Archives for March 2023

Jim McKee is standing at the end of a line that snakes through five aisles of fiction inside the Books-A-Million store in Florida's capital city. … [Read more...] about DeSantis team welcomes contrast with Trump ‘chaos’ candidacy

A big day has come for French high school student Elisa Fares. At age 17, she is taking part in her first protest. … [Read more...] about In Macron’s France, streets and fields seethe with protest

Flak jackets are piled up at Ukraine's Zaporizhstal steel plant, and anti-tank traps guard the entrance. Whenever air raid sirens sound -- and they go off every day -- most workers head to one of the 16 bomb shelters scattered across the sprawling grounds. … [Read more...] about A steel plant ready for war shows hit to Ukraine’s economy

China's global campaign to win friends and influence policy has blossomed in a surprising place: Utah, a deeply religious and conservative state with few obvious ties to the world's most powerful communist country. … [Read more...] about Amid strained U.S. ties, China finds unlikely friend in Utah

Trains, planes and public transit systems stood still across much of Germany on Monday as labor unions called a major one-day strike over salaries in an effort to win inflation-busting raises for their members. … [Read more...] about Strike over pay paralyzes rail, air travel in Germany