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• As US pulls back from world, Canada steps up to fill the gap
• Mexico takes lead to rein in Venezuela – and sends message to voters at home
• One state’s opioid crisis sheds light on national health-care debate
• The 'other travel ban': Why California is putting other states on no-go list

As US pulls back from world, Canada steps up to fill the gap Posted: 30 Jun 2017 12:43 PM PDT "Many of the [American] voters in last year's presidential election cast their ballots, animated in part by a desire to shrug off the burden of world leadership," Chrystia Freeland told the House of Commons, before announcing an uptick in military spending. Canada has long seen itself as a middle power.

Mexico takes lead to rein in Venezuela – and sends message to voters at home Posted: 30 Jun 2017 12:31 PM PDT Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced this week that if his government's "Bolivarian Revolution" were ever threatened, his supporters would turn to weapons. Recommended: How much do you know about Mexico? For several years, neighboring countries and international actors, even the pope, have tried to help stem Venezuela's mounting crises.

One state’s opioid crisis sheds light on national health-care debate Posted: 30 Jun 2017 11:28 AM PDT As the chief medical officer at a downtown hospital, William Goodman has seen how opioid abuse can ravage a community. Until 2014, able-bodied adults living just above the poverty line in New Hampshire didn't qualify for Medicaid. Now they do, and that expansion has undergirded a rollout of services for substance abuse and mental illness.

The 'other travel ban': Why California is putting other states on no-go list Posted: 30 Jun 2017 08:15 AM PDT When California announced last week that it was restricting state-funded travel to Texas, Shaun Harper faced a dilemma. Should his organization hold its annual conference in November in Houston, as it had planned for months? "Some people were immediately like, 'You've got to get out of Texas as soon as possible,' " says Mr. Harper, president of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE).

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