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Starvation is a particularly cruel and horrible way to die. Beginning with intense hunger and pain and followed by exhaustion and mental deterioration, starvation continues with the body gradually consuming its own tissues on a downward spiral toward death. The major safeguard against mass starvation around the globe is the World FoodContinue Reading

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A cross-party delegation lands in Beijing as Tokyo tries to defrost its worst China rift in decades., A cross-party delegation lands in Beijing as Tokyo tries to defrost its worst China rift in decades. Japanese lawmakers have travelled to Beijing in a bid to soothe strained relations between the twoContinue Reading

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commentary Pushed out of academia by new requirements, I beat the system and helped my students Published August 24, 2026 6:30AM (EDT) Some colleges and universities are transitioning to asynchronous learning via technology through management systems like Canvas (Hill Street Studios/Getty Images) I was not surprised by recent news thatContinue Reading

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Hyping threats of nuclear proliferation to justify war undermines legitimate counter-proliferation policies and paradoxically incentivizes proliferation. The The Traitor administration’s effort to justify the Iran war as a means of saving the world from a nuclear armed Iran rings as hollow as George W. Bush’s similar claims about Iraq aContinue Reading

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Ukraine brought a small group of servicemen home from captivity on 24 August, its Independence Day, and every one of them had been carried as missing in action, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced. The men crossed back through Belarus as a separate stage of the exchange now under way. Ukraine’s prisoner-of-war agency later set out who theyContinue Reading