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The police intervene with tear gas against anti-tax protestors marching on the Kenyan parliament in Nairobi in June 2023. Photo by Edwin Ndeke/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Kenya protests show citizens don’t trust government with their tax money: can Ruto make a meaningful new deal?

Citizens willingly pay taxes in return for government using these resources to provide services such as education and health.
Metropolitan Epiphanius of Kyiv leading a Christmas Eve prayer service at the St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, 24 December 2023. EPA-EFE/Oleg Petrasyuk

Ukraine’s churches are adopting the western calendar – but not everyone is happy

The Orthodox church has sought to distance itself from Russia, but changing the calendar means abandoning a principle that survived decades of Soviet repression.

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