Opinion Elections that shape identity, not just shift powercsmonitor.com - Reuters For the second time since its revolution in the 2011 Arab Spring, Tunisia will elect a new president Sunday. In the Arab world, which is mostly …
Opinion Mood lift for climate actioncsmonitor.com - AP Three decades of efforts to arrest global warming have inspired many people to adopt solutions. Yet as temperatures keep rising, and many weather …
Opinion A continental model for gender paritycsmonitor.com - AP With so many women running for president in the United States, Americans might want to keep an eye on what Europe has lately achieved in female …
Vaping Why curbs on youth vaping can succeedcsmonitor.com - Reuters When world leaders gather this month in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, high on the agenda will be a celebration of the 30th …
Taliban The Afghan way to a deal with the Talibancsmonitor.com - AP After nearly a year of negotiations with the Taliban, President Donald Trump abruptly ended the talks on Saturday with a string of Twitter messages. …
Opinion Africa rises for immigrant rightscsmonitor.com - Reuters Since the end of colonial rule, Africans across the continent have rarely experienced spontaneous, grassroots unity around a shared interest. Any …
FARC In Colombia, peacemakers rally to save a peace dealcsmonitor.com - Reuters Peace is often defined merely as an absence of war. In Colombia, which approved a pact three years ago to end a half-century of civil war, peace has …
Opinion Hong Kong busts a myth of foreign ‘black hands’csmonitor.com - AP For three months, as protesters in Hong Kong have demanded basic civic rights, China’s state-run media have depicted them as tools of outside powers. …
Taliban A fully rooted peace in Afghanistancsmonitor.com - AP In the past two years, the people of Afghanistan have signaled in various ways – such as peace marches – their longing to end 18 years of terror and …
Opinion In Britain’s Brexit brawl, time for restraint, consentcsmonitor.com - AP In a Britain already divided over how – or whether – to leave the European Union, a new prime minister, Boris Johnson, has decided to shorten the …
South China Sea Philippines challenges China’s mischief on the seascsmonitor.com - AP/U.S. Navy This weekend, protesters will be out again on Hong Kong’s streets, challenging China’s concept of rule of law. Last year, Chinese leader Xi Jinping …
Sudan One reason not to be a cynic about the Mideastcsmonitor.com - AP With so many intractable conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa, fewer nations seem to want to play an active part in solving the region’s …
Sovereignty Dousing the political fire over the Amazoncsmonitor.com - AP It could be the world’s first hostile feud between big nations over climate change. In recent days, as fires have raged across the Amazon to clear …
Opinion The road back to trusted institutionscsmonitor.com - Reuters When the world’s central bankers met this past weekend in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, they had one big thing on their minds: how to restore trust in their …
Opinion Encircling the interrupters with civilitycsmonitor.com - AP One task of journalists these days is to count the number of times that presidential candidates interrupt each other during a debate. In the June 27 …
Plastic Natural motivators for plastic banscsmonitor.com - Reuters A year ago, the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu become the first country to ban plastic drinking straws. It also joined dozens of other countries …
Colombia Colombia’s compassion is vital to Venezuela’s futurecsmonitor.com - AP If there were an annual award for mass generosity – beyond mere money – surely Colombia would win it. By the end of this year, the South American …
Ukraine Sunshine on a shakedown culturecsmonitor.com - Reuters Long one of the world’s most corrupt countries, Ukraine received startling news last week. The economy grew 4.6% last quarter. It was the …
Opinion Why corporations redefine progresscsmonitor.com - AP The top executives of nearly 200 leading companies in the U.S. issued a statement Monday that tries to redefine progress in the business world. …
Student Athletes Saving the academic integrity of student-athletescsmonitor.com - AP That tiny hyphen that holds the label “student-athlete” together seems in danger of losing its original purpose. Coined in the 1950s, the term was …
Hong Kong’s counter message to ethnic patriotismcsmonitor.com - Reuters For three months, at least a third of Hong Kong’s population of only 7 million has been protesting for democratic rights in the streets of the …
In presidential race, sharp elbows or big hugs?csmonitor.com - AP Listen to a stump speech by Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker and you’ll hear calls for “civic grace” and “courageous empathy.” Read a …
Why the sudden challenge to autocracies?csmonitor.com - Reuters Since 2006, or just after the United States stumbled in forcing a democracy in Iraq, the world has witnessed a decline in political rights and civil …
A seed for society’s safety: Gun buybackscsmonitor.com - AP Since July 13, more than 7,000 gun owners in New Zealand have handed over their firearms to police under the country’s first program to buy back …
For frictions in global commerce, the world tries a new greasecsmonitor.com - Reuters As if in defiance of the prevailing winds against trade and commerce, 46 countries signed a treaty Wednesday aimed at helping international companies …
Climate gloom and innovation bloomcsmonitor.com - AP With many nations trying to create their own innovation economy, one of the more anticipated events almost every year is the latest global report on …
In Dayton and El Paso, the potential power of forgivenesscsmonitor.com - AP Like mass shootings in the past, police are still trying to pin down the exact motives for last weekend’s killings in two American cities. Such …
The latest lesson in how to end a conflictcsmonitor.com - AP Mozambique is not only one of the world’s poorest countries; it also has been home to one of the world’s longest-lasting rebel conflicts. On Tuesday, …
Safe spaces for young men adrift (and with guns)csmonitor.com - AP At a vigil Sunday for the nine people killed in the Dayton, Ohio, massacre, Mayor Nan Whaley was forced to calm an angry crowd. Many shouted “do …
