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• In failed Hanoi summit, a silver lining: The drama phase is over
• Why Ukraine may elect a jokester
• It’s not a bust, ‘it’s a rescue’: Florida sting shows shift on trafficking
• Why protests are roiling Serbia anew, 20 years after Milošević

In failed Hanoi summit, a silver lining: The drama phase is over Posted: 01 Mar 2019 01:08 PM PST The courtship between President Trump and Kim Jong-un that hit a snag in Hanoi Thursday confirms a truth about world affairs: Showy symbolism is easy, diplomacy is hard. Mr. Trump is generally winning praise among foreign-policy experts and a bipartisan collection of US leaders for balking at North Korea's demands for quick and substantial sanctions relief in exchange for little in the way of denuclearization.

Why Ukraine may elect a jokester Posted: 01 Mar 2019 12:20 PM PST Ukraine is entering its sixth year of a low-level conflict with Russia in which more than 10,000 people have been killed. The fictional president's honesty and humility become an asset to him as a leader. The comedian, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, is now a real-life candidate for president.

It’s not a bust, ‘it’s a rescue’: Florida sting shows shift on trafficking Posted: 01 Mar 2019 11:39 AM PST After using hidden cameras to film hundreds of men receiving illicit sex inside a Jupiter, Fla., massage parlor, Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies decided to make their move. An eight-month investigation had uncovered a clandestine operation that trafficked Asian sex workers, most of whom had come to the United States legally in search of work. Eleven alleged owners and hundreds of men have been charged with crimes ranging from trafficking to solicitation.

Why protests are roiling Serbia anew, 20 years after Milošević Posted: 01 Mar 2019 10:35 AM PST Serbia's last mass movement ousted the autocrat Slobodan Milošević almost 20 years ago. Demonstrations in support of an opposition politician who was badly beaten have grown into nationwide marches against the policies of the Serbian government. Today's demonstrators are hoping to push the current president along the same path as Milošević: out of power.

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