewed. I have been told many times that a particular review stinks and t...
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Why we're asking the wrong question about the industrial policy pushAug 03, 2023 1:00 am - Proponents of the ongoing push for national industrial policy, whether they come from the left or the right, frequently argue that we need to promote certain sectors or ...
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Mideast countries that are already struggling fear price hikes after Russia exits grain dealAug 02, 2023 1:00 am - CAIRO - Ahmed Salah grew anxious when he heard the news that Russia had suspended a crucial wartime grain deal. The bakery owner in Egypt's capital is concerned it could...
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Russian drone strikes on Ukraine's Odesa region cause fires at a port near the Romanian borderAug 02, 2023 1:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - Russian drones on Wednesday hit a Ukrainian port city along the border with Romania, causing significant damage and a huge fire at facilities that are ke...
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Progressive Thai party that won May election is excluded from coalition to form the next governmentAug 02, 2023 1:00 am - BANGKOK - The progressive political party that won the most seats in Thailand's general election has been excluded from a coalition to form the next government, its form...
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Nervous NATO nations are beefing up security due to Wagner fighters across their borders in BelarusAug 02, 2023 1:00 am - WARSAW, Poland - NATO allies located along the alliance's eastern front are growing increasingly worried about the presence of Russia-linked Wagner group mercenaries in ...
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Pope Francis blasts 'scandal' of clergy abuse in Portugal as he arrives for World Youth DayAug 02, 2023 1:00 am - LISBON, Portugal - Pope Francis blasted Portugal's Catholic Church leaders for the "scandal" of clergy sex abuse Wednesday as he kicked off a trip to the European countr...
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Asylum-seekers have a right to humanity at leastAug 02, 2023 1:00 am - Twenty-three adults and 13 children. That's how many people were along for the 25-hour bus ride from Brownsville, Texas, to Los Angeles last week. The bus trip followed ...
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The proximal origin of a scientific fraudAug 02, 2023 1:00 am - "We do not believe that any type of laboratory-based scenario is plausible." That's the key sentence in an article published in Nature Medicine on March 17, 2020, titled...
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The small town we made upAug 01, 2023 1:00 am - I did part of my growing up in a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. The parents of most of my high school friends were immigrants who had come to Kansas City from Bluejack...