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Taiwan Not Ready for China and Trump

Donald Trump was right to warn at the Republican National Convention in July that China was “surrounding Taiwan” and that “the specter of a growing conflict” hovered over the island. But his so-called concern did not stop him from signaling to Beijing that he would not intervene militarily if China launched an invasion. “Taiwan should […]

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‘Rivals’ Review: Hulu Series Tames ‘Bridgerton’

On the surface, Hulu’s new eight-episode series “Rivals” is a salacious “frenzy” about a fight between two overprivileged (and horny) British men living in the exclusive British Cotswolds in the 1980s. Set among rolling green hills and wildflower-filled forests that are part of large country estates, it is, as one character quipped in the series’ […]

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Record number of water quality problems in Long Island bays this summer, report says

Fish kills, algal blooms and oxygen-starved “dead zones” have affected nearly all of Long Island’s bays and estuaries this summer, according to scientists who monitor water quality at Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. More than 24 lakes and ponds have experienced blooms of blue-green algae, which can be toxic to humans […]

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Classifying a Company’s Country is Complicated

We’ve talked about the basic ingredients before. index structure. One ingredient is finding out which country a stock belongs to. What makes a stock “American”? On a basic level, it sounds like a company’s domicile should be easy; Many companies have their headquarters and shares traded in the same location as their company. For many […]

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Billionaire Pankaj Oswal ‘feels guilty’, locks himself in a ‘secret place’: ‘He devotes all his time to it…’

Riddhi Oswal, the younger daughter of Indian-origin billionaire Pankaj Oswal, said she felt “extremely guilty” for sending her elder daughter Vasundhara to Uganda. He added that he devoted all his time to fighting for her release. Vasundhara has been imprisoned in Uganda for more than three weeks. In an email interview with HT.com, Riddhi said […]

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CNN’s Jake Tapper admits fellow Democrats are ‘horrified’ that Harris ‘didn’t close the deal’

CNN’s Jake Tapper, D-Md. He asked Gov. Wes Moore how to talk to Democrats who are still “appalled” about this. Vice President Kamala Harris There is luck in the race. “I’ve heard from Democratic friends who, frankly, are afraid that Vice President Harris won’t sign the agreement. I’m sure you have more Democratic friends than […]