A radio talk show host in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan recently posted a troubling note on Facebook. Noting how Kazakhs have strong feelings about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Lyubov Panova warned that criticism of the war could be interpreted as an attack on...
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Pope Francis formally apologized over the weekend for the abuse Canadian Indigenous children experienced at Catholic Church-run residential schools for over a century, following years of campaigning by Canada’s native leaders to receive an apology, the Wall Street Journal reported. The pontiff expressed “indignation and shame...
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Pakistani President Arif Alvi dissolved the country’s parliament Sunday following a request by Prime Minister Imran Khan, a move that plunges Pakistan into a constitutional crisis and possible snap polls, NPR reported. Alvi’s move came a few days after a number of lawmakers from Khan’s party...
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Hundreds of Cuban private enterprises attended a weekend trade fair at Havana’s convention center, in what has been described as a major commercial milestone on the communist island, the Associated Press reported. More than 700 companies and cooperatives showed off a wide variety of products, such...
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Lithuania cut itself off entirely from gas imports from Russia, apparently becoming the first of the European Union's 27 nations using Russian gas to break its energy dependence on Moscow, the Associated Press reported. Meanwhile, the Biden administration issued a fresh wave of export...
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Boas and pythons are known as constrictor snakes, which can kill their prey by coiling their long bodies around their target and suffocating them. These types of snakes – which includes the infamous anaconda – can swallow large prey without choking. Recently, scientists finally discovered that these...
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