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Peter Suciu Security, Eurasia The threat isn't just in what the plane can do in the air. Key Point : The Su-35 could be a serious disrupter of air superiority throughout the world. Throughout much of the latter part of the Cold War,...Monday, July 6, 2020 from NPR Topics: Nation
NPR's Brian Mann has been trail running in New York's Adirondack Mountains to manage stress during the coronavirus pandemic. He shares the sounds of the forest with listeners.Monday, July 6, 2020 from NPR Topics: Nation
Arizona is now one of the worst COVID-19 hot spots in the Unites States. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego about how her city is managing the outbreak.Monday, July 6, 2020 from The National Interest
Kyle Mizokami Security, Asia This was China’s introduction to the power and flexibility of the aircraft carrier, something it obsesses about to this day. Here's What You Need to Remember: China is in the unique position of both seeing...Monday, July 6, 2020 from The National Interest
Rachel Bucchino Politics, Americas The unanimous decision comes after “faithless electors” in Washington and Colorado voted contrary to who they originally promised to support. The Supreme Court on Monday upheld state laws requiring ...Monday, July 6, 2020 from NPR Topics: World
Zoonotic pathogens, which include not only COVID-19, but HIV/AIDS and Ebola, have increasingly emerged due to stresses humans have placed on animal habitats, according to a new United Nations report.Monday, July 6, 2020 from The National Interest
Malcolm Davis Security, Asia Current circumstances don't bode well for 2025. Editor's Note: As the world commemorates the 70 th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, the Center for the National Interest ’s Korean Studies team...Monday, July 6, 2020 from The National Interest
Michael Peck Security, Eurasia What are the odds? Key Point : Whether any nation would risk nuclear war by going after an opponent's strategic weapons is a valid question. We can't know for sure what was on Vladimir Putin's mind last...Monday, July 6, 2020 from World from Newser
Bus drivers in southwest France are refusing to work after a Sunday night attack left one of their colleagues brain dead. A police source says the driver, a man in his 50s, was attacked by a group of passengers in Bayonne and suffered...Tuesday, July 7, 2020 from The National Interest
Michael Peck Security, Asia Indian F-35s would send a message to China and Pakistan. Key Point : An Indian purchase would face numerous obstacles. Is India really getting ready to buy the F-35? Indian media reported back in 2018 that the...Monday, July 6, 2020 from The National Interest
Peter Suciu Security, Americas This company was founded in 1526—just over thirty years since Columbus “discovered” America—making it among the oldest companies in continuous operation, the oldest family-owned business and certainly one...Monday, July 6, 2020 from The National Interest
Caleb Larson Security, Asia Wake Island is possibly one of the most important American territories in the Pacific and would be the lynchpin of American strategy there, should a war with China or North Korea break out. Wake Island is not...Monday, July 6, 2020 from Mail.com: US
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — At least eight people, including three children, were killed when two airplanes collided over a scenic mountain lake in northern Idaho, the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. One of the aircraft was a...Monday, July 6, 2020 from The National Interest
Kyle Mizokami Security, For more than a hundred years, the U.S. Navy has been using naval wargames to test ships, tactics and strategy. Here's What You Need to Remember: The simulation is a harrowing lesson to be cautious about how we...Monday, July 6, 2020 from NPR Topics: Nation
Arizona is facing one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the U.S., with the highest ever testing positivity rates. Massachusetts has driven infection rates down and could offer some lessons.Monday, July 6, 2020 from The National Interest
Kyle Mizokami Security, Europe If the two ever meet it will be a battle for the ages, but our world will be much worse for it. Here's What You Need to Remember: Although both are fifth generation fighters, the Su-57 significantly...Monday, July 6, 2020 from The National Interest
Michael Peck Security, Middle East Maybe not the best idea. Key Point : Perhaps it would have been easier not to get rid of those F-16 pilots. Fighter pilots aren't cheap. The U.S. Air Force estimates that training a new pilot to fly a...Monday, July 6, 2020 from NPR Topics: Nation
