[NEWS] Some Monday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Al Jazeera looks at the Tunisian election, notes the challenges of the Cherokee language, examines the situation of the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, looks at the plight of Sudanese refugees in Jordan, and shares photos indicating the possible future rise of Buddhist nationalism in Thailand.


• Bloomberg notes how Paul Krugman's thinking has altered Japan's Abenomics, considers the immunity of Britons to facts on immigration, looks at sports rivalries in Tehran, suggests that if Iran is any guide Russia will not be able to evade sanctions, examines the human consequences of Russia's devaluation of the ruble, and looks at Ukrainians' new interest in entering NATO.


• The Inter Press Service wonders if growing Chinese influence in Central Asia will undermine Russia's Eurasian Union, suggests that high rates of stress are responsible for high rates of infertility in Kashmir, looks at the plight of Russian immigrants, considers economic inequality in Mexico, looks at the flight of Iraq's Mandaeans from ISIS, considers the persecution of Sikhs in Pakistan, notes the plight of Syrian refugees, suggests that Cuba's response to Ebola might help Cuban-American relations, and examines the consequences of drought in Jamaica.


• National Geographic notes the importance of counties in England, looks at the devastating drought facing the Colorado River and its watershed, and notes Italy's increasingly fraught relationship with immigration.


• Open Democracy lambasts calls for Italy to become centralized and notes similarities and differences between Russia's Putin and Turkey's Erdogan.