Thursday, August 08, 2019

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  Washington's Blog


  • Eric Zuesse On Tuesday, August 6th, the Trump Administration helped to lead a meeting In Lima Peru, of representatives from around 60 governments that have joined U.S. President...

  • The Most Reliable Simple Way to Identify the Best Democratic Presidential Candidates

    a day ago
  • Eric Zuesse Can one reasonably trust the campaign promises of Presidential candidates? Not at all! This isn’t only because the candidate might not be able to achieve his promises...

  • Long After Hiroshima

    2 days ago

    • Remarks August 6, 2019, at Hiroshima to Hope in Seattle, Washington How do we honor victims? We can remember them and appreciate who they were. But there were too many of them, and too...

      The Vintage News



  • Could Snow White have been real? We often imagine that fictional stories contain within them at least a grain of truth; perhaps the setting shares a likeness to the author’s home...

  • Body of 1930s Hoodlum John Dillinger to be Exhumed and DNA Tested

    15 hours ago
  • John Dillinger is back in the news under extraordinary circumstances. His family wants to exhume his body, which they have doubts is actually of their relative, and use DNA testing...

  • People Seeking the Abandoned ‘Into the Wild’ Bus Don’t Always Return

    2 days ago

    • It is a treacherous journey to reach the ‘Into the Wild’ bus. But for some brave souls, it’s worth it. In May 1990, a young man named Cristopher McCandless graduated from college...

      Utopia – you are standing in it!




  • Can Cities Sue Oil Companies for Climate Change? [POLICYbrief]

    an hour ago

  • Acemoglu and Robinson on the geography hypothesis

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    •   TARPLEY.net



  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Wednesday, August 7, 2019 Trump Appeases Xi by Branding Protests as “Riots,” Says Looming Crackdown...

  • Beijing Rulers Mass Troops Near Hong Kong in Preparation for Massacre of Mass Movement of Pro-Democracy Protesters; U.S. Must Issue Solemn Warning That Nuremberg War Crimes Precedents Are Still Valid and Will Be Enforced Against Xi Clique and PLA Officers!

    2 days ago
  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Tuesday, August 6, 2019 Trump Refuses to Provide for the Common Defense by Disarming Violent Domestic...

  • As General Strike Grips Hong Kong, Beijing Devalues Chinese Yuan Below 7 to Dollar; Dow Falls 767, with Monday Evening Futures Pointing to 500 More Points on Downside; Massive Flight into U.S. Treasuries Drives Interest Rates Down!

    3 days ago

    • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Monday, August 5, 2019 Has China Run Out of Dollars Needed to Prop Up Overvalued Currency They Hoped...

      Sustainable Pulse



  • Home Depot on Monday was hit with a proposed class action in California federal court over sales of Monsanto’s weedkiller Roundup, saying the retail giant fails to warn of its cancer...

  • Tasmania Extends Ban on GMOs

    18 hours ago
  • The Tasmanian Government has extended its ban on the introduction of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) into the island state until 2029. Source: Grain Central Tasmania introduced...

  • Insects Face Boom in Agriculture Toxicity with Neonics as Main Culprit – New Study

    2 days ago

    • A new peer-reviewed study shows an explosion in the toxicity of U.S. agriculture for insects over the past 25 years since neonicotinoid pesticides were introduced. The study found...

      sunshine hours



  • South / North

  • Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 216 – 2019

    3 days ago
  • South / North

  • Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 214 – 2019

    5 days ago

    • South / North

      Stagecraft and Statecraft



  • Brahma Chellaney, The Hindustan Times A final deal between the US and the Pakistan-reared Afghan Taliban appears imminent, with the Taliban saying major differences have been resolved...

  • Trump’s Pakistan concessions only provoked India’s Kashmir move

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  • BRAHMA CHELLANEY SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL India’s action in revoking the special status of the mountainous northern region known as Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) was driven...

  • Damming the Mekong Basin to Environmental Hell

    6 days ago

    • Dam construction on the Mekong River poses a serious threat to the region’s economies and ecosystems. The only way to mitigate that threat is to end defiant unilateralism and embrace...

