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Russian Opposition Leader Navalny In Moscow Court
The wave of nationwide demonstrations that shook Russia’s long dormant political scene over the weekend showed a new face of protest: mostly teenage demonstrators
Hong Kong Protest Leaders Ominously Told They Face Charges Day After New Leader Chosen
Hong Kong police on Monday charged nine organizers of the 2014 pro-democracy demonstrations, just a day after a new Beijing-backed leader was chosen, vowing
Fired U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Said To Have Been Investigating HHS Secretary Tom Price
Trump’s head of the Department of Health and Human Services traded stocks of health-related companies while working on legislation affecting the firms. A source
In Ukraine, Some Signs Of Progress In Uphill Battle Against Corruption
Kiev’s Solomyansky District Court is a four-story pink building squeezed between an Orthodox church with golden domes and the soaring office tower of Ukraine’s
Netherlands Dispute Gives Turkey Perfect Election Fodder
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, it seemed, had run out of stories to tell. He had retold the legend of his rise from the
How A Protest Movement Swelled To Oust South Korea’s President
Late on the night of Dec. 3, Joseph Kim was walking home to his apartment in Seoul’s Mapo district after another long day of
5 Trump Cabinet Members Who’ve Made False Statements To Congress
As most of the world knows by now, Attorney General Jeff Sessions did not tell the truth when he was asked during his confirmation
Brazil’s Leaders Tout Austerity (Just Not For Them)
Firefighters shouting slogans during a public servants’ demonstration against austerity measures in Rio de Janeiro in December.