July 06, 2023

Humbled but Unbowed

Now that Russian President Vladimir Putin has survived Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Wagner Group’s apparent coup attempt, the world is wondering what happens next. Charges against Prigozhin, who supposedly is in Belarus, and the Wagner military contractors who marched on Moscow have been dropped. As France...

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July 06, 2023

New Fronts

China will restrict the export of two important metals used to manufacture semiconductors, a move that could further escalate the global trade war over access to microchips, CNBC reported. The Chinese commerce ministry announced that the new regulations will require exporters to seek a license to...

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July 06, 2023

On Edge

The European Union’s General Court rejected an appeal by Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont to maintain his immunity as a lawmaker of the European Parliament, a ruling that could pave the way for his extradition to Spain to face trial, Reuters reported Wednesday. Puigdemont and other...

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July 06, 2023

Major Doubts

Guatemala’s presidential election took an unexpected turn this week when the Constitutional Court suspended the certification of the results, a move that raised concerns about the stability of the Central American country’s fragile democracy, Al Jazeera reported Wednesday. Results of Saturday’s elections showed that the progressive...

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July 06, 2023

Truth in Stones

Archaeologists recently used a forensic method to discover what could be the first evidence of prehistoric people in North America hunting large mammals some 13,000 years ago, the Washington Post reported. First discovered in the 1930s, the Clovis people were believed to be the first humans...

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