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Letters from America
A Night of Celebration — 4th of July and a Helping of PTSD

By Greg Evans
Special Correspondent
We arrived at Romare Bearden Park in downtown Charlotte for the "4th of July 2021 fireworks" on an exquisitely beautiful evening. There wasn¡¯t a cloud in the sky. Nor was there a parking spot within an ...

CSIS Commentary
Progress Report on China¡¯s Type 003 Carrier

Recent satellite imagery reveals that China has made considerable progress in the construction of its third aircraft carrier, known as the Type 003, since CSIS reported on the vessel last month. Imagery of ...

"Smart, Clean, and Faithful," Says Canine Expert on Jindo Dogs, S. Korean National Dog
President Woo Moo-Jong Devotes Life to Jindo Dogs
¡°Jindo dog is probably the smartest dog in the world," said Woo Moo-Jong, president of the National Dog Association of Korea (NDAK: ÓÞùÛÚÅÏÐ ÏÐ̳úðüå). ¡±They are like humans in many ways" ...

Governments Must Adopt a Strong Political Declaration that the Global Crisis Mandates
Special Contribution
By Shobha Shukla
Because if they do not, then we are doomed to fail to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 (for which only 104 months are left). The clock is ticking but governments from around the ...

Letters from Europe
Macedonians Pay Attention to Fashion Afresh

By Antonina Veljanovska
EU Correspondent
People in Macedonia began to show more interest in their outfit or fashion with youngsters paying keen attention to the fashion trends of the world. Now the fashion scenes in the Balkan country ...

Wealth of Thailand's 50 Richest Rises More
than 20 Percent amid Pandemic Challenges

2021 Forbes List of Thailand¡¯s 50 Richest Announced
SINGAPORE (July 8, 2021) — Tycoons on the 2021 Forbes list of Thailand¡¯s 50 richest added nearly US$28 billion to their combined wealth despite Covid-19¡¯s impact on the tourism-dependent ...

Sharp Focus: A Unique View of the Mayang-do Submarine Base
Special Contribution
By Joseph Bermudez & Victor Cha
As with our recent Sharp Focus high off-nadir (HON) report of the Sinpo South Shipyard, the same April 21, 2021 Maxar Technologies image provides a unique look at the Mayang-do submarine bases and ...

Here's Today's Tip ... Importance of Loft
Golf, like most games ... is something you need to practice and play in order to improve. However, it's during this time that the game of golf The "Driver" is a difficult club to control. can become very ...

SARS-CoV-2 Treatment and mRNA Vaccine Issues Demystified
The week of June 20, 2021 I was watching an independent news broadcasting that talked about the difference between traditional vaccines and the new mRNA vaccines and was immediately ...

18 Days to Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
With the Olympic Games just 18 days away, Tokyo Gov. Koike Yuriko sent a video message to the world's media inviting them to the Tokyo Media Center (TMC) provided by the Tokyo ...

Miami Building Collapse -- Possible Flaw in Construction
Twenty-four people are dead, 121 remain unaccounted for and engineers that visited the Champlain Towers South condominium have speculated that a flaw in the building¡¯s ...

Berliner Philharmoniker Releases First Edition of Music Education Format with Kirill Petrenko
To mark the start of the Berlin summer holidays, the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation has released the first edition of the new music education format with Kirill Petrenko, Close-up, in the Digital ...

Facebook Gives the Most Dangerous Extremists a Free Pass
Facebook, USA Today reports, "is asking some US users whether they may have been exposed to extremist content, or if they are worried that someone they know might be becoming an extremist." ...

Iran: Reshaping the Regional Politics in the Middle East
Iranian President-Elect Ebrahim Raisi is the only president who was under sanction before the election by the US. He has got 48.8 percent vote of ever lowest turnout in presidential poll'21 since 1979 ...

Mefloquine: A Promising Drug ¡°Soldier¡± in the Battle Against COVID-19
In the ¡°war¡± that the world has been fighting against COVID-19, scientists have been scanning their arsenals of previously used drugs in hopes of finding any that can be used to treat the disease. ...

UAE Embassy in Seoul Holds a Webinar on Women Empowerment
Uighurs Persecuted in China
After Digital Season, Chicago Opera Theater Announces Return to In-Person Performances
Indian Growers Ship 2.5 Tons of GI Mangoes to South Korea
Were People the Missing Link in Covid Response?
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Dove Cameron Wears a Piece from Collini Milano
US Politicizes COVID-19 Vaccines
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