Joe Biden’s Ireland trip reinforces narrative of the American dream

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‘Keep your head down’ — Americans in Russia tread carefully after arrest of US journalist

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MOSCOW — If Amer­i­cans in Rus­sia were wor­ried before, they now have an extra rea­son to be con­cerned.  The arrest of the Wall Street Jour­nal reporter Evan Ger­shkovich has sent rip­ples of alarm through the com­mu­ni­ty of Amer­i­can jour­nal­ists in Rus­sia, leav­ing many in the coun­try won­der­ing who, if any­one, might be next.  Ger­shkovich was seized by FSB security…

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Top Questions Remain Following VP Harris’ Africa Visit

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Unit­ed States Vice Pres­i­dent Kamala Har­ris com­plet­ed a three-nation African Tour, vis­it­ing Ghana, Zam­bia, and Tan­za­nia. “It was an hon­our being in Ghana, Tan­za­nia and Zam­bia – strength­en­ing the very impor­tant rela­tion­ship and friend­ship between the peo­ple of the Unit­ed States and those who live on the con­ti­nent of Africa” Tweet­ed Kamala Har­ris. What inspired…

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Easter in Ethiopia: Hoping for peace and rebirth

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Ethiopia’s small Catholic com­mu­ni­ty cel­e­brates the Res­ur­rec­tion of Christ on 16 April, in line with the cal­en­dar of the Ethiopi­an Cop­tic Ortho­dox Church. The head of the Socio-Pas­­toral Com­mis­sion of the Arch­dio­cese of Addis Aba­ba and a Sale­sian Sis­ter talk about their hopes for true peace in Tigray, and about an inter-con­­gre­­ga­­tion­al net­work project promoted…

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Demonstrations in Kenya: Important Details You Need to Know

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“We shall now hold protests every Mon­day and every Thurs­day begin­ning next week,” said Raila Odin­ga, oppo­si­tion par­ty leader who lost to Pres­i­dent William Ruto in Kenya’s last pres­i­den­tial elec­tions. A for­eign source cov­er­ing the recent Kenyan demon­stra­tions said Kenyans are angry Ruto lied to them. Police arrest­ed over 200 peo­ple dur­ing a March 20…

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Trump’s indictment takes over news channels

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This sto­ry, plus news orga­ni­za­tions refuse to pay for Twit­ter check­mark, new data from Pew Research Cen­ter on Amer­i­cans’ sup­port for a Tik­Tok ban and more, all in today’s media head­lines. Top Sto­ries Mar 30, 2023Indictment elic­its exten­sive cov­er­age, and some gasps, on TV. Katie Robert­son / The New York Times Mar 30, 2023News organizations […]…

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