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Six years after its enactment, Obamacare remains one of the most controversial, divisive, and enduring political issues in America. In Unraveled: Obamacare, Religious Liberty, and Executive Power, Professor Josh Blackman argues that, to implement the law, President Obama has broken promises about cancelled insurance policies, exceeded the traditional bounds of executive power, and infringed on religious liberty. At the same time, conservative opponents have stopped at nothing to unravel Obamacare... Читать дальше...

Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (JFS) claimed that it freed German journalist Janina Findeisen and her baby from her captors in Syria.

Jay Stanley is a senior fellow at the American Civil Liberties Union's Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project.

I get angry when I hear Trump bragging about paying small businesses less than he agreed, writes J Michael Diehl

Pommes Schranke!

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„Su le dentate scintillanti vette, 
salta il camoscio, 
tuona la valanga da' ghiacci immani
rotolando per le selve scroscianti; 
ma da i silenzi de l'effuso azzurro esce nel sole l'aquila,
e distende in tarde ruote digradanti il nero volo solenne.“
Giosuè Carducci (1835-1907)

In medieval times the Alps, especially the alpine regions above the tree line, were simply referred as Gamsgebirg - the chamois mountains.

Podcasts are now big business. In this post-Serial audio world, journalists, celebrities, academics and yes, anyone else who owns a mixing desk and a …

In the1960s, it was not easy to get a medical degree in many countries of the Americas, in part because of the high cost of textbooks and a shortage of materials in Spanish. To overcome this obstacle, which was keeping many young people from becoming doctors and making it hard for others to complete their studies, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) created the Expanded Textbook and Instructional Materials Program (PALTEX), which turns 50 this year.

Verdammte Neugier.

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So far missing from the presidential campaigns has been a serious discussion of long-run structural issues facing the U.S. economy, especially the large projected budget deficits. Continuing to delay action on fiscal imbalances is not an option for the next administration. Economic and fiscal realities will constrain future policy options, as noted in recent studies by the International Monetary Fund and the Cato Institute. View full event here: https://www.cato.org/events/economic-financial-issues-facing-next-president.

In this week's news, watch what happens when Hall of Famer John McEnroe takes on Rafael Nadal on his home court and the most entertaining exhibition rally of the season starring Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams, Fabio Fognini and Flavia Pennetta.

Postcard from travel giant TUI to rival Thomas Cook: our summer was better than yours.

Our economics editor John O'Sullivan reflects on the future of globalisation in a world increasingly hostile to free trade. Soumaya Keynes discusses the merits of cash transfers over food aid for Syrian refugees. And our South-East Asia bureau chief unpacks the business of mixed martial arts. Simon Long hosts.

Adam Summers is on a mission to scan all 33,000 species of ray-finned fish—and upload all of that data for anyone to make amazing 3D images, just like we did.

Ever wanted to be inside an episode of South Park? At the Paley Center in Los Angeles, the South Park 20 Experience lets you do just that. Taking the twenty most iconic moments of the television series, the South Park 20 Experience gives people the opportunity to take pictures and become part of South Park's best episodes.

Simon Long hosts as Money talks investigates why UK Prime Minister Theresa May has reversed course on a new nuclear power plant. Also: the great pensions reckoning facing economies worldwide and how a tech paper tiger is breaking new ground for innovators in Berlin

For over 150 years cattle and sheep have shared the western landscape with the American Greater Sage Grouse, writes John Wilkes.

Slack, which went public in an unusual direct listing valuing it around $20 billion, is actually an acronym.