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My wife is Indonesian, though born in Amsterdam because her parents, like many others, are exiles from the genocidal massacre of up to three million people in that country in the mid-1960s. As the Australian novelist Christopher Koch put it, Indonesia in 1965 was A Year of Living Dangerously, a …

Having changed her ‘no’ vote to ‘present’ at the last minute on a $1 billion bill to replenish Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system the day prior, AOC took to Twitter on Friday with a vast, 900-word missive attempting to justify the move to her constituents. While she stated the …

It’s been well over a year since the global fight against the coronavirus started, but matters of concern are still mounting. The growing number of infections has led to new lockdowns and mass testing, while plans to make vaccination compulsory have been causing tensions and protests. Is the fight against …

The poll, which was released on Monday, showed that 68% of Americans prefer a “low level” of immigration, compared with 23% who would tolerate a “high level.” In fact, respondents in every political category favored low immigration numbers, including 79% of Republicans, 58% of Democrats, 68% of independents and 58% …

Turkey and Azerbaijan strongly denied the claims, but the rebuttals have not prevented Armenia from raising the issue of Ankara’s perceived involvement in the Nagorno-Karabakh fighting with its major NATO ally, the United States. Last Thursday, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a telephone conversation with US National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien, …

The embassy said it treated the report with “grave concern” in a social media post on Thursday, asking Washington to provide further details as to whether American weapons were being passed to Ukrainian fighters carrying out clandestine operations in Crimea. “Unnamed US officials speak about their country’s support of terrorist …

The fact that the society is tired of stagnation, does not mean that it wanted state of emergency. People expect normal systemic reform, not sudden contactless vote in the midst of the pandemic and early elections in the spirit of “grab bags station departs!”. If the regime will agree to …

Now explain that about the indexing joked Most painful for the government — that money can go directly into the hands of ordinary people. Dreams come true. In the state Duma on Monday evening was officially registered the bill on the resumption of the indexation of pensions to working pensioners. …

Rosstat just released fresh data on the demographic processes in Russia. But, despite their ability to turn black into white, the statistical office is forced to admit that the extinction of the population of the country continues, and the pace has even accelerated. The total population of Russia in January-September …

A few decades ago, the only thing we could pour the cereal was whole cow’s milk. Now there are many varieties of this drink: skim, lactose-free, soy. For people with allergic reactions there is also a vegetable alternative to cow’s milk (now there is a Great Orthodox post, so the …