MONOCLE RADIO (January 8, 2025): As the US begins to ease restrictions on Syria, is this the start of a softer approach by the West?
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Former President Jimmy Carter, who once banned the playing of “Hail to the Chief,” will lie in state at the Capitol as part of three days of elaborate ceremonies.
The social networking giant will stop using third-party fact checkers and instead rely on users to add notes to posts. President-elect Trump and his conservative allies said they were pleased.
Jimmy Carter was a genuine Washington outsider when he won the White House in 1976. And he remained proudly so, for better or worse.
Across the country, educators described widespread anxiety about President-elect Donald J. Trump’s promises to deport immigrants and what it could mean for their students.
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FOREIGN POLICY MAGAZINE (January 7, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Trump World’…
Countries and companies with clout might thrive. The rest, not so much.By Ravi Agrawal
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Vice President Kamala D. Harris presided over the certification of her own loss without disputing it, and Democrats made no move to challenge the results.
Justin Trudeau announced Monday that he was also stepping down as leader of Canada’s Liberal Party. He will remain in both roles until a replacement is chosen.
In Haiti, gangs have killed hundreds of people and shot journalists at a news conference, exposing the country’s fragility and the government’s failures.
Donald Trump may not face a penalty for his conviction in the hush-money case, but he could still be the first felon to be president — and civil proceedings against him continue.
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Out of Trumpian chaos and contradiction, something good might just emerge
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President Biden is yet another one-term Democrat hurt by inflation and struggling to free hostages before leaving office. But Mr. Carter’s enhanced reputation offers hope that he too may be remembered more favorably.
Plains, Ga., had been bracing for the inevitable through the former president’s ailments and nearly two years of hospice care. Still, his death, at 100, “doesn’t seem real.”
Other presidents were more celebrated for their on-screen presences, but in 1979 he gave one of the White House’s most astonishing televised speeches.
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