| Why US needs more than its own sanctions to sway Venezuela's Maduro Posted: 01 Aug 2017 12:57 PM PDT ![Why US needs more than its own sanctions to sway Venezuela's Maduro]( "Why US needs more than its own sanctions to sway Venezuela's Maduro") After promising "strong and swift actions against the architects of authoritarianism in Venezuela," the Trump administration went right for the top Monday – slapping sanctions on President Nicolás Maduro. For starters, the US is threatening to impose targeted financial sanctions on anyone who participates in the Constituent Assembly resulting from Sunday's elections.
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| How Winter Olympians prep in summertime: wheels, wet suits, and virtual reality Posted: 01 Aug 2017 12:08 PM PDT ![How Winter Olympians prep in summertime: wheels, wet suits, and virtual reality]( "How Winter Olympians prep in summertime: wheels, wet suits, and virtual reality") There's not a snowflake in the sky, but Winter Olympic hopefuls are already flying off ski jumps in Utah, firing up their luge sleds in Lake Placid, N.Y., and cross-country skiing past Vermont cow pastures. The perseverance and perfection highlighted on TV for those short few weeks are being honed now, thanks in part to the innovative methods devised by coaches, trainers, and equipment designers. In some ways the lack of natural snow or ice actually makes for safer, more efficient training.
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| Constituent Assembly: Why Venezuela voted, and why it matters Posted: 01 Aug 2017 11:52 AM PDT ![Constituent Assembly: Why Venezuela voted, and why it matters]( "Constituent Assembly: Why Venezuela voted, and why it matters") After four months of steady anti-government protests, clashes between citizens and armed forces, and increasingly dire shortages of food and medical supplies, the world watched last weekend as Venezuela stepped into uncharted waters. President Nicolás Maduro hosted a nationwide vote to form a Constituent Assembly granted nearly unlimited legal powers and slated to rewrite the Constitution. What does this mean for the future of Venezuela?
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| Russia’s diplomatic reprisals put relations with US in deep freeze Posted: 01 Aug 2017 09:29 AM PDT ![Russia's diplomatic reprisals put relations with US in deep freeze]( "Russia's diplomatic reprisals put relations with US in deep freeze") Russian TV is running film of US diplomatic vehicles being turned away today from a suburban dacha complex that, until recently, served as the main weekend retreat for embassy staffers in Moscow to walk their dogs, have a barbecue, or just enjoy the outdoors. Sixty percent of US diplomatic staff in Russia will have to be cut within a month, and two key embassy facilities were seized today, amid a round of political body blows that looks almost unprecedented in the troubled history of these two countries. What is most remarkable about the Russian TV coverage is the meanness of the tone.
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