December 07, 2022

Quitting, Loudly

Irina Karamanos recently resigned from her position as First Lady of Chile. She is still Chilean President Gabriel Boric’s partner. The 33-year-old Santiago-based anthropologist, feminist and political organizer simply didn’t want a public position based on that personal relationship. Writing in the Washington Post, columnist Kate...

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December 07, 2022

Boiling Over

Mongolian protesters tried to storm the country’s main government building amid mass demonstrations in the capital of Ulaanbaatar this week, angry over rising inflation and allegations of corruption in Mongolia’s lucrative coal industry, Al Jazeera reported Tuesday. Police clashed with protesters as some attempted to force...

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December 07, 2022

Priorities

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan called off the country’s independence day celebrations scheduled for Friday, ordering the budget to instead be spent on urgent projects and public discussions on development, Business Insider Africa reported Tuesday. The president said the $445,000 budget for Tanzania’s independence day celebration...

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December 07, 2022

The Golden Tongue

Ancient Egyptians may have had to plead their case for entrance into the afterlife, the Independent reported. Egyptian archaeologists recently uncovered a number of tombs in the ancient cemetery of Qewaisna near the Egyptian capital of Cairo, containing mummies with golden tongues in their mouths. Initially, in...

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