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DAILY SPECIALS

Trump: North Korea 'could be great power' without nuclear weapons

'Green Book' wins best picture and Spike Lee nabs his first Oscar at host-less ceremony

Pence in Bogota to discuss ways to oust Venezuela’s Maduro

WHY AMERICA'S AFGHANISTAN PULLOUT IS BAD NEWS FOR KASHMIR

Trump Suggests ‘Signing Summit’ With Xi as China Talks Advance

The War Against California

CYBERSECURITY

'Catfishing' con catches out Nato troops, report reveals

Using social media and with just US$60, researchers found and tricked Nato troops

For foreign hackers, 2018 was all about subtlety, CrowdStrike says

VETERANS

USDS Continues IT Transformation at VA

No veteran left behind: How an ex-Marine is saving lives back home

The War Within: Portraits of Vietnam Veterans Fighting Heroin Addiction

SCREEN

Murder Mountain: Welcome To Humboldt County

Versailles: Series 3

Shtisel

MARIJUANA

Does Adolescent Marijuana Use Lead to Depression Later in Life?

Marijuana is Safe, But That’s Not Why It Should Be Legal

READ

Around the World with Mark Twain

In Defense of Israel: A Memoir of a Political Life

A Tiger's Heart: The Story of a Modern Chinese Woman: A Memoir

The Three-Body Problem FICTION

The Vegetarian FICTION

Ethan Frome FICTION

ISRAEL

Netanyahu-Putin meeting in Russia postponed

Why Benjamin Netanyahu Loves the European Far-Right

Blastoff to the moon: Israel launches lunar spacecraft

Netanyahu Sparks Outrage Over Pact With Racist Party

CHINA

CHINA, THE NEXT BIG SUPPLIER OF HIGH-TECH ARMS TO EMERGING NATIONS

China has put 1 million Muslims in concentration camps. MBS had nothing to say. OPINION

Fortnite Addiction? China Has the Answer.

Chinese company leaves Muslim-tracking facial recognition database exposed online

230,000 DIED IN A DAM COLLAPSE THAT CHINA KEPT SECRET FOR YEARS

AUSTRALIA

Australian parliament hacked by 'sophisticated state actor,' prime minister says

‘A Harbinger of Things to Come’: Farmers in Australia Struggle With Its Hottest Drought Ever

The Secret S&M Subculture in Australia's Prisons

Serena Williams: Cartoon accused of racism cleared by press watchdog

PHILIPPINES

Cyber-libel law, used against journalist Maria Ressa, carries far more serious penalties than ordinary libel

Measles cases breach 8,000-mark over a week since outbreak

One Billion Rising, 2019: From a Campaign to End Violence against Women to a Way of Life.

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