Dan Wootton, U.S. Sun
Without wanting to disparage the generations that have followed — mine included — it’s hard to imagine a member of Generation X or a millennial turning such trauma into a positive way of living.
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Hilton Yip, Foreign Policy
An independent nation deserves a place on the global stage.
Mari Carmen Aponte, Miami Herald
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele rode a successful wave of anti-establishment votes to the country’s presidential election in February 2019. During his term as mayor of San Salvador, he received mixed reviews, mainly because of policies that lacked a clear direction and had mixed results following security innovations he initiated.
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John Lichfield, Politico EU
Why the French aren’t cutting Macron any slack over his response to the epidemic.
Susan Einbinder, Tablet
Abraham Caslari, 14th-century medical witness from Catalonia
Roger McDermott, Jamestown
On April 19, Denis Manturov, the head of Russia’s Ministry of Industry and Trade, stated that “foreign partners” had lodged applications to procure the future export version of the much-advertised new T-14 Armata tank. The problem is that this main battle tank model has not yet entered service, despite its prototype first appearing in 2015 and raising hopes of the imminent arrival of the “tank of the future” within the Armed Forces. Various reports indicate that state tests will conclude this year... Читать дальше...
J. Kynge, K. Manson & J. Politi, FT
Trust between two has deteriorated during pandemic and is close to lowest point since 1979
