| Does Trump have a foreign policy? Mixed US messages leave Russia wondering. Posted: 12 Apr 2017 12:40 PM PDT ![Does Trump have a foreign policy? Mixed US messages leave Russia wondering.]( "Does Trump have a foreign policy? Mixed US messages leave Russia wondering.") Seldom in the strained history of US-Russian relations have signals seemed more dangerously crossed, or the misunderstandings more unfathomable, than they are right now, even as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson tried to chart a way forward on Syria in meetings with Russian leaders. No breakthroughs occurred during Mr. Tillerson's visit to Moscow, but after lengthy meetings with his counterpart Sergei Lavrov and with President Vladimir Putin, Tillerson and Mr. Lavrov emerged Wednesday to tell journalists that despite the "low level of trust" between the US and Russia, they were prepared to move forward on diplomatic solutions to the crises in Syria, Ukraine, and North Korea.
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| US drops out of top 5 death penalty countries in the world Posted: 12 Apr 2017 08:49 AM PDT ![US drops out of top 5 death penalty countries in the world]( "US drops out of top 5 death penalty countries in the world") Capital punishment fell by more than one-third around the world last year – and the United States dropped out of the top 5 countries for the first time in a decade. Compared with 2015, the human rights group found that capital punishment had decreased by 37 percent. Over the past few decades, the international view of capital punishment has shifted considerably, with more than two thirds of all nations no longer supporting the death penalty, either legally or in practice.
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| Soros-founded university, an island of liberal thought, can stay open, says Hungary Posted: 12 Apr 2017 07:16 AM PDT ![Soros-founded university, an island of liberal thought, can stay open, says Hungary]( "Soros-founded university, an island of liberal thought, can stay open, says Hungary") Hungary said on Wednesday there was a way for a university founded by US financier George Soros to continue operations, following protests after opponents said a new law threatened its future. The law stipulated that the Central European University (CEU) must open a branch in its home state of New York alongside its campus in Budapest and secure a bilateral agreement of support from the US government. Hungarian Education Secretary Laszlo Palkovics told the news web site HVG.hu on Wednesday the CEU could issue diplomas if it extended a license agreement with its Hungarian sister school to teach its courses.
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| In Atlanta's suburbs, is a political revolution brewing? Posted: 11 Apr 2017 03:30 PM PDT ![In Atlanta's suburbs, is a political revolution brewing?]( "In Atlanta's suburbs, is a political revolution brewing?") Amid honking horns and kids waving "Vote Your Ossoff" signs, Lisa Duncan relishes the excitement driving Jon Ossoff, a Democrat, to a commanding lead in a district that Republicans have owned since the 1970s.
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