'World Shrugging' as Syria Death Toll Climbs
BBC
The UN human rights chief says it is unlikely air strikes on schools and hospitals are accidental.
BBC
The UN human rights chief says it is unlikely air strikes on schools and hospitals are accidental.
Valerie Hopkins, Financial Times
The premier's critics accuse him of trying to play up his role in the overthrow of communism.
Suzanne Moore, Guardian
Those who blather on about being woke' do so in ever smaller circles. The results of this will confront them this week, writes Suzanne Moore
James Tapsfield, Daily Mail
Member states are starting to contemplate the possibility that the UK will not bow to pressure from the bloc - raising the danger of a bitter economic and security standoff lasting years.
Kyodo News
Japan will decide on Aug. 2 to remove South Korea from its list of countries that enjoy preferential treatment and buy products that can be diverted for military use, sources familiar with the plan say.
Maxim Edwards, Foreign Policy
Ukraine's president now has an unprecedented level of parliamentary support. What will he do with it?
Frida Ghitis, WP Review
Uruguay, the small country wedged between South American giants Brazil and Argentina, has become something of a leftist icon in Latin America, albeit a calmer, more restrained one. While other countries caught up in the now-receding pink tideboth Brazil and Argentina, plus Venezuela, Ecuador and elsewherefell under the spell of charismatic populists, Uruguay engaged in politics and policies that have been decidedly short on leftist agitation. Instead, it was guided by a conciliatory and pragmatic progressivism... Читать дальше...
Miguel Wiazki, Worldcrunch
Hezbollah and its patrons have spread their tentacles to South America with help from local friends including Venezuela's socialist regime. Argentina is belatedly backing the Western stance against the international Islamist group.
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloom. View
The target is irrelevant to the specific military needs of the country and the alliance.
B. Winter, AQ
As Latin America's anti-corruption movement has continued, its own risks, abuses and vulnerabilities have become impossible to downplay or ignore. Perhaps nothing illustrates this quite like what's happened to the original Corruption Busters from our cover; all have, for different reasons, entered into a more difficult period in their careers (Click here to read more details). The leaks in June of private messages between Moro and Lava Jato prosecutors reinforced fears that many... Читать дальше...
Lawson & Powell, Reason
Attempts to centrally plan an economy ruin both civic life and life's pleasures.
Laura Olivieri Robles, New York Times
The political chaos won??t be resolved with his departure, but it is a start.
Alessia Noboa, Global Americans
Boricuas have taken to the streets to express their frustrations and demand the resignation of Puerto Rican Governor Ricardo Rossell. After a series of leaked vulgar texts and corruption scandals, Puerto Ricans have demanded and gotten accountability from their governor.
Brad Setser, Foreign Affairs
The United States must end its failed and unjust colonial relationship with Puerto Rico, via statehood if need be.