      Ramani's blog



  • After completing the chanting of the divine sloka,the Boy,still holding a much surprised Le Vellian’s hands,closed his eyes for a few moments and silently offered his personal...

  • Vyakthaa Self Manifested Vishnu Temples Astakshara Temples

    22 days ago
  • These are called Vyaktha Kshetras,that is where Lord Vishnu makes Himself available as Idol and thus becomes Describable. There are also called Astakshara Temples as they represent...

  • Athi Venkateswara Different Musical Notes From Hanuman Vanmutti

    23 days ago

    • This temple has the Idol made of Athi Tree as the one in Kanchipuram Varadaraja Perumal temple. The moolavar is Lord Vishnu and the Utsavar is Yoga Narasimha,which is a rarity...

      Diane Ravitch's blog



  • Trump cannot perform one of the basic roles of a president: Showing empathy for others who are in pain. He cannot console anyone. Consolation and empathy are not part of his emotional...

  • Harold Meyerson: Walmart and Guns, 2

    6 hours ago
  • AUGUST 8, 2019 Meyerson on TAP Walmart and Guns, Part II. In my Tuesday On Tap, I noted that a number of Walmart employees, in the wake of the mass murder at an El Paso mega-store, had begun...

  • Bill Phillis: Online For-Profit Charters Are Corrupt

    10 hours ago

    •   ‌ ‌ ‌ Oklahoma’s Epic Charter Schools seems to be as creative in fraud as Ohio’s ECOT Epic gave the State Superintendent $23,000 in campaign donations. The Education...

      Pasco Phronesis



  • Last week marked a new entry in the U.S. late night landscape.  Comedy Central has premiered Lights Out with David Spade.  Aside from Spade’s comedic sensibilities the focus...

  • Science and Technology Guests on Late Night, Week of July 22

    8 days ago
  • In last week’s repeats there was another plug for the documentary Science Fair, which was first mentioned on Last Call with Carson Daly back in September 2018.  The directors’...

  • Science and Technology Guests on Late Night, Week of July 15

    17 days ago

    • The late night programs ended their Independence Day related summer breaks this past week, but that did not result in a burst of new science and technology related bookings.  Last...

      NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT



  • By Paul Homewood     h/t Joe Public   You may have seen this claim:   CO2 emissions in China may peak up to a decade earlier than the nation has pledged under the Paris Agreement, according...

  • Committee On Climate Change Budget Rose By 36% Last Year

    a day ago
  • By Paul Homewood  How much does it cost to run the Committee on Climate Change? The latest accounts for 2018/19 have just been published, and reveal just how much taxpayers’ money...

  • Silly Jilly’s “Battery Boom”

    2 days ago

    • By Paul Homewood     Silly Jilly has not got any better since she joined the Guardian:   The UK risks being left behind in Europe’s home battery boom because of a controversial tax...

      NoTricksZone



  • Yet another region of the globe has not warmed (net) for the last 333 years. The authors of a new study (Jiao et al., 2019) point out that temperature changes in the Tianshan mountains...

  • German Agency For Disaster Preparedness Calls On Citizens To “Be Ready For Widespread Blackouts”

    a day ago
  • The President of the German Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe (Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief, abbreviated BKK) is calling on...

  • Expensive Especially For Home Owners! Wind Turbines Can Decrease Property Values By Up To 23%, German Study Finds!

    3 days ago

    • Wind energy is not only an eyesore in the middle of what is often times an idyllic landscape and an unreliable source of power, but it is also expensive – especially if you are a homeowner...

      NEPC Blog Post of the Day



  • Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: How Do Teachers Teach–Then and Now Most policymakers, researchers, and parents believe that good teachers and teaching are...

  • Janresseger: State Takeovers: Radical Seizure of School Districts vs. Organic, Community Grounded School Improvement

    a day ago
  • Janresseger: State Takeovers: Radical Seizure of School Districts vs. Organic, Community Grounded School Improvement We are in the midst of a wave of state school takeovers. On...

