World
Brazil’s Lula vows no deforestation but challenges loom
January 9, 2023When Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is sworn in as president of the second most populous country in the western hemisphere Jan. 1, few challenges will be greater than fulfilling his promise to end all deforestation...
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Bolsonaro supporters execute Jan. 6-style fascist coup attempt in Brazil
January 9, 2023Trumpism continues to spread its poison throughout the hemisphere.
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Abandoning ‘zero COVID,’ China fights virus surge before Lunar New Year
January 6, 2023Hospitals in the cities are packed, while rural towns worry about holiday visitors pouring in and overwhelming unprepared health facilities.
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All of Israel’s most dangerous politicians are now in one place—the government
January 6, 2023Israel was never a democracy, so why is the West lamenting the end of “liberal” Israel?
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Targeting China, the U.S. brings its New Cold War to Africa
January 5, 2023Will U.S. pledges of aid, which are largely earmarked for private firms, support African development or merely subsidize U.S. multinational corporations?
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