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Struggling Belarus redominates its currency

  In a redomination of its currency, Belarus is cutting four zeroes off the face value of the ruble as the country, which is virtually a satellite of Russia, struggles with recession. It's  the third redomination in the nation of 10 million since it became...

Xi focuses on importance of Marxist ideology

  Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of ideological orthodoxy  to ensure the  power and legitimacy of Communist Party rule. “The wavering of idealistic faith is the most dangerous form of wavering,” Mr. Xi told an assembly of party officials...

Deconstructing the E.U.’s democratic structures

The European Union may not seem democratic but it is, mostly. Amanda Taub writes in The New York Times: "{W}hile defenders of the European Union have evidence to show that the bloc is democratic, this misses the point. Democracy, after all, is about more than...

Multi-sided Yemen war grinds on

Mountains in northern Yemen. Many Yemenis find themselves trapped on Yemen's long and complicated civil war. The Washington Post reports that the "conflict holds enormous stakes for Washington and its allies. Yemen, the Middle East’s poorest nation, straddles vital...

Facebook wins Belgian privacy case

  Facebook has  overturned a decision that blocked the social network from using its "datr'' cookies to track the Internet activity of logged-out users in Belgium. This is the latest  in the long-running case that started with the Belgian Privacy Commission (BPC)...