Former U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May once said: "If you believe you are a citizen of the world, you're a citizen of nowhere." As a Brit transplanted to California, writing this from Greece, I beg to differ — and so does OZY. We believe in the value of a global outlook, and today we bring you an overview of major 2020 elections beyond the United States. Throughout the year we'll continue this approach. I hope you'll join us for the ride.
| Akok Akok abruptly disappeared from high school and turned up at UConn. Now the Huskies need him to be a consistent presence. Akok Akok had carefully plotted a path to the status of an elite prospect: He was featured on a top AAU club (Mass Rivals) and put in two years at Connecticut’s Putnam Science Academy. He was being chased by top college programs ahead of a postgraduate year. Then he disappeared. Akok withdrew from school with no explanation. Rumors of a move to the NBA’s G League swirled, but Akok ultimately enrolled at UConn in December 2018, joining the team as a walk-on before making his debut under the lights this season. | READ NOW |
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| | These elections will shape the world that America’s next president confronts. Elections this year will offer a rare look at the state of global democracy, as some of America’s closest allies and bitterest opponents — and important but fledgling democracies — chart their futures. OZY gives you a preview of what to expect. | READ NOW |
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| | The streaming wars will be won by those with the best bundles. |
| | Some therapists have long extolled the benefits of MDMA for fixing your relationship. |
| | The drink of the Vikings is coming back to Iceland. |
| | Susan La Flesche Picotte graduated from medical school in 1889, 35 years before Native Americans became U.S. citizens. |
| | At the rate we're heating the Earth, our hot spots and cool spots are going to change. |
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