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Joseph E. Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate in economics, is a professor at Columbia University and a member of the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation. The United States appears to have entered a new cold war with both China and Russia. And US leaders’ portrayal of the…

Warships from the U.S. Navy sailing off the coast of California in 2019 were swarmed by drones from a nearby Hong Kong cargo ship on multiple occasions, the Navy has revealed.  The incidents were all reported between March 30, 2019 and July 30, 2019. Seven different vessels were involved. One of…

Gunman kills 3 seniors over potluck dinner at Alabama church Robert Findlay Smith,, the gunman, declined invitations to join the dinner, say witnesses US authorities say he was a licensed gun dealer whose business is listed at his home address Updated 18 June 2022 AP June 18, 2022 06:07 VESTAVIA…

Variety) Hong Kong director Alan Mak (“Infernal Affairs,” “Overheard 2 and 3”) has brought together award-winning actors Francis Ng (“Drifting”) and Aaron Kwok (“Port of Call,” “Cold War 1 and 2”) in new Hong Kong crime thriller “Insider,” 22-years after the two shared the big screen together.Produced by Tenky Tin for…

One defining characteristic of the 21st century is that the United States has proven to be an easily distracted superpower. Since the dawn of the new millennium, both Republican and Democratic administrations have promised to take China more seriously as a threat, only to have that policy get sidelined more…

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Dividing the world into rival blocs, the Cold War way. May 30, 2022 President Joe Biden’s recent trip to Asia and Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s May 26 speech on China were both meant to communicate the same message: Although determined to help the Ukrainians resist Russian aggression in Europe,…

Axios AM Deep Dive: Cold War DavosGood afternoon, and welcome to our deep dive from Davos, Switzerland, where Team Axios — Dave Lawler, Felix Salmon, Ina Fried, and Axios publisher Nicholas Johnston — covered the World Economic Forum's annual meeting of heads of state, CEOs, activists and celebrities. Read More

Realism & Restraint Not Another Cold War Henry Kissinger has called for peace by negotiation. But $54 billion say nobody is going to listen. On Monday the CIA announced it had added two stars to its Memorial Wall for fallen officers. The memo is, appropriately for the shady world of…

Upcoming NetEase has just concluded its 2022 conference and unveiled a bunch of updates for existing games, but also, more excitingly, announced several new games. One of them is called Tank Company, a 15 v 15 multiplayer title that sees you battling it out in tanks from WW2 and the…