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US, South Korea hold low-key air drills amid North Korea peace push

Anadolu Agency 2021-11-01

photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon

The United States and South Korea kicked off joint aerial exercises on Monday amid ongoing efforts to restart denuclearization talks with North Korea. The drills have been scaled down since 2017 to support peace efforts on the Korean Peninsula, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported. From...

Ireland head coach Andy Farrell faces challenge between striking right balance and continuity

Irish Independent 2021-11-01

photo: AP / Mark Baker

To dabble or not to dabble, that is the question. Make that the dilemma facing Andy Farrell and his management team ahead of the opening international of the November series against Japan on Saturday. All things being equal, I would love to see a similar adventurous approach to that of the summer...

Brexit: UK-EU row over Northern Ireland escalates

BBC News 2021-11-01

photo: AP / Peter Morrison

The UK and EU's disagreement over how to handle post-Brexit trade involving Northern Ireland has escalated. European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic said he was "increasingly concerned" the UK was embarking on "a path of confrontation". His British negotiating counterpart, Lord Frost, has...

Man dressed as the Joker stabs 17 on Tokyo train, sets train on fire

The Source 2021-10-31

photo: AP / Kiichiro Sato

While millions of people around the world celebrated Halloween, many Tokyo train riders had a real-life scare on Sunday when a man dressed as the Joker went on a stabbing spree before starting a fire, injuring 17 (three of them seriously). The attacker, a 24-year-old man, was wearing the...

Climate change: Extreme weather events 'now the norm' as last seven years hottest on record

ITV 2021-10-31

photo: AP / Victor Caivano

The last seven years have been the hottest on record – with sea levels rising to new highs and climate-related destructive weather extremes in 2021, UN experts have said. In its annual state of the global climate report launched as the UN COP26 climate conference gets under way, the World...

Can COP26 really save the planet?

BBC News 2021-10-31

photo: AP / Sergio Azenha

Will COP26 be a climate "turning point" as Boris Johnson wants, or more "blah blah blah" of the kind Greta Thunberg condemns? At face value, things do not look promising, for a simple reason: the previous 25 of these giant conferences failed to turn off the tap of the greenhouse...

T20 World Cup: The rise and rise of England, and the fall of Australia

Gulf News 2021-10-30

photo: AP / Rick Rycroft

England are a fearsome side. The performances in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup have been chilling. They have simply blown away the opposition, and it wouldn’t be a surprise if they add the T20 trophy to the 50-over World Cup. For a long time, England struggled to crack the One-Day International puzzle...

Muslims for the Pope

Asiatimes 2021-10-30

photo: WN / Janice Sabnal

Despite much of the popular alarmist talk, Islam is arguably in a deeper crisis than the Christian world, and this is the problem. Islam has little or no structured unified organization independent from a single state, unlike the Christian world, where the Catholic church is the largest unitary...

The problem with Ted Cruz's defense of a Nazi salute

CNN 2021-10-30

photo: CBP Photo by Glenn Fawcett / U.S. Customs and Border Protection

(CNN)You have to hand it to Sen. Ted Cruz; his timing was impeccable. On the anniversary of the deadliest attack on Jews in US history, Cruz raised his voice in the Senate to defend an American's right to brandish the Nazi salute. Frida Ghitis "My God!" he exclaimed as he slammed his desk, railing...