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From the blog of Alex Rose at The Times of Israel

May 16, 2021 Share In preparation for the upcoming November 7, 2021 general elections, Nicaragua’s National Assembly passed amendments to its election law on May 4, 2021 and named a new slate of Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) magistrates. The amendments are unlikely to meet the Organization of American States (OAS) minimum standard for democratic reforms, which requires the implementation of guarantees for free, equal, open, and competitive elections, implying that the US, the European Union, and others will likely introduce additional sanctions this year. Changes to election laws ...

Adam Maida / The Atlantic / Getty If you have been fortunate enough to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, you also possess an essential, high-tech tool for proving your immunity to others. Just kidding, it’s a piece of cardstock. On the flimsy rectangle that all Americans get with their shots, doctors and pharmacists record dates of administration, vaccine type, and lot number. Some scrawl the information by hand with a pen; others apply a preprinted sticker. The cards offer no special marker to prove their authenticity, no scannable code to connect to a digital record. At three by four inches, th...

Born: Brightlingsea, Essex UK on 20.04.1935 Died: Lymington, Hampshire UK on 25.01.2021 Bob Fisher, the larger-than-life yachtsman, journalist and author crossed the bar peacefully on January 25th surrounded by family. He was 85. Three days before, Sir Ben Ainslie had called him from Auckland, New Zealand where he and his INEOS Team UK America's Cup team had just won the most exciting race in the 170-year history for the 'Auld Mug' to dedicate their victory to this fabled Cup historian. Bob Fisher was born and bred in the coastal town of Brightlingsea, Essex UK and made sailing his life. Enga...

PROSECUTORS have been asked to investigate whether Nicola Sturgeon’s husband misled the Holyrood inquiry into the Alex Salmond affair and…