What if Mao still ran China?
Economists say Maoist policies would yield annual GDP growth of 4-5%
Economists say Maoist policies would yield annual GDP growth of 4-5%
NEW YORK, Aug. 9 (Yonhap) -- The 2015 KCON -- a K-pop festival hosted by South Korea's leading content and media company, CJ E&M -- drew to a successful close in New Jersey on Saturday night. Girls' Generation, AOA, Teen Top and VIXX performed thei
Ferguson protesters are using a roasted pig’s head during a demonstration marking the eve of the anniversary of Michael Brown's death.
DELAND, Fla. (AP) — When Wendy Libby became the president of Stetson University in 2009, she had a goal in mind: 3,000 students. That enrollment total could be reached this fall, marking a more than 30 percent increase during the six-year span. Now it's time for the campus to grow and a $32 million construction project is underway. Machinery removed palm trees and smoothed dirt recently behind DeLand Hall, the school's oldest building, to clear space for a 24,000-square-foot welcome center, an $8 million project. Читать дальше...
NEW YORK, Aug. 9 (Yonhap) -- The 2015 KCON -- a K-pop festival hosted by South Korea's leading content and media company, CJ E&M -- drew to a successful close in New Jersey on Saturday night. Girls' Generation, AOA, Teen Top and VIXX performed thei
Abdul Wadood Wahidi, spokesman for the provincial governor, said the bombing late Saturday targeted a meeting of criminal groups that in the past have clashed with both national security forces and Taliban insurgents.
We don't know what we missed by his not being here.
SAN DIEGO - The worst record in the majors no longer belongs to the Philadelphia Phillies.
The government has decided to begin construction of a modern cath lab worth Rs 5 crore within a month. The cath lab will be commissioned within 6 month, said Health minister V S Sivakumar.
Household objects, industrial cast-offs and vintage farm tools — all these and more are being salvaged and upcycled into lighting fixtures that range from elegant to funky to pure wow.
A summer party is no time for mixing individual cocktails. That’s what’s called a buzzkill. Warm weather festivities demand easy food and even easier drinks. And we have you covered.
In the Bible, the manna that fell from heaven to feed the Israelites on their journey out of Egypt was described as being like coriander seeds. Or to put it another way, the seeds of the cilan…
Carly Fiorina didn’t balk at the decision by Fox News to include only the top 10 contenders in the five most recent national polls as contestants in the first Republican presidential primary debate.
Maybe it’s time to exhume the body and have another look.
The writer Ta-Nehisi Coates has a new book out, “Between the World and Me,” about race in America, that has been greeted rapturously. Even critics of Coates have acknowledged the book’s power,…
SAN DIEGO - Tyson Ross was solid. Too bad his Padres teammates were so-so on Saturday night.
Age-old books and government gazettes that had been languishing in a secluded asylum – the closed reference section in a corner of the state public library – have found redemption in the digital world.
Fighters backed by an Arab military coalition seized the key city of Zinjibar in southern Yemen on Saturday, residents and militia sources said, dealing another major blow to the dominant Houthi group.
The public works department (PWD) has come up with a remedy for the traffic congestion on Ponnara Bridge at Valiyathura, one of the major stretches connecting coastal region to NH bypass.
The news has come in waves this summer. Becky Hammon, the lone female assistant in the NBA, coached the Spurs to an NBA Summer League title. A few weeks later, Nancy Lieberman was hired by the Sacramento Kings to be an assistant coach under George Karl. Jen Welter was hired as an assistant linebackers coaching intern for the Arizona Cardinals. Sarah Thomas is preparing for the NFL season as the first full-time female official in the league. ... Читать дальше...
Oakland musical artist Fantastic Negrito’s show at Outside Lands was canceled Saturday after he was cited for illegally selling VIP passes to the event. Fantastic Negrito, whose real name is Xavier Dphrepaulezz, was detained and cited along with two other men for illegally trying to sell multiple full access wristbands to the Outside Lands concert, according to the San Francisco Police Department. The two other men were 22-year-old John Beckmeyer, an intern for Fantastic Negrito... Читать дальше...