In the early decades of the Cold War, this was the season when North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) defence chiefs would announce their spending plans for the next year, and they would almost always "discover" some new threat from the Soviet Union to justify the money. In the United States, for example, the intelligence services traditionally found a Soviet armoured brigade hiding in Cuba...
Myanmar's spiralling post-coup violence and bloodshed has become Asean's existential crisis. It is customary to pin hopes on an Asean way of fudging and nudging the main protagonists into some workable, face-saving compromise to save the day but this time the situation is dire and dark. Unless the 10-member regional organisation can make a difference in halting Myanmar's descent into...
The delay in the proceedings of the referendum bill last week prompted public concerns over attempts to shoot down the legislation, even though chief government whip Wirach Ratanasate tried to quell such fears.
The government is expected to give the green light today to allow tourists who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 to visit the island of Phuket without having to undergo the mandated quarantine period, starting in July.
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The strawweight queen is not fond of statements attributed (perhaps mistakenly) to Mike Tyson.
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Rivas, a former Olympian, knocked Jennings out in January 2019
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After a report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) and Anti-Vax Watch found that a huge percentage of misinformation and conspiracy theories about vaccines can be traced back to just a dozen people, the CEOs of Facebook, Google, and Twitter told Congress they weren’t sure they would ban them.
Well, well, well. It seems we’ve come to yet another end of the virtual events road—at least where the month of March is concerned. As expected, this Women’s History Month/Black HerStory Month has been nothing short amazing, though it definitely brought its fair share of eye-worthy news stories over the last four…
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The rules of drawing have got through a serious metamorphosis from the days before digital canvasses. Back in the day, it took a lot of consideration if you wanted to draw a human figure. You had to settle on the proportions of your figure, then start to bubble in the shape of various body segments. — Read the rest
On this week's episode of The Athletic Hockey Show:
- More fallout from the Tim Peel fiasco
- Where this ranks among NHL history's greatest officiating scandals
- Would this have happened if the league wasn't getting into the gambling business?
- We react to the new draft lottery rules
- Jess Grangers talks about which backup goalies you can trust
- This week in hockey history cover the NHL's first 50-goal/200-PIM player
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Between the Links returns with a special live edition ahead of the UFC’s next pay-per-viewoffering.
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The arsenal plane would carry large numbers of long-range munitions into combat, adding firepower to a main force of fighters.
Here's What You Need to Remember: The idea is for the fighters to spot targets for the more-vulnerable arsenal planes, allowing the latter to remain farther from the battle. For that reason, an arsenal plane could need sophisticated communications systems, whether it’s a new design or a modification of an existing type.
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“We will raise a monthly bill to NBCC depending on the construction done. We are meeting the construction cost through internal accruals and bank guarantees. The projects will be completed within 36 months of the allotment of tender,” Gaurs Group director Sarthak Gaur told FE.