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… award-winning international films from the each of the last ten years will also be a part of the celebration. The … to be screened are:  Though I am Gone  (China, 2006);  4 Months 3 Weeks 2 Days  (Romania, 2007);  Uncle Boonme … A reception will follow the panels at  5:30p.m. “In the last ten years, the MacMillan Center has increased its scope …

…   Bring your questions and your sweet tooth every last Wednesday of the month during the academic year. Also, …

… voters went to the polls for the fourth time in the last four years. And as happened in December 2015, June 2016, … The fact that elections have become almost an annual event and that no party has been able to win a majority of … vote. Neither the PP nor PSOE had a majority and after six months of unsuccessful negotiation regarding formation of a …

… extension to Oct. 31 of the UK’s exit date the EU granted last April, yet another chapter was opened this week in the … former Prime Minister Theresa May on three occasions last spring and thus far has eluded him as well. On Oct. 17, … forward another motion to approve the withdrawal agreement last Monday and it did so. But Speaker John Bercow ruled the …

… action vs. UK for violating Northern Ireland Protocol Last week, the UK unilaterally extended a number of temporary … by the UK and EU in December that had exempted for several months a wide range of goods arriving in Northern Ireland … on January 29 set the stage for the dispute that unfolded last week. One involved the EU’s use of Article 16 of the …

… one might think the G7 leaders met in Cornwall last week primarily to urge British Prime Minister Boris … UK and EU. Following his meeting with President Joe Biden last Thursday and his meetings Friday and Saturday with … The grace periods varied in length but most were for three months and thus would expire as of April 1, 2021.  In early …

… decision to prorogue, or suspend, Parliament from last week until a Queen’s Speech opens a new session on Oct. 14. The prorogation took effect soon after midnight last Monday evening, after a tumultuous week in which, among … current session of Parliament in its second sitting week (last week) until a Queen’s Speech opens a new session on Oct. …

… suggest new agreement that would avoid Irish backstop Last Monday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote to … Ireland in the withdrawal agreement negotiated last year by the EU and UK that are designed to ensure the … position, repeated innumerable times over the past several months, that the withdrawal agreement could not be …

… the arrangement, the plan would be dead. The plan, agreed last July by the heads of state or government of the member … that featured, among other things, a week-long filibuster last week, the Finnish parliament was scheduled to vote on … plan. Given their strenuous resistance to the effort last fall to introduce some degree of rule-of-law …

… hit India, prompting a new round of localized lockdowns. Last year’s restrictions devastated the lives and livelihoods … better targeted, less restrictive lockdowns and two months of free food for poor households. This is encouraging, … longer-term measures are needed. Many who migrated home last year continue to struggle and those who had returned to …