Last week, Turkey announced its withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, a fundamental European treaty that aims to prevent and combat domestic violence and other types of violence against women. As a result, thousands of people took to the streets of Turkish cities such as Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir on Saturday to protest. The country become angrier after the trending Turkish…
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Photo: The AstraZeneca vaccine will now come with a warning label. Credit: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/after-reports-blood-clots-some-countries-pause-use-astrazeneca-covid-n1260888 UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French Prime Minister Jean Castex are rolling up their sleeves to receive their first jabs of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in an effort to restore public trust in it. A handful of patients reported experiencing blood clots after getting their AstraZeneca coronavirus…
Russian-born Artemi Panarin is easy to root for. He’s got something of an underdog’s persona, which is odd considering he is arguably the best winger in the entire National Hockey League. Maybe the underdog thing can be attributed to his slight build and his goofball attitude. Or it could be the videos he posts of “hockey training” with his Jack…
Ramble On: A Conversation with an American Expatriate Living in Portugal
Photo: E.V. Legters left the U.S. for Portugal in 2017. Credit: https://www.essential-business.pt/2020/08/26/portuguese-citizenship-applications-at-all-time-high/ E.V. Legters is an American fiction writer and former English teacher. In 2017, she left America for Coimbra, Portugal. The U.S. Department of State estimates that Legters is one of 10 million Americans living abroad, and one of nearly 7,000 living in Portugal. Last week, Editor Harrison Kass…