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Tunisia's democratic choice faces populist challenge

Voices // 2 days ago

Tunisia's democratic choice faces populist challenge

Sept. 13 (UPI) -- As they go to the polls Sunday to elect a new president, Tunisians will be choosing between conventional politicians or populist candidates with no political experience.

Religion at heart of resistance in the age of Trump

Voices // 2 days ago

Religion at heart of resistance in the age of Trump

Disengaging from Central Asia is a bad idea

Voices // 3 days ago

Disengaging from Central Asia is a bad idea

For many religious Americans, the word 'liberal' has become taboo

Voices // 3 days ago

For many religious Americans, the word 'liberal' has become taboo

Brexit: Don't forget, people change their minds

Voices // 4 days ago

Brexit: Don't forget, people change their minds

Great Britain is experiencing a tectonic unraveling in the form of Brexit that could have equally far-reaching effects for Europe and the Atlantic Alliance as Sept. 11 had for America.

Far fewer Mexican immigrants are coming to U.S.

Voices // 5 days ago

Far fewer Mexican immigrants are coming to U.S.

Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Once upon a time, not long ago, Mexicans dominated the flow of migrants coming to the United States. That is no longer the case.

France's Emmanuel Macron is Europe's chief appeaser of Iran

Voices // 6 days ago

France's Emmanuel Macron is Europe's chief appeaser of Iran

Sept. 9 (UPI) -- French President Emmanuel Macron has been a primary critic of U.S. President Donald Trump's aggressive policy against the Iranian regime, claiming that it will ultimately lead to war.

U.S.-China standoff affecting American businesses, Main Street

Voices // 1 week ago

U.S.-China standoff affecting American businesses, Main Street

Sept. 6 (UPI) -- As the United States-China standoff plays out in public before the world, we can't lose sight of the fact that companies here in the United States are fighting a battle to prepare their workforce.

Europe should follow Florida's example for how to treat farmworkers

Voices // 1 week ago

Europe should follow Florida's example for how to treat farmworkers

Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Thousands of seasonal strawberry pickers in Spain are women from Morocco on temporary visas. To supply markets in the United Kingdom and elsewhere with fresh berries, they work 12-hour shifts in overheated greenhouses.

Greatest threat to U.S. is decline of global leadership

Voices // 1 week ago

Greatest threat to U.S. is decline of global leadership

Geese fly in V-formations. At the apex is a leader. Without a leader, geese would become a disorderly gaggle. This analogy applies to the international order.

New law criminalizing Muslim 'instant divorce' divides feminists

Voices // 1 week ago

New law criminalizing Muslim 'instant divorce' divides feminists

Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Since a law making it illegal for Muslim men to divorce their wives by pronouncing the word "talaq" three times was finally passed by the Indian parliament at the end of July, it has been the focus of bitter argument.

Queen had to say yes to Boris Johnson's request to suspend Parliament

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Queen had to say yes to Boris Johnson's request to suspend Parliament

Aug. 30 (UPI) -- When Queen Elizabeth II agreed to suspend Parliament, she gave British Prime Minister Boris Johnson what he wanted.

'New approach' to Cuba must rely on realistic historical assessments

Voices // 2 weeks ago

'New approach' to Cuba must rely on realistic historical assessments

Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Fidel Castro may have died in 2016, but 60 years after he and his top lieutenants rolled into Havana on tanks, the dictatorship that he set up is far from gone.

MLK's dream, Emmett Till's death capture warring soul of nation

Voices // 2 weeks ago

MLK's dream, Emmett Till's death capture warring soul of nation

Aug. 28 (UPI) -- It was Aug. 28, 1963, a hot Wednesday afternoon in Washington, D.C., Martin Luther King, Jr. seized the American imagination with his dream for this nation.

GOP, Democrats offer no place for a rising moral middle

Voices // 2 weeks ago

GOP, Democrats offer no place for a rising moral middle

Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The political structures and assumptions of the last four decades in the United States are headed toward implosion. The two parties are not only ideologically incoherent; they are bleeding membership.

Operation Fall Weiss: Lessons of World War II still relevant

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Operation Fall Weiss: Lessons of World War II still relevant

Eighty year ago, on Sept. 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland, starting World War II.

India ends Kashmir's separation, giving hope to expatriate Hindus

Voices // 2 weeks ago

India ends Kashmir's separation, giving hope to expatriate Hindus

Aug. 27 (UPI) -- When the Indian government finally abrogated Articles 370 and 35A, two articles of the Indian constitution that belatedly conferred Kashmir a "special status," my family celebrated.

Iran's foreign minister should be banned from Europe

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Iran's foreign minister should be banned from Europe

Aug. 26 (UPI) -- There was the usual outpouring of criticism when U.S. President Donald Trump added the name of Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran's foreign minister, to the U.S. terrorist list.

Look elsewhere for international real estate

Voices // 3 weeks ago

Look elsewhere for international real estate

Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Look elsewhere for international real estate, Harlan Ullman advises in a satirical letter to Donald Trump.

Hong Kong protests will have lasting economic consequences

Voices // 3 weeks ago

Hong Kong protests will have lasting economic consequences

Aug. 22 (UPI) -- While most of the consequences of protests in Hong Kong are difficult to anticipate, some of the economic impacts are already being felt and add up to long-term challenges to the city's prosperity.

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