  • Cloaking Inequity: New Study Released: Are Charter Schools More Intensely Segregated?

    2 days ago

    • Cloaking Inequity: New Study Released: Are Charter Schools More Intensely Segregated? We are honored today to release a new study entitled Choice without inclusion?: Comparing...

      Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers



  • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Half of the Democratic 20-person primary field in the debates appeared unhappy, shrill, and self-righteous, and determined that no candidate...

  • The Dream Team Loses to the Nobodies

    a day ago
  • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review When figurehead Robert Mueller likely allowed Andrew Weissman to form his special counsel team to investigate so-called charges of Russian...

  • Angry Reader 07-31-2019

    5 days ago

    • From An Angry Reader: I have known hypocrite God mocking scum like you my entire life. Your cynical article mocking the suffering of the BRAVE German people and glorifying the demonic...

    The Moderate Voice



  • Americans’ support for immigration is at record highs – but the government is out of sync with their views Polls show that Americans feel more welcoming toward immigrants than...

  • What are Republicans afraid of?

    7 hours ago
  • By CATHERINE RAMPELL Washington Post Column It’s almost funny, in a twisted sort of way. Election after election, Republicans have based their core political appeal on fear. And...

  • Joe Biden: Trump ‘Has Fanned the Flames of White Supremacy’ (Updated)

    a day ago

    • Joe Gandelman on Monday published the statement made by former President Barack Obama mourning the victims and grieving with the families of the latest mass shootings in El Paso and...

     


      Lloyd Lofthouse


    • Every vote in 2020 will be a vote for Donald Trump or the U.S. Constitution; no other issue counts. Continue reading →

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  • I expect that most backers of Congresswoman Omar sent her to Congress without knowledge of just how radical she truly is.

  • Trump Supporters Clean Up Baltimore; Leftist Paper Dumps on Them

    5 hours ago
  • Trump supporters picked up garbage — and then had garbage thrown at them in print. It’s what happens when doers meet doubters.

  • Fewer Illegals Jump Border in July, But More Than 1M Will Cross by Sept. 30

    7 hours ago

    • The number of illegal aliens who jumped the border or showed up at ports of entry in July dropped more than 20 percent from June, but illegals are still hitting the border at a rate of more...

      MintPress News



  • Why must Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard be smeared and attacked for questioning the mainstream narrative on Syria when even Barack Obama has done the same? The post Obama, Biden, Mattis...

  • To Flee or Not to Flee? In Honduras, A Child Braves Tear Gas to Sell Vinegar Bags

    13 hours ago
  • Public education and job opportunities have been stolen from Honduran youth by a U.S.-backed narco-state bent on privatizing the whole of society. Youth face the choice of suffering...

  • The War on Innocence: Palestinian Children in Israeli Military Court

    a day ago

    • Since the start of the Second Intifada, the popular uprising of 2000, some 12,000 Palestinian children have been detained and interrogated by the Israeli army.  The post The War...

      Marginal REVOLUTION



  • It turns out I will be there for a few days, unexpectedly.  I haven’t been in about fifteen years — what do you recommend? I thank you all in advance for your wisdom and counsel. The...

  • The clothing of the future

    10 hours ago
  • That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column, and they chose an excellent photo to go with it.  Excerpt: A lot of current clothing innovations focus on gimmicks. There is a “Social...

  • Canadian jubilee

    10 hours ago

    • Finally, a good news story about credit card debt. U.S.-based Chase Bank is forgiving all outstanding debt owed by users of its two Canadian credit cards: the Amazon.ca Rewards...

      Made from Truth and Lies



  • Could a government of national unity stop a no-deal Brexit? (no, and we don't need one)(tags:politics uk )What's the current consensus on food and diets?(tags:psychology hunger...

  • Interesting Links for 07-08-2019

    a day ago
  • Supercentenarians are concentrated into regions with no birth certificates(tags:fraud age )Recursive language and modern imagination were acquired simultaneously 70,000...

