Amos Oz, Israeli Literary Giant, Dies At 79
Amos Oz died Friday at age 79. He was an author and an advocate for peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
For A Boy From Cuba, A Stranger’s Crucifix Was A Symbol Of Kindness
As part of the series “What They Took with Them,” Jose Linares tells of a crucifix that reminds him of his childhood flight from Castro’s Cuba to the U.S.
Desperation In Gaza, Where Over Half Of Work Force Is Unemployed
With an unemployment rate now estimated at more than 50 percent, people in Gaza are desperate for work. An unemployment office faces large crowds when jobs are announced.
As Maduro Makes Enemies, Venezuela’s Caribbean Allies Remain In His Camp
Venezuela’s president has been making enemies throughout the Americas with a collapsed economy that has produced millions of migrants. But he still has friends in the Caribbean.
Cuba’s Mobile Internet Access Is A Big Step, But It’s Not Without Flaws
The Cuban government recently extended Internet to mobile devices, a big step for Cubans living on the island under the repressive communist regime.
How Germany’s Green Party Keeps Winning
Formed in 1980, the Greens are now the second most popular party in the country. Much of their success, analysts say, has to do with the worsening image of the country’s traditional leading parties.
Without U.S. Troops, Kurds May Make A Deal With Syria To Prevent A Turkish Attack
With the U.S. decision to pull troops out of Syria, the U.S.’s Kurdish allies in the fight against ISIS might be making a deal with the Syrian government to hold off a Turkish attack.
In China’s Push For High-Tech, Hackers Target Cutting-Edge U.S. Firms
U.S. law enforcement says China is racing to become a world leader in the most advanced technologies, and that’s driving intellectual property theft directed at a broad range of U.S. industries.
Amos Oz Dies At 79; Hailed As “Glory” Of Israel’s Writers
The novelist and peace advocate died Friday. He once called the language in which he wrote, modern Hebrew, his “musical instrument” and compared it to “an erupting lava, an earthquake in action.”
Syria at war: How departure of US forces opens up a Wild East
President Trump’s withdrawal of US troops from Syria could make the eastern third of the country an open arena for several competing forces and herald a new chapter in the country’s bloody civil war, just as it was beginning to wind down. Some 2,200 U…
Rising hopes for democracy in the American heartland
At a time when many see looming clouds on the horizon of American democracy, I’ve been thinking about glimmers of hope. Political activism in America, especially as depicted on social media or TV, tends to focus almost exclusively on die-hard Trump su…
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