The worst-kept secret in Washington these days is that Hillary Rodham Clinton will become the 45th president of the United States on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. That will also give her the distinction of being the first female chief executive... Continue Reading
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose full name would hardly appear on an American Scrabble board, is the new president of Turkey. He won 52 percent in Turkey's first ever direct presidential election. His rivals, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, garnered 38 percent, and Selahattin Demirtas... Continue Reading
Eight thousand air miles from New York City, the estimated 860,000 inhabitants of the tiny island country of Fiji are preparing for their first Democratic Parliamentary elections since 2006 on Sept. 17. Located in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean, Fiji... Continue Reading