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Korean Peace Talks

Weakened and Unstable Trump Gives Korea the Jitters

SEOULThe impeachment of President Donald Trump has come at a moment when his administration is getting nowhere in critical talks on the Korean Peninsula and theres a growing risk Kim Jong Un will resume long-range missile tests by the end of the month. So t…

bubmagDecember 21, 2019

Scotland

Dezeen’s top 10 houses of 2019

To continue our review of 2019, India Block picks out the 10 most exciting houses of the year, including a Brutalist house in Bali, a tiny home in Tokyo and a shed-shaped Scottish house. Ghost House, Warwickshire, UK, by BPN Architects Made of pale concrete…

bubmagDecember 21, 2019

NSA

NSA Ajit Doval, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi hold boundary talks

National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks on decades-old Sino-India boundary issue on December 21 under the framework of Special Representatives dialogue. Mr. Wang arrived in New Delhi on December 20 night for…

bubmagDecember 21, 2019

Super Heroes

Marvel’s Incoming Preview Kicks Off a Massive List of 2020 Events

WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for Incoming #1 by Al Ewing, Saladin Ahmed, Ed Brisson, Donny Cates, Al Ewing, Eve Ewing, Jonathan Hickman, Tini Howard, Greg Pak, Matt Rosenberg, Dan Slott, Kelly Thompson, Chip Zdarsky, Joe Bennett, Carmen Ca…

bubmagDecember 21, 2019

Cold War

‘Steel Rain’: Could This Be the U.S. Military’s Ultimate Weapon?

Key point: For the time being, the MLRS still provides an effective rocket system for U.S. armored units. On February 24, 1991, the ground phase of Operation Desert Storm began. Over the next four days, the soldiers of an international coalition, formed to e…

bubmagDecember 21, 2019

Xi Jinping

Taiwan election race widens as China’s big stick diplomacy backfires

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen is riding high in the polls as she seeks a second term, a remarkable reversal of fortune aided by bellicose threats from Beijing and unease over political unrest in Hong Kong. Tsai, 63, is up against Han Kuo-yu of the Beijing-…

bubmagDecember 21, 2019

AR-15

Hong Kong police say suspect fired shot in protest-related arrest

Hong Kong police said an armed suspect fired a live round at officers as they tried to arrest him in an operation linked to the months of pro-democracy protests engulfing the city. Police said on Saturday that a 19-year-old man pulled out a semi-automatic pi…

bubmagDecember 21, 2019

Yellow Vests

NATO: Losing relevance

At the age of 70, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) seems to be in terminal decline. There have been obvious signs for some time now that the days of the Cold War relic may be numbered. The differences among NATO leaders came into glaring view whe…

bubmagDecember 21, 2019

Computers in School

Dave Collum’s 2019 Year In Review: “And Epstein Didn’t Kill Himself!”, Part 2

Read Part 1 here... Contents for Part 2 Climate Change The Jeffrey Epstein Affair Thoughts on College Political CorrectnessCollegiate Division Political CorrectnessAdult Division Political Correctnes…

bubmagDecember 21, 2019

Palestine

Could the Int’l Criminal Court brand Israel’s Netanyahu a War Criminal?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A prosecutor on the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, has opened an investigation into Israeli and Hamas war crimes, drawing a furious response from caretaker Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Palestine fil…

bubmagDecember 21, 2019

Weakened and Unstable Trump Gives Korea the Jitters

Dezeen’s top 10 houses of 2019

NSA Ajit Doval, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi hold boundary talks

Marvel’s Incoming Preview Kicks Off a Massive List of 2020 Events

‘Steel Rain’: Could This Be the U.S. Military’s Ultimate Weapon?

Taiwan election race widens as China’s big stick diplomacy backfires

Hong Kong police say suspect fired shot in protest-related arrest

NATO: Losing relevance

Dave Collum’s 2019 Year In Review: “And Epstein Didn’t Kill Himself!”, Part 2

Could the Int’l Criminal Court brand Israel’s Netanyahu a War Criminal?

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