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Quito, Ecuador. Flickr. Some rights reserved. A strong state. This is one of President Rafael Correa’s successes: the return of the state as a major economic player. Such is the perception, and in the regime’s early years there probably was some reason for thinking that this was indeed the case. The reality today, however, is …
The longest winning streak in college sports history came to an end this past weekend. The University of Connecticut’s women’s basketball team’s run of 111 straight victories ended with a last-second overtime loss to Mississippi State during the Women’s Final Four tournament. The lady Huskies remain the most successful college sports program in the country, …
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It’s a brunch conversation/rant happening among women all around the world, and it goes a little something like this: “It costs so much more to be a woman! And it’s not fair!” The lack of fairness? Those stats have always been there: Women have long earned less than men, and that gap isn’t closing fast enough. But the …
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Massoud Barzani, president of the Iraqi self-ruled Kurdish region speaks during a conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 29, 2016.Hadi Mizban/Press Association. All rights reserved.Many Kurds are convinced that to right the wrongs done to them throughout their history of political oppression and partition they must rule themselves and, to go further, claim statehood. They have …
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While it may sound like parents locking their child in a bedroom is something out of a melodramatic YA novel, the truth behind teenage Alexa Pacheco’s incarceration is a little less…sinister. When she was grounded, her parents took the doorknob off the door so they could enter her room. What they didn’t consider is, once …
Expedia and Airlines Reporting Corporation recently released their 2017 Global Air Travel Outlook report. It indicates that 2017 could be “a banner year for travelers taking to the skies, with more options to fly to more destinations for lower prices.” So, if you were still trying to decide, the answer is yes, you should take a …
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Trident being tugged to Faslane Scotland. Photo: Rebecca Johnson Two decisions, Trident replacement and British membership of the European Union, that are usually considered separately, but which are both claimed by their advocates as serving a vital security role for Britain and beyond. Then along comes UKIP's Nigel Farage, who is not known for …
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at George Mason University, in Fairfax, Va., 2010.Toby Jorrin/Press Association.All rights reserved. As the Turkish government continues to arrest academics across the country, with little to no judicial oversight, Turkish academia finds itself cast back into the murky uncertainty of the 1980s, and the subsequent censorship and disappearances. …
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Laurie Itkin met her husband Dan on Match.com when she was 35 years old. He was 41. After dating for about eight months, they bought a house together in San Diego. They lived together for a few years before Dan decided he wanted Laurie to take a more active role in parenting his 10-year-old daughter from …
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NurPhoto SIPA USA/PA Images. All rights reserved.Donald Trump is a man who defines himself by the number of norms he violates, according to Michael D’Antonio, the author of a biography, The Truth About Trump: “He's always refused to be like other people when it comes to manners and respect for others and loyalty to the truth…He's kind …
