4 mn readThe women of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the largest unit of Black women to serve overseas during World War II, certainly put their stamp on the war effort—processing about 65,000 pieces of mail per shift. The roughly 850 officers and enlisted personnel were in charge of delivering mail from the home front to […]
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4 mn readThe modest recovery of recent years fails to mask Venezuela’s crisis: a shattered productive structure, poverty levels nearly three times the regional average, and profound inequality. The inauguration of Nicolás Maduro last Friday ushers in a new chapter for Venezuela, marked by deep socioeconomic wounds. The ongoing financial crisis — arguably the population’s greatest source […]
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4 mn readAs Supreme Court justices ponder the future of TikTok in the United States, a growing number of American social media users have responded by moving to an unlikely alternative: Xiaohongshu, a hugely popular social media app in China. The app, which means “Little Red Book,” often shortened by US users to RedNote, surged to the […]
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2 mn readMembers of the Teamsters union have authorized a strike against Costco on February 1 unless they reach a deal with the warehouse retailer before the current contract expires on January 31. The union said 18,000 Costco workers are set to go on strike at 56 of the company’s warehouse stores spread across five states after […]
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2 mn readTürkiye’s first flying-wing, deep-strike unmanned aerial vehicle has successfully performed its first in-flight weapons test using an internal weapons bay, its developer said on Monday. The Anka-3, equipped with an internally mounted guided munition, took to the skies and executed the test firing at an altitude of 20,000 feet while cruising at a speed of […]
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3 mn readThe Polish government adopted a resolution on Thursday vowing to ensure the free and safe participation of the highest representatives of Israel — including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — who chose to attend commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau later this month. Netanyahu became an internationally wanted suspect last year after […]
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