With majority of opposition leaders in prison or abroad, Russians are preparing to vote in a presidential election that is unlikely to bring significant change. Bryn Rosenfeld is an assistant professor of government at Cornell University and studies post-communist politics and public opinion. She suggests that after the election, we can expect the announcement of an unpopular policy.

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Meta will stop using third-party fact checkers on Facebook, Threads and Instagram and instead rely on users to add notes to posts.

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David Silbey is a professor of history at Cornell University, specializing in military history, defense policy and battlefield analysis. Despite the success of Ukrainian attacks into Kursk, he says there is no simple solution, or magical weapon, that will suddenly change the battlefield dynamic.    

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Gustavo Flores-Macias is a professor of government at Cornell University and an expert in Latin American politics. With close to a super majority in both chambers of Congress, he says  the Mexican government's reform is likely to receive enough support in the legislature to pass. 

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Olúfémi Táíwò, professor of Africana studies at Cornell University, says it’s ironic that the same African leaders who decried colonialism, might now find common ground with the People’s Republic of China.   

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Former President Trump, in a speech to a group of conservative Christians last Friday, told the audience that if they voted for him this year, they wouldn’t need to in the future because in four more years, the election would be fixed, evidence of an agenda to reject democratic principles and electoral alternation says Cornell University professor Rachel Riedl. 

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Concerns about the Seine River’s cleanliness have caused delays in some Olympic swimming events in Paris despite a $1.5 billion cleanup effort. Brian Rahm, a biological and environmental engineering expert, says Paris’ ancient infrastructure and climate change will continue to muddy the waters. 

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Alexandra Blackman, assistant professor of government, studies the evolution of authoritarian institutions in the Middle East, and Mostafa Minawi, associate professor of history and director of the Center for Critical Ottoman and Post-Ottoman Studies, provide insight on the collapse of the Assad regime.

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Gustavo Flores-Macias, professor of government at Cornell University and an expert in Latin American politics says that despite her clear electoral mandate Sheinbaum’s new government faces several major challenges. 

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Russia announced that it will conduct exercises simulating the use of nuclear battlefield weapons in response to statements made by French President Emmanuel Macron and U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron, suggesting the potential for increased engagement in Ukraine. David Silbey is an associate professor of history at Cornell University specializing in military history, defense policy and battlefield analysis.

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