  • Interesting Links for 06-08-2019

    2 days ago

    • India strips disputed Kashmir of special status(tags:india )The Autistic Self Advocacy Network Has Ended Partnership With Sesame Street(tags:SesameStreet autism OhForFucksSake...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • Plantar calluses are hard, thickened areas of skin on the feet. Here, learn what causes them, treatments and remedies, and how to stop plantar calluses from forming...

  • Medical News Today: Is a urinary tract infection contagious?

    7 hours ago
  • Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are not contagious, but the bacteria that cause them can travel between people. Learn more about these infections and how they develop here...

  • Medical News Today: What to do about chin pimples

    8 hours ago

    • People can develop pimples almost anywhere on the skin, including on the chin. Remedies include washing the face regularly and using topical ointments. Learn more here...

      InvestmentWatch




  • You Have to Buy Bonds Even When Rates Are Low

    4 hours ago
  • By Jared Dillian Interest rates are currently low. That is by far the biggest concern among bond investors. They are drowning in worry about low interest rates and their effect on...

  • Corporate Debt Is at Risk of a Flash Crash

    4 hours ago

    • By John Maudlin The world is awash in debt. While some countries are more indebted than others, very few are in good shape. The entire world is roughly 225% leveraged to ... Read more...

      www.gurukalehuru.com



  • There is no doubt that the deck is stacked against Bernie Sanders. All of the billionaires oppose him, all of the biggest corporations oppose him, the press opposes him (because they...

  • Gravel’s Endorsement

    2 days ago
  • Mike Gravel thinks like I do. He has heaped words of praise on Tulsi Gabbard, and obviously thinks she would make a fine president, but he has given his official endorsement to Bernie...

  • Biden v. Trump

    3 days ago

    • Donald Trump again, because it is a day, has come out with something mind bogglingly stupid, when he offered his condolences to the people of Toledo, Ohio, on their recent mass shooting...

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    8 August - iGoogle Portal - Tab 8




  • Why is it so common for earthlings to blame every unfortunate occurrence on the “Full Moon”? People tend to interpret information to confirm their beliefs. When life is hectic...

  • How Quantum Mechanics Can Assist In Our Lives

    10 days ago
  • How can we use the ideas being discovered by scientists in the field of quantum mechanics to assist us in our own lives? Quantum mechanics scientists have discovered that beams of light...

  • Either Love Like You Give A Sh#t Or Be Alone – Your Choice

    10 days ago

    • Love like you give a DAMN. Be open, genuine, and empathic, in other words, transparent, vulnerable, and honest. If you do not love like you give DAMN, then you wasting BOTH of your time...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • Plantar calluses are hard, thickened areas of skin on the feet. Here, learn what causes them, treatments and remedies, and how to stop plantar calluses from forming...

  • Medical News Today: Is a urinary tract infection contagious?

    7 hours ago
  • Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are not contagious, but the bacteria that cause them can travel between people. Learn more about these infections and how they develop here...

  • Medical News Today: What to do about chin pimples

    8 hours ago

    • People can develop pimples almost anywhere on the skin, including on the chin. Remedies include washing the face regularly and using topical ointments. Learn more here...

      Have You Heard



  • TweetIn the latest episode of Have You Heard, economist Marshall Steinbaum talks free college, human capital theory, educationism and why it’s time to disrupt the individualized...

  • Is *Progressive Charter School* an Oxymoron?

    a month ago
  • TweetRemember back in the early days of the charter school movement when charter proponents used to talk about 1,000 flowers blooming? Well, a funny thing happened to all of those...

  • Michigan’s School Choice Mess

    a month ago

    • TweetHave You Heard heads to Michigan to learn about a lesser-known part of the state’s free market education experiment: inter-district school choice. More than 100,000 Michigan...

      Chicago Boyz



  • My initial reaction upon reading of Juaquin Castro ‘outing’ local San Antonio donors to the Trump campaign was along the lines of “oh dear, that was so not a good idea!” Nothing...

  • A US sanctions bleg

    a day ago
  • The US maintains a list of individuals and organizations it sanctions under various programs here. Does anyone out there independently keep track of these individuals/groups and...

