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A free and unified Korea: advancing U.S. national security interests

Voices // 2 days ago

A free and unified Korea: advancing U.S. national security interests

May 2 (UPI) -- A unified Korea supports U.S. security, power, and prosperity, says David Maxwell in this strategic policy overview.

How Diana Vreeland transformed the Met Gala into fashion's biggest night

Voices // 3 days ago

How Diana Vreeland transformed the Met Gala into fashion's biggest night

Trump casts an ominous shadow over Britain

Voices // 4 days ago

Trump casts an ominous shadow over Britain

Remembering a short-lived Jewish state in New York

Voices // 5 days ago

Remembering a short-lived Jewish state in New York

Vietnam's environment still bears the scars of war -- and signals a dark future for Gaza, Ukraine

Voices // 6 days ago

Vietnam's environment still bears the scars of war -- and signals a dark future for Gaza, Ukraine

Fifty years later, Vietnam's degraded ecosystems and dioxin-contaminated soils and waters still reflect the long-term ecological consequences of the war.

Trump's aggressive actions against free speech speak far louder than his words defending it

Voices // 1 week ago

Trump's aggressive actions against free speech speak far louder than his words defending it

The Trump administration has clearly violated and chilled free speech on many occasions.

Business effects of Trump's anti-DEI and anti-trans agendas run deep

Voices // 1 week ago

Business effects of Trump's anti-DEI and anti-trans agendas run deep

Transgender rights have become a lightning rod in the United States. A barrage of federal directives seeks to challenge or outright eliminate protections in areas ranging from health care to education to the military.

Trump's policies will create Russian, Chinese strategic, economic coups

Voices // 1 week ago

Trump's policies will create Russian, Chinese strategic, economic coups

April 23 (UPI) -- Why has President Donald Trump given Russia and China an opportunity for what could be unintended strategic and economic coups?

Stripping federal protection for clean water harms just about everyone

Voices // 1 week ago

Stripping federal protection for clean water harms just about everyone

Communities already facing pollution and failing infrastructure can become even more vulnerable when federal protections are stripped away.

Pope Francis tried to change the Catholic Church for women, with mixed success

Voices // 1 week ago

Pope Francis tried to change the Catholic Church for women, with mixed success

Changes during Pope Francis' tenure changes barely scratched the surface of securing full equality for women in the Catholic Church.

Francis a pope who cared deeply for the poor, opened up the Catholic Church

Voices // 1 week ago

Francis a pope who cared deeply for the poor, opened up the Catholic Church

The changes Francis brought to the papacy were more than skin deep. He opened the church to the outside world in ways none of his predecessors had done before.

Indicators of alien life may have been found -- what the new research means

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Indicators of alien life may have been found -- what the new research means

A new research paper in the Astrophysical Journal suggests that Cambridge scientists have managed to find emissions from bacteria or other tiny organisms in space, but it doesn't confirm alien life.

If international students stay home, the U.S. economy will suffer greatly

Voices // 2 weeks ago

If international students stay home, the U.S. economy will suffer greatly

If these global scholars stay home because of fears of action against them by the Trump administration, that's bad economic news for cities and towns across the United States.

NATO perhaps faces its biggest crossroads

Voices // 2 weeks ago

NATO perhaps faces its biggest crossroads

April 16 (UPI) -- The bond that was the irreplaceable glue for the NATO alliance is not only being eroded, but it also is being removed.

History shows tariffs like Trump's come with painful pitfalls

Voices // 2 weeks ago

History shows tariffs like Trump's come with painful pitfalls

History shows that tariffs to revive U.S. manufacturing, reclaim jobs and counter allegedly unfair trade practices rarely succeed. In today's interconnected world, they're more likely to provoke painful retaliation.

Social Security's trust fund could be depleted sooner than expected

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Social Security's trust fund could be depleted sooner than expected

Within a decade, Social Security could run short on funds to pay the full benefits Americans are counting on.

AI-generated images can exploit how your mind works

Voices // 3 weeks ago

AI-generated images can exploit how your mind works

With my understanding of how people process images and notice -− or don't notice -− detail, it's not surprising to me that people aren't tuning in to the fact that many images are AI-generated.

Think twice before using shorthand like 'thx' and 'k' in your texts

Voices // 3 weeks ago

Think twice before using shorthand like 'thx' and 'k' in your texts

As we gathered data, surveyed people and set up experiments, it became clear that those tiny shortcuts -- sometimes hailed as a hallmark of efficient communication -- undermine relationships instead of simplifying them.

Child sexual exploitation, abuse a multibillion-dollar industry -- report shows who benefits

Voices // 3 weeks ago

Child sexual exploitation, abuse a multibillion-dollar industry -- report shows who benefits

The sexual exploitation and abuse of children has become a multibillion-dollar global trade. The chilling reality of this profit-driven industry is laid bare by new findings from the University of Edinburgh.

Trump's tariff blunder will generate retaliation, retribution against an isolated U.S.

Voices // 3 weeks ago

Trump's tariff blunder will generate retaliation, retribution against an isolated U.S.

April 8 (UPI) -- Whether President George W. Bush's ill-fated decision to invade Iraq in 2003 was America's worst geostrategic blunder since World War II and Vietnam or not, Donald Trump's imposition of tariffs may prove worse.

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