2018年12月26日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World News


The deep roots of America’s rural-urban political divide

Posted: 26 Dec 2018 01:03 PM PST

The deep roots of America's rural-urban political divideThe chasm of misunderstanding and animosity between rural and urban voters is one of the oldest divisions in American political life. As urban areas exploded in size and power, urban voters increasingly returned such disdain. Urban agglomerations were the economic future, country roads the past.


Those tiny flying intruders

Posted: 26 Dec 2018 11:54 AM PST

Those tiny flying intrudersThe huge disruption of air travel at Britain's second-busiest airport caused by small unmanned flying drones has brought new scrutiny to a growing risk to public safety, privacy, and security. Small flying drones don't need to carry any kind of explosive or weapon to pose a danger at airports.


Tiny Jordan's outsize role fostering interfaith understanding

Posted: 26 Dec 2018 10:01 AM PST

Tiny Jordan's outsize role fostering interfaith understandingEvery month, Christians and Muslims from Milan to Mecca, Kansas to Kuala Lumpur find common ground in an unusual place: a desert country the size of Maine surrounded by war zones. In Jordan, a royal family recognized as descendants of the prophet Muhammad, and a citizenry of Christians and Muslims who have lived side by side for centuries, have been playing an outsized role in fostering dialogue and common understanding among the world's faiths. Recommended: Can Islamist moderates remake the politics of the Muslim world?


Vowing to bulldoze corruption, Tanzania's president bulldozes dissent

Posted: 26 Dec 2018 06:23 AM PST

Vowing to bulldoze corruption, Tanzania's president bulldozes dissentOn a December day three years ago, two months after he was elected president of Tanzania, John Magufuli walked out of the presidential palace here and began scooping handfuls of dried leaves and torn plastic bags into a trash bin. Mr. Magufuli had run a campaign promising to clean up government in Tanzania, weeding out corruption and bureaucratic bloat. Recommended: Tanzania granted the largest-ever mass citizenship to refugees.


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