Algeria feels it should be a leading light in the old global non-aligned movement. It's almost obsessed with its position in the world, but also somewhat paranoid. There's talk of reform, and there was talk of reform when the new president came in. But most people, I think, feel that it just simply hasn't happened.
Democrats will have a bit more breathing room in the Senate, with an outright majority provided by
Reverend Raphael Warnock’s win. We ask what the state-level victory reveals about national politics. Algeria’s leadership has benefited from an oil-and-gas boom; lamentably, its long-suffering citizenry
has not. And why an artificial intelligence success at the game
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