| In Tennessee Senate race, a clear test of centrism vs. ideology Posted: 01 Nov 2018 11:33 AM PDT ![In Tennessee Senate race, a clear test of centrism vs. ideology]( "In Tennessee Senate race, a clear test of centrism vs. ideology") To watch Democratic Senate candidate Phil Bredesen deliver a stump speech before a lunchtime Tennessee crowd, is to wonder whether one is looking at a future where US senators rediscover congeniality and bipartisanship – or at the past, at a throwback politician who is out of step with today's take-no-prisoners, tribal approach to governing. In this competitive contest in a red state, Democrats have in Mr. Bredesen a self-made health care executive who went on to become a respected politician with a history of coalition building – first as mayor of Nashville, and then as a popular two-term governor. It is the clearest test of centrism vs. ideology among the competitive Senate races, say analysts.
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| Peace waves in East Africa Posted: 01 Nov 2018 11:23 AM PDT ![Peace waves in East Africa]( "Peace waves in East Africa") Abiy Ahmed, the new prime minister of Ethiopia with a PhD in conflict resolution, certainly believes so. In the six months since he took office as Africa's youngest leader, Dr. Abiy has not only transformed the often-violent ethnic tensions of his own country with an approach he calls "love can win hearts," he has also become a whirlwind diplomat in East Africa with an olive-branch touch. "There is a wind of hope blowing in the Horn of Africa," said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres in September.
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| Between migrants and US border, an information gap of many miles Posted: 01 Nov 2018 08:35 AM PDT ![Between migrants and US border, an information gap of many miles]( "Between migrants and US border, an information gap of many miles") Carlos Palacio, a lanky mechanic in his early 20s, sits on a piece of cardboard on the edge of this Oaxacan town square, hiding from the sun. "Schools are easy recruitment centers for gangs," he says of his main drive for leaving the mountainous capital, Tegucigalpa.
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| Meanwhile in ... Berlin, three new rabbis have made history Posted: 31 Oct 2018 10:16 PM PDT ![Meanwhile in ... Berlin, three new rabbis have made history]( "Meanwhile in ... Berlin, three new rabbis have made history") Berlin, three new rabbis have made history. The graduates of the Berlin Rabbinical Seminary have become the first rabbis ordained in the city since the Nazis began persecuting Jews in the 1930s. "The fact that Berlin – the place where deportations and extermination [were] planned and decided – is once again home to the largest Jewish community in Germany is ... an undeserved gift," said German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, who marked the occasion at an event at a local synagogue.
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