Hearts and Minds

The prime minister of the ex-Soviet republic of Georgia, Irakli Garibashvili, recently met European and NATO leaders in Brussels to press the case for his country’s admission into both Western organizations. Garibashvili and his fellow citizens felt snubbed when the European Union offered candidacy status for...

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The Redistribution

Mexico’s upper house of parliament approved a package of laws this week, including a contentious mining reform that sparked concerns from the country’s mining chamber and its trade partner Canada, Reuters reported. Lawmakers of the ruling Morena party and its allies approved the bills, including two...

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The Mothership

Opposing protests took place in France and on the French island of Mayotte this week, over planned changes to the country’s immigration laws and the deportations of illegal migrants from the French overseas territory in the Indian Ocean, Agence France-Presse reported. In Paris and other cities,...

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Ridicule Vs. Respect

The Spanish government passed a bill this week that will ban “comic” bullfighting events featuring dwarves wearing costumes, a move that disability rights groups welcomed but a few surviving performers criticized, the Associated Press reported. Groups of people with dwarfism – self-styled as “dwarf toreros” –...

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The Big Slowdown

A recent study is shedding new light on the formation of the Andes Mountains, while underscoring the complexity of geological processes, Science Alert reported. The Andes range runs 5,530 miles down the western side of South America, with heights of up to 4.3 miles and a...

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