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office says it is initiating a prosecution of Amy Cooper over false reporting of an incident. In a cellphone video, she claimed a Black man was threatening her.Monday, July 6, 2020 from US from Newser
A draft policy circulated by Pentagon leaders would ban the display of the Confederate flag in Defense Department workplaces or public areas by service members and civilian personnel. If approved, the policy would bring the other...Monday, July 6, 2020 from US from Newser
As a research university with a staff of scientists and engineers, Georgia Tech is an institution that shouldn't ignore the realities of science, faculty members say. More than 800 of them—out of a total of 1,100—have signed a letter...Monday, July 6, 2020 from US from Newser
Harvard says that because of the pandemic, students this year will experience "a fall like no other"—although one familiar thing will be the tuition fees. The university says all classes will be conducted remotely, but tuition will not...Monday, July 6, 2020 from top headlines
On Friday, Wheaton College announced that the school's chaplain was dismissed over “inappropriate comments and actions of a racial and sexual nature.”Monday, July 6, 2020 from NPR Topics: Nation
Florida is facing a surge in coronavirus cases. Miami's local government is sending teams of health officials door to door in some neighborhoods to drop off supplies and educate residents.Monday, July 6, 2020 from The National Interest
Michael Peck History, Asia Let's take a look. Key Point : With an even worse fuel and raw-materials situation than Germany, Japan probably would have fared no better. It is a fallacy that Germany was the only nation to develop combat...Monday, July 6, 2020 from CBN.com - CBN News
As states grapple with how to safely reopen their communities, social distancing and mask-wearing did not rule the day in many areas as crowds gathered coast to coast this past holiday weekend. Monday, July 6, 2020 from News One » Nation
Amy Cooper could face charges for dialing the police on Christian Cooper.Monday, July 6, 2020 from US from Newser
As coronavirus cases multiply in the area, Miami-Dade County has decided it's not ready for a full reopening after all. An executive order by Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez again closes gyms and prohibits in-restaurant dining, per the New York...Monday, July 6, 2020 from The National Interest
Kyle Mizokami Security, Asia A real aircraft carrier for less than a billion dollars sounds almost too good to be true. And it was. Here's What You Need to Remember: In the early 2000s, India went shopping for a new aircraft carrier....Monday, July 6, 2020 from The National Interest
Michael Peck Security, Asia How is South Korea is preparing to defeat them? Key Point : North Korea could potentially prove devastating by conducting quick surprise attacks with flotillas of boats to overwhelm the defenses of enemy...Monday, July 6, 2020 from Mail.com: US
CHICAGO (AP) — One of Chicago's bloodiest holiday weekends in memory ended with 17 people fatally shot, including a 7-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy, and 70 more wounded, despite a concerted effort to quell the violence with an...Monday, July 6, 2020 from Mail.com: US
HOUSTON (AP) — Atlanta-based radio host and comedian Rickey Smiley said Monday that his daughter was hospitalized after being shot in Houston while on her way to Whataburger to get something to eat. “My youngest daughter was shot last...Monday, July 6, 2020 from NPR Topics: Nation
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with New York magazine writer Bilge Ebiri about the life and legacy of famous composer Ennio Morricone, who died Monday at age 91.Monday, July 6, 2020 from The National Interest
Ethen Kim Lieser Security, Americas The search for extraterrestrial intelligent life could offer important insights into how long our own civilization can survive. More than ever before, it’s indeed not a far-fetched idea to think that...Monday, July 6, 2020 from top headlines
Over the weekend, award-winning rapper Kanye West announced that he would be running for President in 2020.Monday, July 6, 2020 from US from Newser
A Minnesota woman serving life in prison for the murder of a Florida woman who resembled her is back in her home state to face another murder charge. Lois Riess was booked Friday on charges of first and second-degree murder in the March...