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...Greek city-state system of citizen power....
...This week I pictured John Boehner, who fell victim to similar forces as McCarthy, swirling a glass of merlot on his Ohio porch and giving thanks to the day he retired....
...gamblers and up to 20 per cent of citizens exhibit signs of problematic play, according to people briefed on the findings....
...In place of restless action, we begin with quiet focus as the cast, lined up on two rows of chairs, step forward to take up multiple parts....
...Nationwide, it’s not much more than 30 cents per citizen....
...Trump provides cash injection for Republican Senate hopefuls After sitting out most of the 2022 election cycle, Trump’s political action committees are spending millions of dollars in the final weeks of...
...Film The best films to watch this week include Viking saga The Northman, wartime espionage drama Operation Mincemeat, escapist action-comedy The Lost City and the return of JK Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts...
...The V-Dem Institute at the University of Gothenburg, which tracks data on the health of democracies, recently reclassified the country as an “electoral autocracy”....
...The rebound in macro data, which has given hopes of a V-shaped recovery, could prove to be an illusion and the recovery will slow down.”...
...Signees include Leon Panetta, former secretary of defense (someone I’ve always respected for his understanding of the security implications of economic justice); John Kasich, former Ohio governor; Bob Rubin...
...Donald Trump on Monday warned he would deploy the military in cities and states where authorities had not taken the “necessary” actions to quell violent protests triggered by the killing of George Floyd...
...Hong Kong’s airport is busier When protesters in Hong Kong temporarily shut down the city’s airport in August 2019, businesses were worried that the action would threaten the territory’s status as an international...
...The symbolic culmination of the wars was the imperial sack of Rome in 1527, an orgy of destruction that contemporaries recalled as “God’s vengeance on a corrupt city and failing papacy”, as Catherine Fletcher...
...Mexico vowed to take legal action to protect its citizens in the US in the wake of what appeared to be the deliberate targeting of Hispanics....
...The probability of “V-shaped”, “U-shaped” or “L-shaped” recoveries will be heavily dependent on the magnitude of the policy response but also on the possible lasting impact that the containment measures...
...The Texas and Ohio attacks brought the number of US mass shootings this year to 255, and the number of gun-related deaths to 8,795, according to the Gun Violence Archive....
...He further accused them on Monday of anti-Semitism, foul language and “horrible and disgusting actions”....
...Theresa Sackler, the widow of Mortimer Sackler, is on the V&A’s board of trustees until the end of the month....
...V.K. Singh, deputy foreign minister, tweeting that “action taken by our government is to safeguard our nation & ensure safety of our citizens, not to win a few extra seats”....
...retro-futuristic V-shaped gate....
...“If you live in Mallorca year-round it’s important to be near the action.”...
...says Daniel Tokaji, professor of constitutional law at Ohio State University....
...“I was impressed by the determination of the European Union to protect its citizens,” he says of Europe’s recent €2.4bn fine....
...Bombarded Day two of the Bombardier v Boeing tariff scandal and attention has turned on the British government’s motivation to fight back against proposed US action against the Canadian company....
...Many of its funders are anonymous individuals, but it has also attracted €25,000 from the City of Vienna, and funds from the US organisations Mozilla and Epic....
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