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Some fear China could win from U.S spat with Marshall Islands

MAJURO, 29 NOVEMBER 2021 (AP)—For decades, the tiny Marshall Islands has been a stalwart American ally. Its location in the middle of the Pacific Ocean has made it a key strategic outpost for the U.S military. But that loyalty is being tested amid a dispute with Washington over the terms of its “Compact of Free […]

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NCAA women’s basketball tournament expands to 68 teams

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer The NCAA women’s basketball tournament is expanding to 68 teams beginning with the current season, giving it an equal number of participants as the men’s tournament as part of a concerted effort at gender parity. The men’s tournament expanded to 68 teams in 2011 with four first-round games traditionally […]

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IAEA chief: AUKUS could set precedent for pursuit of nuclear submarines

WASHINGTON (THE GUARDIAN) —The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog has said other states could follow Australia’s example and seek to build nuclear-powered submarines, raising serious proliferation and legal concerns. Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said during a visit to Washington that he had sent a special team […]

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Horoscope

Aries (Mar.21 – Apr.19) Jul 31, 2020 – You seem to be filled with questions, Aries. Some of them are big, some trivial. All you know is that they preoccupy you, and the answers aren’t readily apparent. Don’t fret. All that will change by day’s end. The planetary configurations are such that all the confusing […]

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3 economists who study poverty win Nobel Prize

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a third from Harvard University won the 2019 Nobel Prize in economics on Monday for groundbreaking research into what works and what doesn’t in the fight to reduce global poverty. The award went to MIT’s Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, and Harvard’s Michael […]

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