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Photos Of The Week: L.A. Inferno, Charlie Hebdo Tribute, Trudeau Bows Out

Among the images, are photos from France, China, Canada, the U.S., Ghana and Greenland.

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Food / Travel Russia-Ukraine War

Photos Of The Week: Muan Airport Crash, Ukraine-Russia POW Swap, NYE Dive

In partnership with ZUMA photo agency, here are the top images for the week of Dec. 27-Jan. 2. The selection includes a devastating plane crash in South Korea that claimed 179 lives, an apparent terror attack that marred New Year’s Eve in New Orleans, while Russia and Ukraine exchanged hundreds of prisoners in a UAE-brokered […]

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Eyes on the U.S. Geopolitics

What If Iran Has Cut A Secret, Pre-Election Deal With Trump — Like Reagan In 1980?

It may seem an outlandish idea given Iran’s anti-Western posturing, but could its regime have cut a secret deal over future ties with the Trump team, like its hostages deal with Ronald Reagan ahead of the 1980 U.S. elections?

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Geopolitics Ideas

Remember When Venezuela Was A Haven Of Freedom And Democracy?

Today, Venezuela is barely recognizable as the prosperous and liberal state of the late 20th century that gave refuge to regional dissidents, thanks to the resolve of the late Carlos Andrés Pérez — the “roguish” president whose commitment to democracy has put his socialist successors to shame.

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Eyes on the U.S. Ideas Trump And The World

Trump And Young Voters, A Generational Risk For Republicans

Trump is supported by 1 in 5 younger voters, an astonishing and consequential collapse for the GOP.

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Economy Geopolitics Ideas

How A Wider Panama Canal Can Free Panama From Its Past

From a republic struggling to rid itself from overbearing U.S. influence, then its own political shenanigans, Panama has come of age as a sovereign state.

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China Blasts Kill 44, Carter Cancer, Hawaii Deep Diving

ISIS CLAIMS BAGHDAD ATTACK ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack in Baghdad that killed at least 76 people and wounded 212 this morning. A refrigerator truck packed with explosives blew up inside the popular Jamila food market in Sadr City, a predominantly Shia neighborhood. It represents one of the biggest acts of violence in […]

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Eyes on the U.S. Ideas

Obama’s Foreign Policy Is Most Like This Former President’s

Barack Obama is governing in a much different world than his predecessors. How will his foreign policy be remembered? Who does he most emulate? Hint: It’s not Jimmy Carter.

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Eyes on the U.S. Geopolitics

The Wimp Factor: Why Obama Risks Winding Up Like Jimmy Carter

The legacy of the 44th president of the United States is in peril, as he is seen as weak-willed with an unfocused foreign policy. Is it 1979 all over again?

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