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3 minutes read By Carla Samon Ros Lima, Apr 12 (EFE).- Either an extreme leftist or an authoritarian rightist, a Marxist teacher or a political heir accused of money laundering. These are the two choices facing millions of Peruvian voters on Monday morning after the preliminary results of the first presidential election round were made public. According to the latest report from the ONPE national election office, with about 83 percent of the ballots counted, union leader Pedro Castillo, with ...

Comparative Status of Women in Pakistan and Bangladesh Fabien Baussart 10th April, 2021 06:17:02 March 8 marks a day of recognition that women around the world are still fighting for basic rights and equality. In Asia two Bangladesh and Pakistan – two countries that till 1971 were one nation are at diametrically opposite ends when it comes to the status of women. For years, women in Pakistan have been severely disadvantaged anddiscriminated against. They have been denied the enjoyment of a w...

It was March 2014 when the cast of Captain America: The Winter Soldier assembled in London for the U.K. leg of their international press tour. For some, namely Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, and Samuel L. Jackson, this wasnt their first rodeo with Marvel Studios. They knew their talking points and how to regale reporters at the press conference by swapping war stories and feeding off each others energy. Sebastian Stan, only on his second outing in the franchise, was more reserved. He offered...

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The Atlantic I Care A Lot The Netflix neo-noir isn’t just about a merciless scammer; it’s about the broken bureaucracies that enable her abuse. Seacia Pavao / Netflix Psychiatric hospitals, nursing homes, and other long-term-care facilities have served as chilling backdrops to some of film’s most arresting psychological thrillers. But the foreboding lighthouse of Shutter Island and the macabre, labyrinthine hospital of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest pale in comparison with both movie...

So on January 4, she started what shes careful to call a passion project: Shoutout, a Facebook-only publication that features original pieces by a team of volunteer writers and also collates LGBTQ stories from other local outlets. To date, theyve profiled people like Rusty Tennant, who helms Fuse Theatre Ensembles OutWright Theatre Festival, and Daniel Quasar, the designer behind the Progress Pride Flag; Poison Waters produces a weekly Q&A column with local drag artists. To supplement...

The Atlantic Democracy is under attack, and we need to protect it. January 21, 2021 Getty / The Atlantic As I sat in my Capitol Hill office two weeks ago, watching a violent mob storm the symbol and seat of our democracy, I was reminded of my distant past. As a child, I saw my birth country of Somalia descend from relative stability into civil war, overnight. The spaces where people felt most secure—their homes and workplaces—suddenly became battlegrounds, torn by gunfights and bombings. Vi...

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