| With swift cancellation of 'Roseanne,' ABC draws line in sand Posted: 30 May 2018 02:05 PM PDT ![With swift cancellation of 'Roseanne,' ABC draws line in sand]( "With swift cancellation of 'Roseanne,' ABC draws line in sand") The "Roseanne" reboot could have been unifying TV. It was something rare in today's US entertainment: a depiction of an extended working class family, including supporters of President Trump. The real-life Roseanne Barr is different than "Roseanne," the character.
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| As world watches 'murdered' reporter case, Ukraine media crackdown grinds on Posted: 30 May 2018 12:59 PM PDT ![As world watches 'murdered' reporter case, Ukraine media crackdown grinds on]( "As world watches 'murdered' reporter case, Ukraine media crackdown grinds on") When a Russian journalist critical of the Kremlin is seemingly gunned down in Kiev – and then is revealed to have been faking his death as part of a geopolitical sting – it is quite rightly headline news in the West. While many of those targeted have been Russian – and thus claimed by Kiev as legitimate casualties of Ukraine's "information war" with Russia – an increasing number are Ukrainian, and whose offenses appear solely to have been criticism of the government's policies. More disturbing, analysts say, is the role of ultra-nationalist street gangs, who have besieged the offices of critical news outlets, threatened journalists, harassed LGBT activists, and dispersed meetings with seeming impunity, while police stood by and watched.
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| For Italy, all roads lead to EU values Posted: 30 May 2018 12:12 PM PDT ![For Italy, all roads lead to EU values]( "For Italy, all roads lead to EU values") For decades, the rest of the world could largely ignore the contact sport known as Italian politics. Not this week, when global financial markets took a giant dip out of fear that a postelection crisis in Rome might force a default on Italy's outsize debt or lead it to withdraw from Europe's shared currency. Qualities such as trust, fiscal prudence, and rule of law are indeed the unseen assets of an economy, especially in one that is the fourth largest in the European Union.
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| Bride price: South African young women weigh freedom and tradition Posted: 30 May 2018 09:27 AM PDT ![Bride price: South African young women weigh freedom and tradition]( "Bride price: South African young women weigh freedom and tradition") Sinegugu Sikhakhane stares at her reflection in the mirror of her bedroom, testing the makeup she will wear for her engagement party – a celebration of a proposal not made to her, or even with her knowledge. Ms. Sikhakhane was a third-year university student when her boyfriend approached her family to ask for her hand in marriage, sealing her future with a cash payment. "I didn't choose – my family chose for me," says Sikhakhane, a 22-year-old university graduate, pulling on her denim jacket and shaking loose her thick black hair.
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