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Africa: YPLS Africa Receives Regional Recognition

[Liberian Observer] The Young Political Leadership School Africa (YPLS Africa) was honored at the climax of the 20th Anniversary celebrations of the West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) in Accra, Ghana, on November 21, 2025, at the Holiday Inn Hotel, for its outstanding

Rifts over Venezuela boat strikes split GOP

The fallout over U.S. boat strikes on Venezuela are laying bare rifts within the Republican Party as the situation in the Caribbean intensifies. President Trump over the weekend confirmed he spoke with the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, but did not divulge any details

Republicans show new signs of independence from Trump

Republicans are showing signs of picking their battles against President Trump, with the administration’s handling of military strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean serving as the latest catalyst. Republicans in Congress have been exceedingly deferential to the White

John Updike Wrote It All Down

As a producer of sentences, paragraphs, and pages worth reading, John Updike was voluminous. Over the course of his life he steadily, industriously, and almost magically produced several dozen big (and even when small, dense with imagery and intelligence) volumes —novels,

AI showdown splits Republicans in high-stakes NDAA talks

A battle among Republican lawmakers over the future of U.S. AI policy is threatening to hold up a must-pass annual Defense bill. Lawmakers are wrestling over whether to halt state AI regulations and other thorny AI provisions in final negotiations over the National Defense

Ten years of the EU–Kazakhstan Enhanced Partnership

Kazakhstan and the EU celebrate the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (EPCA), concluded in December 2015. The EPCA established an enhanced legal basis for EU–Kazakhstan relations. That’s why Kazakh Foreign Minister Yermek