  • Under Pressure

    2 days ago

    • On summer nights, in the suburb where I lived in the late 1980ies, I often heard gunfire at night – a regular popping kind of noise, like pebbles dropping into a metal bucket. The every-day...

      Centinel2012



  • Re-Posted The Deplorable Climate Science Blog on August 5, 2019 by tonyheller This video is a must watch for anyone wanting to understand the climate crisis scam.  ...

  • On Claiming Belief In God: Discussion with Dennis Prager

    11 hours ago
  • Jordan B Peterson Published on Jun 9, 2019 I talked with Dennis Prager at the Prager Summit in May in Santa Barbara. It’s really a discussion about two previous talks, for a collection...

  • The Money-Class is Always the First to Respond

    11 hours ago

    • Armstrong Economics Blog/ECM Posted Aug 8, 2019 by Martin Armstrong QUESTION:  Dear Mr. Armstrong, reading your blog daily I am wondering how much and what exactly has to change...

      The BRAD BLOG



  • Well, today's BradCast features an epic righteous rant or two for your listening pleasure, as we begin with some grim news of the day but finish with a much brighter outlook for the near...

  • 'Green News Report' - August 8, 2019

    8 hours ago
  • IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: New United Nations report calls for overhauling farming techniques to solve climate change; Kentucky miners block coal train after mine company bankruptcy...

  • Judiciary Dem, Citing Impeachment Jurisdiction, Explains New Request for Kavanaugh Docs: 'BradCast' 8/7/2019

    a day ago

    • Hey! Remember Brett Kavanaugh? The Donald Trump SCOTUS appointee who demonstrably lied during his sworn U.S. Senate Confirmation hearings last year before Republicans voted to...

      bluebird of bitterness



  • In honor of the birthday of American poet Sara Teasdale (1884-1933), here is a choral setting by Latvian composer Ēriks Ešenvalds of her poem “Only in Sleep.” Only in sleep...

  • Wednesday weirdness: Another genetic experiment gone awry

    2 days ago

  • Happy birthday, Alfred

    3 days ago

    • Alfred Tennyson was born in Lincolnshire on August 6, 1809. Although he knew from a young age that he wanted to be a poet, the path was never easy for him. Throughout much of his life he...

      Home



  • We offer here the opening paragraphs of Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui's (pictured) remarks on the anniversary of the atomic bombing of his city. Click at the end to read the full statement...

  • The promise of offshore wind

    a day ago
  • As Karl Grossman, Beyond Nuclear board member, writes this week in Counterpunch, offshore wind holds great promise for addressing carbon emissions. In the US, it has gotten off to...
  • ( Ah, yes, the promising chimera is as everlasting as the phoenix when it comes to hype. A little research into actual power delivery - and utility of same - would be a shocker to some people )

  • Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    a day ago

    • “Seventy-four years ago, everything here in Hiroshima was completely destroyed by the atomic bomb and so were the people living here.” These were the opening words of Hidehiko...

    BlackListed News



  • Something big is about to hit in the Jeffrey Epstein drama, which in recent days has quietly slipped to the last page in the local media. Moments ago, the Miami Herald whose reporting...

  • NSA Whistleblower Confirms "They Can Use Your Data Against You Any Time"

    a day ago
  • A bombshell interview with William Binney, an NSA Whistleblower, has just been released! Binney says that President Donald Trump is being framed and that we the people are subjected...

  • Critical U.S. Election Systems Have Been Left Exposed Online Despite Official Denials

    a day ago

    • For years, U.S. election officials and voting machine vendors have insisted that critical election systems are never connected to the internet and therefore can’t be hacked...

      Research Digest



  • By Emma Young. The findings suggest that "affect labelling" could help protect vulnerable teens from depression.

  • Episode 17: How To Make Running Less Painful And More Fun

    17 days ago
  • Presented by Christian Jarrett, this podcast episode looks into research to make running more enjoyable.

  • We’re seeking a writer to join our team!

