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Senior military officers and loyalists dominate Zimbabwe's new 22-member cabinet appointed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The short 'honeymoon' is over, say critics who had hoped he'd be more inclusive.
There is a plan to replace Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with CIA Director Mike Pompeo, after months of rockiness between Tillerson and President Trump. (The Washington Post)
The high-profile case of Reza Zarrab, who allegedly ran a gold-for-oil scheme to dodge international sanctions against Iran, is only one example of a larger trend in Turkey: the resurgence of organized crime.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends a ceremony marking Ataturk's death anniversary, Ankara, Turkey November 10, 2017. Photo: Umit Bektas / Reuters
A painfully earnest Sen. Marco Rubio, right, explains to Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer of Politico why cutting taxes for the 1% is good, but preserving Social Security and Medicare benefits for the working class is bad. (Politico)
For the cost of cutting corporate income taxes, the US could provide universal pre-K and make tuition free at public colleges for non-affluent students.
When a devastating drought two years ago brought this metropolis of 21 million to the brink, the army prepared to barricade reservoirs. Could it happen again?
‘Welcome to the Cantareira Desert’ ... in January 2015 the city’s main Cantareira reservoir was down to 5% – barely a month’s supply of water. Photograph: Sebastiao Moreira/EPA
