The current Republican search for a presidential candidate has been singularly uninformative for the public. There has been no real debate over issues since all of the contestants have chosen
With their annual Chanukah celebration approaching, Young Israel of Tampa, an Orthodox Jewish synagogue, wanted to place an ad on the local bus network to spread the word. The ad included an image of a menorah, and highlighted that there would be ice skating, music and food. But the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority rejected the October 2020 proposal. Since 2013, the agency has .
Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko enacts restrictive religious law, mandating re-registration of every religious organization in the country and broadening grounds for their banning. Belarus refuses to let OSCE observe parliamentary elections, citing alleged "dominance of Western representatives in OSCE missions" and sanctions policies. Belarus and Sweden recall their emissaries in a diplomatic clash due to the appointment of a Swedish special envoy to the exiled Belarusian democratic movement.