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Mikhail Gorbachev, First and Only President of the Soviet Union, Dies at 91
Print 🖨 PDF 📄Mikhail Gorbachev, the first and only President of the Soviet Union, has died, according to Russian media. He was 91. He will be remembered, at least in the West, as a pragmatic leader who transparently transitioned the Soviet Union away from its days as an Evil Empire and toward a more modernized…
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China urges largest nuclear states to negotiate a ‘no-first-use’ treaty
Print 🖨 PDF 📄BEIJING, Feb 28 (Reuters) – States with the largest nuclear arsenals should negotiate a treaty on no-first-use of nuclear weapons against each other or make a political statement in this regard, the Chinese foreign ministry’s arms control department said. Director general of the department, Sun Xiaobo, called on nuclear states to fulfil…
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Iran seizes oil tanker with links to US in Gulf of Oman
Print 🖨 PDF 📄Taking of vessel relates to dispute over sanctioned oil but will worsen tensions over marine navigation in Middle East The Iranian navy has seized a US-linked oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman as part of a long-running dispute with the US over an American court order a year ago that seized…
WHO member states adopt historic agreement to collaborate on pandemic prevention
Print 🖨 PDF 📄May 20 (UPI) — The World Health Organization announced Tuesday it has officially adopted the first-ever “Pandemic Agreement” to prevent future pandemics. The member states voted 124-0 in favor of the agreement, which it said “sets out principles, approaches and tools” to increase international coordination “in order to strengthen the global health…
As clocks fall back, permanent daylight saving bill remains stalled in Congress
Print 🖨 PDF 📄In March, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill that would have done away with biannual clock changes by making daylight saving time permanent. Despite initial enthusiasm from some House members, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and as Americans prepare to wind their clocks back this weekend, the legislation is stuck in the…
Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – September 23, 2022
Print 🖨 PDF 📄 Greetings from Tyler, The world watched this week as Queen Elizabeth was laid to rest. The dignity with which all this played out was impressive. When they showed the line to Westminster Abbey where people came to pay their final respects, I couldn’t help thinking what that line would be like…
