December 5, 2023
The outbreak of conflicts on multiple fronts has some concerned that U.S. resources will be spread too thin to confront evolving threats. “Certainly the international upheaval we are experiencing today is eerily reminiscent of the turbulent late 1970s, with the Soviets invading Afghanistan and revolution in Iran destabilizing the Middle East brought on by the
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ANSEONG, South Korea — In Bangladesh, Ajit Roy graduated from college with a chemistry degree, hoping to become a doctor or civil servant. But a run of bad luck derailed those dreams, sending him to look for work overseas. He wound up at a farming machinery factory in South Korea. Six days a week, over shifts
READ MORENow that House Republicans have chosen Majority Leader Steve Scalise as their nominee for speaker, the race is on to secure the 217 votes he will need on the House floor to win the gavel and officially take the place of the ousted Kevin McCarthy. The GOP conference picked Scalise as their nominee on Wednesday
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Ukraine aid is uncertain, as the U.S. avoids a shutdown The U.S. Congress narrowly avoided a government shutdown on Saturday by passing a stopgap spending bill to temporarily keep the government open; however, the bill did not include any additional aid for Ukraine. The White House and leaders of both parties in the Senate pushed
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Advertisement The late August 2023 visit to China by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo marked a noteworthy development in the ongoing dialogue between the United States and China. Nonetheless, the U.S. stance remains ambivalent. On one hand, it seeks to solidify its global technological dominance and is tightening sanctions against China in key sectors.
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More than 70% of the population of Nagorno-Karabakh has fled the ethnic Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan for neighbouring Armenia, the Armenian government said Friday, as the enclave’s separatist government said it will dissolve itself by the end of the year after a three-decade bid for independence. ADVERTISEMENT Armenian officials said that 84,770 people had left
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Despite having only two teams committed to the conference beyond the 2023 college football season, the Pac-12 is off to one heck of a start. For the first time since 1932, every Pac-12 school won its season opener, according to ESPN Stats & Info. An overhead view of the PAC 12 logo on the field
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Its leader is officially dead, as is its founding commander. President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia is claiming it doesn’t exist. Wagner, the once-powerful Russian private military company that fell out of favor with the Kremlin after an aborted mutiny in June, has been cast into even greater uncertainty since Wednesday, when its leader, Yevgeny
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Experts remain split over what the future of the Wagner group looks like following the apparent death of its founder and leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, but they agree Russia will likely try to maintain the success of Wagner while diminishing its influence. “Frankly, I think that this private military company model that Wagner has really developed
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Giannis Antetokounmpo carried around a small, black portable fan, which looked minuscule as it whirred in his 12-inch-wide hands. He was trying to counteract the hot sun at a hillside mansion as he watched his youngest brother, Alex Antetokounmpo, pose for photos near a basketball hoop overlooking Los Angeles for an ad campaign. “Alex, the
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