The US-Republic of Korea (ROK) alliance began in 1953, at the end of the Korean War. Now 70 years later, President Biden…
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The odds are against us. That is the bottom line in the latest IPCC report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change…
The Mounting Danger Tensions on the Korean peninsula have reached a new level of intensity. North Koreaās foreign ministry issued a statement…
Two proposals for bringing peace in Russiaās war on Ukraine were issued on nearly the same day last month: a UN General…
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Hopes and Realities Ukraineās President Zelensky had a fairly successful visit to Washington last month, returning home with promises of more American…
Streets in dozens of Iran cities are filled with angry people in popular protests that have already gone on much longerāthree months…
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