• 11/16/2024

Athens Democracy Forum: Where Is Global Politics Headed?

New York Times Voters have more opportunities than ever in 2024 to shape history in their countries, but war, technology and other forces pose a powerful threat, experts said. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/07/world/elections-democracy-threats.html

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Athens Democracy Forum: Can Money Help Save Democracy?

New York Times Experts on a panel in Athens last week debated how a growth in organizations aimed at countering a rise in autocracies could help turn the tide. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/07/world/democracy-philanthropy.html

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Athens Democracy Forum: Democracy at the World’s Ballot Boxes

New York Times Much of Earth’s population has been voting this year. Where democracies are strained and stressed, is there room for optimism? https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/07/world/democracy-voting-ballot-boxes.html

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Reporter’s Notebook: Iran’s missiles strike Israel, and a deadly terror attack in Tel Aviv

Fox News TEL AVIV, Israel – Sirens blare outside our hotel balcony.  An imminent ballistic missile strike from Iran looms, but the current alarm is different – more immediate, more dangerous.   It’s a terror attack in Jaffa.  The details are still emerging, but we know this much: Several people have already lost their lives. …

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Israel, one year after Oct. 7

Washington Post On the anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks, Israelis pause to remember. They also struggle with their country’s deepening isolation on the world stage. https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/israel-one-year-after-oct-7/

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Mexican mayor murdered less than a week after taking office

Fox News The mayor of a state capital in southern Mexico has been killed just one week after he took office, officials said Sunday. Alejandro Arcos was sworn in last Monday as mayor of Chilpancingo, a city so violent that a drug gang openly staged a demonstration, hijacked a government armored car and took police…

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New Zealand Navy ship sinks, prompting environmental concerns

Washington Post An oil spill is highly likely, said local authorities, after the New Zealand Navy ship HMNZS Manawanui sank near Samoa. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/07/new-zealand-navy-ship-sinks-samoa/

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Four American hostages remain in Hamas captivity a year after Oct. 7 massacre

Fox News Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed Monday that the U.S. “will continue to work tirelessly” to bring home the four American hostages who have now been held by Hamas for more than a year inside the Gaza Strip.  The four that remain — Keith Siegel, 65, Sagui Dekel-Chen, 36, Omer Neutra, 22, and Edan…

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Below the surface in a ‘new Kashmir,’ anger over repression by India

Washington Post As the region holds long-delayed elections, many Kashmiris see voting as an act of resistance rather than democratic expression. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/07/kashmir-india-elections-repression/

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Russia jails American Stephen Hubbard over fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine

Fox News A Russian court sentenced a 72-year-old American to nearly seven years in prison Monday after he was convicted on charges of fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine.  Investigators alleged during a closed-door trial that Stephen Hubbard of Michigan was paid $1,000 a month to enlist in a Ukrainian defense unit in Izyum, a…

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