The New Place

As for the Americans, are they not heirs to European civilization? No. Ours is a Greek-Latin civilization, the US belongs to the so-called Judeo-Christian civilization. There isn't much in common between the two...We are humanists, Americans are mostly theocrats... There is more in common between A...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/19/british-tanker-iran-capture-fears-stena-impero-uk-ship-latest I suppose that the Iranian government will now negotiate with the UK on the basis that if you release that tanker of ours that you seized off Gibraltar and we will release your two that we se...

Ultimately, though, he said housing affordability was the biggest factor driving homelessness. An Angeleno would need to earn $47.52 an hour just to afford the median monthly rent , according to L.A.H.S.A. figures. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/us/los-angeles-homeless-population.html So it all...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/19/british-tanker-iran-capture-fears-stena-impero-uk-ship-latest I suppose that the Iranian government will now negotiate with the UK on the basis that if you release that tanker of ours that you seized off Gibraltar and we will release your two that we sei...

I saw it live on our black-and-white television set as it was happening back in 1969.

UN lambasts the USA https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/us-travel-ban-on-myanmar-army-chief-not-enough-says-un-11733304#cxrecs_s "The sanctions announced on Tuesday were the strongest censure yet from a western power . . ." Perhaps the useless UN might inveigle other "western powers" to follo...

No stopping Vietnam’s trade war juggernaut

Growth is soaring, trade is surging and investment rising – all in spite of Trump’s bid to sanction and slow the export-geared nation

https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/07/artic ... uggernaut/

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UN lambasts the USA https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/us-travel-ban-on-myanmar-army-chief-not-enough-says-un-11733304#cxrecs_s "The sanctions announced on Tuesday were the strongest censure yet from a western power . . ." Perhaps the useless UN might inveigle other "western powers" to follo...

UN lambasts the USA https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/us-travel-ban-on-myanmar-army-chief-not-enough-says-un-11733304#cxrecs_s "The sanctions announced on Tuesday were the strongest censure yet from a western power . . ." Perhaps the useless UN might inveigle other "western powers" to follo...

I originally inaugurated this discussion on Vietnam with this (part cut-and-pasted) post: Vietnam biggest winner from first year of the US-China trade war as supply chains shift , report shows. The economy of the southeast Asian nation was boosted by almost 8 per cent due to the shift in production...