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Euroviews. Trump's stubborn support for Saudi Arabia is indefensible | View

Some of the bombs being dropped on poor Yemenis — including on the school bus where 40 children died in August 2018 — were made in America. So were the planes from which they are being dropped.

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Euroviews. Training to be Magnus Carlsen: How chess makes children smarter | View

Players battling it out to be world champion command millions of dollars in winnings and sponsorship. But chess has long been linked to high brain capacity - and could help make children smarter.

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Euroviews. Have millennials killed phone calls? | View

About a century after Americans commandeered the phone for personal chit-chat, what is left? Personal chit-chat — very personal chit-chat.

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Euroviews. The problem with the new Fantastic Beasts is that JK Rowling wrote it

Nominally about the adventures of Newt Scamander and his American pals in Paris, the film is thwarted by its many subplots and cameos.

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Euroviews. I was Michelle Obama's photographer. Here's what she taught me | View

I still hear the first lady's voice in my head every time I am confronted with a challenge that scares me.

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Euroviews. Extending Article 50 is now the only way to avoid Brexit chaos | View

In the face of an unpopular deal negotiated by Theresa May, we must now extend Article 50 to avoid a 'no deal' or 'blind' Brexit.

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Euroviews. Businesses stockpiling for a 'no deal' Brexit are paying a heavy price

Businesses in the UK being forced to stockpile products because of the uncertainty over a ‘no deal’ Brexit are paying a heavy price.

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Euroviews. Stan Lee was a man, not a hero. But he leaves behind a radical legacy

Stan Lee may have been mortal, but his ideas, like his superheroes, will never die.

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Euroviews. My identity under the Good Friday Agreement is under threat | View

The Good Friday Agreement is under siege – and so is my right to have an Irish identity in Northern Ireland.

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Euroviews. Trump is in a global hole of his own making, and he can't stop digging

Why should we care? Trump may extoll the benefits of nationalism, but America desperately needs loyal, determined partners right now.

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Euroviews. Trump made the midterms about values — that's why Republicans lost

Republicans are bleeding suburban voters who used to vote reliably Republican. This was key to the Democratic takeover of the House.

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Euroviews. How Matthew Whitaker's surprise promotion will help Trump stop Mueller

As acting attorney general, Whitaker supplants Rosenstein as Mueller’s immediate supervisor (unless, like Sessions, he must also recuse from the matter). As such, he inherits the authority, among other things, to control the scope of Mueller’s investigation.

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Euroviews. Why late-night comedians became some of 2018's best political analysts

Comedian Stephen Colbert and company did an excellent job of putting election night in perspective.

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Euroviews. Liberals, put the midterm champagne away | View

The midterms prove the president's message still reflects the serious concerns of many average Americans.

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Euroviews. Russia has been quiet — but it may still have a trick up its sleeve

Even in a highly distributed election such as the midterms, attacking the certainty Americans have in democracy is still possible.

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Euroviews. Queen biopic 'Bohemian Rhapsody' has no idea what made Freddie Mercury

Strong acting from Rami Malek and others can’t hide the film’s substantial plot flaws.

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Euroviews. Merkel defended democracy against populism. She also fueled its rise

Will history remember Merkel as the woman who helped build the current liberal world order or someone whose decisions have put it in jeopardy? Or both?

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Euroviews. "Moria is worse than war": Children on life in a refugee camp | View

Children and young people explain what it's like to grow up in an overcrowded refugee camp, and how access to a family support center gives them hope.

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Euroviews. UK Tories' support for Orban: A sign of our troubled times | View

Orbán’s Hungary and Brexit Britain are symptoms of the same malaise that has befallen much of the West, writes UK Labour MEP Neena Gill.

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Euroviews. What populists get wrong about migrants and terrorism | View

In the era of misinformation, what do the numbers reveal about terrorism trends in Europe and beyond?