    17 days ago

    • The British Psychological Society’s Research Digest, which keeps hundreds of thousands of people abreast of the latest exciting findings in…

      Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places



  • It’s a curious thing when there is an idiom—structured roughly the same way and meaning essentially the same thing—that exists in a large number of languages. It’s even more...

  • Fresh Produce, Brought to You By Robots

    5 hours ago
  • In San Carlos, California, under LED lighting in a controlled, 8,000-square-foot environment, a team of autonomous robots is whirring night and day between rows of leafy greens...

  • 'The Motherland Calls' in Volgograd, Russia

    5 hours ago

    • "The Motherland Calls" is a towering statue that dominates the summit of Mamayev Kurgan, a hill that overlooks the city of Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad). The enormous artwork...

      Accidental Deliberations



  • This and that for your Thursday reading.- Joel Connelly reports on a new B.C. study showing the breadth and depth of the effects of a climate breakdown. Reuters examines the threat...

  • New column day

    12 hours ago
  • Here, on how a public drug manufacturer could both secure Canada's supply of needed medications in the face of threats from both corporate greed and U.S. policy threats. For further...

  • Wednesday Morning Links

    a day ago

    • Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- George Monbiot writes that the fossil fuel companies most responsible for endangering our living environment are also polluting...
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    8 August - iGoogle Portal - Tab 7 - MSM


  • Apple Pay itself is safe. But the way websites implement it can cause serious problems.

  • Uber and Lyft Suggest the Days of Cheap Rides Could Be Over

    2 hours ago
  • Both continue to record big losses, but executives at the companies hinted in recent calls that they are trying to cut back on discounts, and subtly raise prices...

  • A Devastating Climate Change Report, a Phone Bug Returns, and More News

    4 hours ago

    • Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less.

      NYT > Home Page



  • The president is consulting allies about supporting expanded background checks. Mitch McConnell said the idea would be “front and center” when the Senate reconvenes...

  • Will Shootings Sway Voters? Look First to Virginia Races

    an hour ago
  • The state’s elections in November will test the potency of gun rights as a voting issue. Democrats are looking to take power and enact gun control legislation next year...

  • El Paso Suspect Ordered Gun and Moved Out in Weeks Before Attack

    3 hours ago

    • The suspect’s mother called the police about a gun her son had ordered. Her lawyer said that it was an “informational call” and that she did not raise concerns he was a threat...

      India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Ti




  • Special status scrapped, but J&K’s red flag yet to be brought down

    an hour ago

  • Anyone can be bought: Azad on Doval lunch

    an hour ago


    •   BBC News - UK



  • The Labour leader's letter comes amid speculation MPs could table a no-confidence vote in Mr Johnson

  • Brexit: Boris Johnson calls for 'common sense' compromise

    10 hours ago
  • Boris Johnson says there is "bags of time" for the EU to compromise before the Brexit deadline.

  • Man charged after police officer stabbed in Leyton

    5 hours ago

    • The officer suffered serious injuries when he was attacked while trying to stop a van in east London.



      National Geographic News




  • Climbers reached the Matterhorn's summit in 1865—then tragedy struck.

  • What is a 'black moon', and how often does one happen?

    8 days ago
  • Find out what this lunar event really means, and why it's actually impossible to see a black moon rising.

  • 10 sweet photos of honeybees

    17 days ago

    • In celebration of National Honeybee Day, see our favorite photos of bees and the people who love them.


      Reuters: World News




  • A worker at a Tokyo Olympics construction site died on Thursday after being found unconscious while working outside, organisers said on Friday, with media saying heatstroke was...

  • Hong Kong airport on alert ahead of fresh wave of protests

    14 minutes ago
  • Hong Kong's Airport Authority said on Friday only departing passengers with travel documents will be allowed to enter the terminal as anti-government activists gear up for a three-day...

  • South Korea's Moon taps new ambassador to U.S. as allies face North Korea, defense costs

    an hour ago

    • South Korean President Moon Jae-in tapped a seasoned former diplomat as his new ambassador to Washington on Friday as South Korea steps up efforts to connect with the Trump administration...


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