The Thomas Fire, one of five destructive blazes currently burning in California, now ranks as the tenth largest wildfire on record in the state. As of Sunday, the massive fire has burned more than 173,000 acres and destroyed more than 500 structures in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties since sparking last Monday. At just 15 […]
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Trump watches up to 8 hours of TV per day
President Donald Trump, who just last month said he’s too busy “reading documents” to watch much television, spends up to 8 hours in front of the TV each day, according to a new report. White House aides tell The New York Times that Trump watches at least 4 hours, and sometimes up to twice that […]
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China is now making some of the most powerful guns on the planet
Like the rest of China’s military revolution over the past quarter century, its small-arms revolution is a remarkable achievement. China’s People’s Liberation Army has traditionally relied on foreign and Communist bloc weapons manufactured in China under license—or not. Now, however, as the PLA undergoes an unprecedented modernization, a new generation of locally designed and manufactured […]
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US Senator plans legislation to limit trust fund spending in Marshall Islands
By Giff Johnson MAJURO, 07 DECEMBER 2017 (MARIANAS VARIETY) — A move by the United States Interior Department to give islanders displaced by U.S. nuclear weapons tests complete control of a multi-million dollar trust fund has sparked a leading U.S. Senator to intervene to reverse the decision, and prompted concern at home. [restrict] In response […]
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PNA groupings threatens to withdraw from Tuna Commission
By Pita Ligaiula in Manila, Philippines MANILA, 07 DECEMBER 2017 (PACNEWS) — Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) have threatened to pull out of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) if the fishing nations and coastal states who make its membership fail to agree on new rules for all-important tropical tuna. [restrict] Current […]
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The world breaks everyone. The very good, the very gentle, and the very brave. And those it doesn’t break, it kills. – Ernest Hemingway There’s no shame in being a broken woman [or man]. I should know. We just pick up the pieces and start rebuilding with Christ as the Cornerstone. He is important since […]