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(Iraq/Pope Francis) Pope Meets with Iraq’s Grand Ayatollah (VoA)

Pope Francis, leader of the world’s Roman Catholics, met Saturday in Iraq with the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, a leading Shiite Muslim figure. https://www.voanews.com/middle-east/pope-meets-iraqs-grand-ayatollah

(USA) America’s Patchwork of Election Laws Under Scrutiny (VoA)

Rob Garver The Democrat-led U.S. House of Representatives this week passed a bill that would greatly expand access to voting in federal elections. Even though...

(Global Economy) Build Back Equal (Project-Syndicate)

MARÍA FERNANDA ESPINOSA Creating an economy that works for everyone is not just a matter of empowering those who have been “left behind” by globalization....

(Pandemic/Recovery) Fiscal Follies in the COVID Recovery (Project-Syndicate)

DANIEL GROS With governments in advanced economies continuing to keep the fiscal taps open, it is worth considering whether additional stimulus is really what the...

(Australia) Saving Journalism from Big Tech (Project-Syndicate)

TAYLOR OWEN By mandating that digital platforms pay news publishers for the content that appears on their sites, Australia has helped to advance the global...

(IMF) Building a Better SDR (Project-Syndicate)

JOSÉ ANTONIO OCAMPO As the International Monetary Fund prepares for its next large-scale issue of special drawing rights, its reserve asset, the time is ripe...

(Mexico) Mexico: Abuses Against Asylum Seekers at US Border (HRW)

Asylum seekers sent to Mexico by the administration of former US president Donald Trump have suffered violence and extortion by Mexican police, immigration agents, and criminal...

(Ethiopia) Ethiopia: Eritrean Forces Massacre Tigray Civilians (HRW)

Eritrean armed forces massacred scores of civilians, including children as young as 13, in the historic town of Axum in Ethiopia’s Tigray region in November 2020,...

(USA) Anti-Trans Laws Would Risk Georgia’s World Cup Dreams (HRW)

Minky Worden The state of Georgia and the city of Atlanta have always had global sports ambitions. https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/03/05/anti-trans-laws-would-risk-georgias-world-cup-dreams

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