#Regional

The Armenia-Azerbaijan war won't seem to end. Will the Caucasus become the Balkans of the 21st Century: a (frequently overlooked) conflict-prone region that eventually sparks a wider war?Let's compare the
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There's this idea that white (Christian) America doesn't have a culture of it's own - but of course it does. Is just that white (Christian) Americans insist their culture isn't
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THREAD: On Aug 6, 1965, 153 days after John Lewis was beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, the VRA was signed into law. In 2013, the GOP-led Sup Court gutted
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What is the plausibility of a coalition of 10 Muslim-majority nations becoming the final Beast empire? Could such a confederation, centered around Turkey, realistically dominate the ME and threaten the
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People keep asking me if the Kremlin abandoned Trump. They still support him but are indifferent & mock him. He was just one of their weapons used to attack America
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Surprise Surprise. What do we have here? French President Emmanual Macron and the CEO of BUA Cement signing a deal to build a mega oil refinery in Akwa Ibom. A
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The @IATA #COVID19 briefing for 14 April 2020 is now kicking off. Three weeks ago IATA had estimates of $252bn in revenue dip. Turns out that the worldwide flights operating
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1/ FM @NicolaSturgeon entirely correct on independence and nuclear weapons. They will be removed from Scotland at pace but with safety as the uppermost priority. This will be an issue
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THE ACTS OF GENOCIDE OF @prosperity2022 The one PP policy that I had cautious support for was the language policy AS I UNDERSTOOD IT. I was happy to hear more
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Whole Foods made me take off my BLM mask. They said that they support and stand with the black community & that they don’t stand for racism, but fear the
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Tonight, @k12albemarle School Board will consider a move to stage 3. That's one segment in today's edition of the Charlottesville Community Engagement newsletter and newscast.https://bit.ly/3dbk25P  Also in today's edition,
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A lot of my campaigning in #CIPRElection is via video. For variety, here’s a Twitter-thread, for anyone who prefers that as a format. I’ll set out my positive & ambitious
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Jersey border and vaccination press conference about to begin. Highlights as we go in this thread… Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, Health Minister and Dr Ivan Muscat doing the briefing.
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A few closing thoughts on the 116th World Series.To me the key metrics in looking at the World Series are always volume of games and how the Series rates relative
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Greece reports 156 new cases in the last 24 hours.An increase from yesterday, where 138 cases were reported.Today’s announcements from the UK government show quarantine measures may now
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One of the things I like to see while out walking: signs of hedges having been laid (also called pleaching) many years ago: Hedge laying doesn't mean hedge *planting*. It's
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