Russian Reveille

Twenty-three years ago, respected Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen penned an op-ed in the New York Times describing the remilitarization of Russian life. She described rules and regulations to funnel boys into the service, the boosting of military spending by 50 percent, and military detachments “adopting”...

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Victory, Status Quo

Turkish voters gave incumbent leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan another five-year term Sunday, a victory that came despite a sinking economy and a united opposition, the Washington Post reported. Erdogan won 52 percent of the vote, the election board’s chairman said, giving the president a four-point victory...

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Cutting the Odds

Guatemala’s Constitutional Court ruled Friday to end the election campaign of top presidential contender Carlos Pineda, a verdict that came just a month before voting begins, Al Jazeera reported. The top court upheld a ruling from a lower court that found Pineda failed to gather signatures...

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Dry Powder

Kosovo police and ethnic Serbs clashed in the northern town of Zvecan over the weekend, unrest that prompted condemnation from the West and Russia, and threatens to ignite ethnic tensions in the predominately Albanian country, Politico reported. The clashes began after crowds of ethnic Serbs blocked...

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A Whale’s Tale

Killer whales have been attacking sailboats and yachts off the Iberian coast of Europe in recent years, prompting scientists to believe that the behavior is taught by some of the large cetaceans to each other, Live Science reported. Earlier this month, researchers and authorities reported two...

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