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ARLINGTON, Virginia (CNN) — The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine said the US war against Iran would not consist of a “single, overnight operation” and added that more US casualties should be expected. “This is not a single, overnight operation,” Caine said at the Pentagon on Monday. “The military objectives…
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China’s Floundering Economy Triggers Plunge in Global Stocks and Oil Prices
Stocks and futures dropped across Asia, Europe, and the United States on Tuesday due to growing anxiety about the Chinese economy and the Communist regime’s refusal to deal honestly with its systemic problems. The trigger for Tuesday’s stock slide was China announcing a much smaller interest rate reduction than anticipated. Reuters quoted economists who found…
Why did South Korea’s president declare martial law – and what now?
South Korea’s president shocked the country on Tuesday night when, out of the blue, he declared martial law in the Asian democracy for the first time in nearly 50 years. Yoon Suk Yeol’s drastic decision – announced in a late-night TV broadcast – mentioned “anti-state forces” and the threat from North Korea. But it soon…
Congo and Rwanda sign a US-mediated peace deal aimed at ending decades of bloody conflict
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda on Friday signed a peace deal facilitated by the U.S. to help end the decadeslong deadly fighting in eastern Congo while helping the U.S. government and American companies gain access to critical minerals in the region. “Today, the violence and destruction comes to an end,…
North and South Korea fire hundreds of artillery shells along tense sea border
North Korea launched over 200 rounds of artillery shells off its west coast toward South Korea’s Yeonpyeong island between 09:00 to 11:00 local time, said Seoul’s military, the BBC reports. South Korea responded by ordering civilians on the island to seek shelter and conducting live-fire drills as a countermeasure. Yeonpyeong island, home to a military…
Italy discovers 24 ancient bronze statues in thermal baths
San Casciano discovery hailed as “most important since Riace Bronzes”. Archaeologists in Italy have unearthed 24 ancient bronze statues at the San Casciano dei Bagni thermal bath site in a discovery described as “exceptional” by Italy’s culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano. The perfectly intact statues emerged from the mud and water at the bottom of a large Roman…
