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Demonstrators attend a pro-Ukraine rally in Taiwan in February 2023.
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Foreign policy experts are divided on whether Russia’s invasion of Ukraine makes it more or less likely that China will launch a similar attack on Taiwan. Here are the arguments on both sides.
Hip-hop culture spread quickly – to places like London, seen here in 1984.
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On Aug. 11, 1973, a block party in the Bronx spawned a genre that would go on to influence nearly all aspects of US culture – and the music, fashion and art of countries around the world.
Una mujer posa para una foto delante de un vehículo militar del Grupo Wagner.
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Los signos de descontento entre los nacionalistas rusos y el Grupo Wagner habían ido creciendo antes de que la columna de paramilitares iniciara una marcha abortada sobre Moscú.
Open defiance in Rostov-on-Don.
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Signs of discontent among Russian nationalists and Wagner had been growing before a column of paramilitaries began an aborted march on Moscow.
Evguéni Prigojine, le patron de Wagner, ici caricaturé lors du carnaval du Lundi des Roses à Düsseldorf le 20 février dernier, ne cesse d’appeler le pouvoir russe à durcir encore sa guerre contre l’Ukraine et ses soutiens, tous assimilés à des nazis. Il n’est pas le seul à tenir un tel discours.
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Alors que l’Ukraine contre-attaque, et frappe même le territoire russe, l’élite moscovite constate avec inquiétude que les radicaux exigent une escalade rapide.
Facing harder questions at home.
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Putin was put on the defensive during an increasingly rare Q&A over the war’s progress. Meanwhile, disquiet among potential rivals is growing.
Ottawa County Commissioners Joe Moss, left, and Sylvia Rhodea ran for the positions vowing they would ‘thwart tyranny’ in the community.
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By declaring a ‘constitutional county,’ local leaders assert they are creating a refuge from anti- or unconstitutional actions undertaken by an overzealous state or federal authority.
MC Solaar, a pioneer of French rap.
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The US and dozens of other nations have punished Russia with round after round of sanctions – yet the Russian economy is expected to grow in 2023.
The House GOP under new leader Kevin McCarthy, center in front of flag, adopted rules that included changes to operations of the office that conducts investigations of members.
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House lawmakers created an independent office to conduct ethics investigations. But new changes by the GOP to rules governing the office were just the latest attempt to defang it.
Views on guns are intertwined with views on God for many Americans.
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Support for strong gun ownership rights is often associated with conservative Christian views, but religion and self-defense have a much longer history in the United States.
A worker sweeps up debris in the library of a school building following a missile strike in Kharkiv on Sept. 3, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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The Muslim Brotherhood once held the reins of power in Egypt. Now it faces internal splits, government repression and dwindling support.
Shamans from the organization Tengeri conduct an offering ritual in 2013 to Bukhe Bator, the spirit master of the Selenga River, Republic of Buryatia, Russian Federation.
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The US Environmental Protection Agency is reexamining the health effects of bisphenol A. A chemist explains why BPA is in plastics and why it’s hard to find a safe replacement.
Research suggests that many people prefer ghosting rather than open and honest conversations that might lead to conflict and stress.
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Assistant Professor of the Practice in Religion and History and Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Guns and Society, Wesleyan University