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Vladimir Putin

Battle for Donbas will be decisive, former British commander says

April 30th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

“Donbas could put the Russians back on a successful footing or bring them to what is essentially a defeat,” says General Sir Richard Barrons, the former commander of the UK’s Joint Forces Command.

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President Biden speaking in Warsaw

Watch President Joe Biden’s speech in Warsaw responding to Putin’s war of aggression in Ukraine

March 26th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

Watch President Biden deliver remarks on the united efforts of the free world to support the people of Ukraine, hold Russia accountable for its brutal war, and defend a future that is rooted in democratic principles.

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Part of the skyline of Moscow

Fitch downgrades Russia’s credit rating amid Ukraine crisis, says default is ‘imminent’

March 9th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

“They can’t get their hands on money or securities or goods or services. They are outcast and they will over the shorter term freeze to death,” financial services veteran George Ball said in comments to The Washington Post.

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Sergey Aleksashenko speaking

“Financial nuclear bomb” falling on Russia as a consequence of Putin’s aggression, ex-Russian central bank governor says

February 27th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

“The war came and the money ran out — the money ran out sooner than the war ended,” said Sergei Aleksashenko.

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Uno Shoma at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Dan Shaughnessy reflects on how the Olympics have become “a big bowl of bad”

February 17th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

“The Beijing Olympics… are a big bowl of bad, unfolding in a country ruled by fear and oppression,” the Boston Globe columnist writes.

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Vladimir Putin

Putin is making NATO stronger, whether he starts a war in Ukraine or not

January 24th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, National Defense, World Community

“The Russian leader may have thought NATO was in disarray and the U.S. in retreat, but we’ve already seen it’s quite the opposite,” David Rothkopf writes in a piece for The Daily Beast.

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Vladimir Putin

In Russia, the pandemic is beating Putin

December 8th, 2021 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

“A deadly virus can’t be ignored, jailed, exiled or co-opted — nor can it be locked down without great economic cost. That puts President Vladimir Putin of Russia in a bind. The pandemic, perhaps his hardiest foe to date, has starkly revealed the limits of his power,” writes Alexey Kovalev, the investigations editor at Meduza, an independent Russian news outlet.

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The September 11th Memorial Tribute In Light 2014 New York City

How the September 11th attacks changed us

September 3rd, 2021 Andrew Villeneuve Civil Liberties, Core Topics, World Community

“The betrayal of America’s professed principles was the friendly fire of the war on terror,” Carlos Lozada writes.

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Joe Biden speaking in New Hampshire

Biden, allies frustrated with media’s hawkish coverage of Afghanistan withdrawal

August 20th, 2021 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

“After years of ignoring Afghanistan, many close to the Biden White House — and the president himself — feel some major outlets are adopting a pro-war stance,” Huffington Post’s Daniel Marans writes.

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Fires and smoke in eastern Russia (SIberia)

Siberia’s wildfires are bigger than all the world’s other blazes combined

August 11th, 2021 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Our Environment, World Community

“Siberia is so vast that huge fires can burn without threatening any major settlements, transportation systems or infrastructure — but are still part of a swath of infernos that together are larger than all the other blazes around the world,” Robyn Dixon reports.

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Steve Bannon

The newest Trump social networking play is tied to a Bannon-allied Chinese billionaire

July 1st, 2021 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Technology, World Community

“GETTR has existed as a Chinese language social media network linked to Guo Wengui,” Politico reports. “It was unveiled as a new platform by Jason Miller on Thursday.”

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President Biden at a Coast Guard commencement ceremony

Global approval of the United States has rebounded under Biden, survey finds

June 10th, 2021 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

“The United States’ favorability rating grew at least 23 percentage points from last year in France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom, and a majority of respondents in all four view the country positively,” The Washington Post reported, summarizing findings from a new survey by Pew Research.

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Conflict in Gaza: Israelis vs. Palestinians

Gaza conflict stokes “identity crisis” for young American Jews

May 24th, 2021 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

“A new generation is confronting the region’s longstanding conflict in a very different context, with very different pressures, from their parents’ and grandparents’ generations,” The New York Times reports.

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Power icon

Why is Big Tech under assault? Power.

April 12th, 2021 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

“I’m surprised that tech bosses can still appear clueless about the reasons behind the questioning of their industry,” Shira Ovide writes.

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UK Brexit Icon

How Brexit ruined Easter for Britain’s chocolate makers

April 4th, 2021 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Holidays, World Community

“Exports of chocolate to Europe have turned into a nightmare of paperwork and delays, making fine British chocolate scarce in Europe,” The New York Times reports.

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Jordan Klepper at the U.S. Capitol

Jordan Klepper sees it all at the Capitol insurrection

January 13th, 2021 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, National Defense, World Community

In this almost seven minute segment, The Daily Show’s Jordan Klepper gets up close and personal with the American fascist cult that worships Donald Trump.

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Cumulus Media logo

Talk radio owner orders pro-Trump hosts to temper election fraud rhetoric

January 11th, 2021 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Media & Culture, Open Government, World Community

“Cumulus Media, which employs some of the most popular right-leaning talk-radio hosts in the United States, has told its on-air personalities to stop suggesting that the election was stolen from President Trump — or else face termination,” The Washington Post reports.

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You Again? Stop the "alt right", neo-Nazis, and white supremacists

Far-right groups are behind most U.S. terrorist attacks, report finds

October 28th, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Public Planning, World Community

“White supremacist groups have carried out a majority of ‘terrorist plots and attacks’ this year, according to a report by a think tank, the Center for Strategic and International Studies,” the New York Times reports.

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Donald Trump

“I feel sorry for Americans”: A baffled world watches the U.S.

September 26th, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Elections, World Community

The New York Times reports on the concern and consternation many people feel around the world as the 2020 presidential election enters its final weeks.

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Joe Biden speaking in New Hampshire

Russia working to damage Joe Biden’s White House bid, U.S. intelligence agencies say

August 8th, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

“The disclosure is the most detailed yet from U.S. intelligence agencies about foreign efforts to interfere in the 2020 election between presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden and President Trump,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

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Ruy Barbosa

The consequences of denying reality

April 23rd, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, History, World Community

Brazil, 1904: “Senator Rui Barbosa, pigeon-chested and smooth-tongued orator, attacks vaccination using judicial weapons flowery with adjectives. In the name of liberty Rui Barbosa defends the right of every individual to be contaminated if he so desires. Torrential applause, thunderous ovations interrupt him from phrase to phrase.”

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