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Not many people know how to wage nuclear war. I’m one of them. As a young U.S. Air Force fighter pilot in the late 1970s, I was trained to carry out nuclear strikes in a rigorous process designed to ensure that no contingencies — mechanical or ethical — deter your mission. Certain things remain burned into my memory: maps and photos of my target and the realization of the Armageddon I would leave in my wake. Training culminated with a sworn pledge to vaporize that target without hesitation. Much of my 33-year career was spent as a nuclear warrior — I later oversaw the U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile fleet and served as deputy commander of American military forces in the Pacific — experience that informs my deep alarm over the growing risk of nuclear conflict with North Korea. The United States has tried for decades to prevent the country from becoming a nuclear threat, veering from diplomacy to pressure to patience. None of these approaches have worked. Here’s something … [Read more...] about I Know How Nuclear War Is Waged, So I’m Calling for Peace With North Korea

It's a sunny afternoon in April and I'm sitting in the backseat of my sister's car as she pulls into a McDonald's drive-thru in Forest Park, Georgia. My Vietnamese mother, riding shotgun, is deliberating what to order for my American father—Coke or Sprite, cheeseburger or hamburger, fries or fruit cup. I tell her, as gently as I can, that Dad won't object to her choices. He's been dead for seven years. When we arrive at the veterans' cemetery, Mom hobbles down the hill. As always, the click of her metal walker and the rustle of plastic bags draped from her arm announce her arrival. In Vietnam, she'd offered her deceased parents mangos and paper money on ornate porcelain dishes. But here, on the rougher outskirts of Atlanta, she puts fast-food and caramel ganache brownies on white paper plates for her husband of 42 years. "Daddy, I give you chocolate cake," she says of the offering. "Happy birthday Daddy. Hope you like." Fifty years ago this week, the last American troops … [Read more...] about “My parents met in the Vietnam War, dad couldn’t accept that I’m biracial”

BEIJING — South Korea is desperately trying to manage the diplomatic crisis between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un in order to avert threatened American military action against North Korea. Trump's announcement Thursday that he was calling off the Singapore summit was followed by a flurry of reversed decisions and policy re-statements, rhetorical declarations both hostile and conciliatory, shuttle diplomacy by minor officials around the globe, high-profile meetings and low-key discussions. We have put a great team together for our talks with North Korea. Meetings are currently taking place concerning Summit, and more. Kim Young Chol, the Vice Chairman of North Korea, heading now to New York. Solid response to my letter, thank you! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 29, 2018 The leadership in Seoul has been working around-the-clock to keep peace talks on track. On Saturday, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong Un held a “surprise summit” … [Read more...] about South Korea works to prevent war between U.S., North Korea

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Asda has revealed that profits dipped in 2022 due to accelerating cost inflation but sales edged higher. The UK’s third largest supermarket chain said sales improved significantly in the latter half of the year after investing in price cuts as customers sought bargains in the face of the cost-of-living crisis. Mohsin Issa, co-owner of Asda, said the retailer delivered a “highly resilient” performance during the year. On Wednesday, the company said adjusted earnings declined by almost a quarter to £886 million last year as it absorbed higher costs in its supply chain. Meanwhile, total sales rose by 0.1% to £20.45 billion compared with 2021, although like-for-like sales were 0.2% lower. Recommended Charity boss speaks out over ‘traumatic’ encounter with royal aide Ukraine war’s … [Read more...] about Profits slip at Asda as shoppers hit by cost-of-living crisis

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Tuesday that unless his nation wins a drawn-out battle in a key eastern city, Russia could begin building international support for a deal that could require Ukraine to make unacceptable compromises. He also invited the leader of China , long aligned with Russia, to visit. If Bakhmut fell to Russian forces, their president, Vladimir Putin , would “sell this victory to the West, to his society, to China, to Iran,” Zelenskyy said in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press. “If he will feel some blood — smell that we are weak — he will push, push, push,” Zelenskyy said in English, which he used for virtually all of the interview. The leader spoke to the AP aboard a train shuttling him across Ukraine, to cities near some of the fiercest fighting and others where his country’s forces have successfully repelled Russia’s invasion. The AP is the first news organization to travel extensively with Zelenskyy since the … [Read more...] about Any Russian victory could be perilous, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy warns

Russia’s casualties including dead and wounded in what they euphemistically call their “special military operation” in Ukraine is on the road to hitting a quarter-million people, the United Kingdom says. Huge numbers of Russians are being killed in Ukraine according to “the latest U.S. assessments” shared by British defence secretary Ben Wallace during a press conference on Wednesday, with those lives being sacrificed for “almost no progress whatsoever”. Mr Wallace, who is a former British Army officer and one of the longest-serving ministers in the British government as his close involvement in executing the UK’s support for Ukraine in the wake of the Russian invasion has seen him immune to the recent churn of Prime Ministers, said the Russians were “suffering huge casualties for whatever piece of ground they do take”. Speaking alongside the Swedish defence minister after talks in London, Wallace remarked; “The latest U.S. assessments I have seen put casualty figures at … [Read more...] about Russia Has Suffered 220,000 Casualties in Ukraine So Far, Says UK

Suella Braverman faces a battle with rebels over her refusal to create new safe routes for refugees to come to this country. A fiery debate in the Commons today saw Rishi Sunak's own MPs criticising his and the Home Secretary's bill to tackle the small boats crisis - as well as harsh words from Labour's frontbenches. MPs are seeking to amend the government’s controversial Illegal Immigration Bill to force ministers to create an alternative to making dangerous Channel crossings. Tory MP Tim Loughton, who is leading a rebellion, wants the Government to launch new and safe legal routes. It could mean up to 20,000 migrants could be offered a way to seek asylum in the UK Mr Loughton yesterday branded the bill “very controversial”, adding that it would be “much more palatable and much more workable” if it introduced new safe and legal routes. Tory MP Tim Loughton put forward an amendment for the Bill to include new and safe legal routes Setting out his amendment in the … [Read more...] about MP says ministers want to blame migrant crisis on ‘Labour, judges or footie pundits’

In the aftermath of World War II, the Japanese economy went through one of the greatest booms the world has ever known. From 1950 to 1970, the economy’s output per person grew more than sevenfold. Japan, in just a few decades, remade itself from a war-torn country into one of the richest nations on earth. Yet, strangely, Japanese citizens didn’t seem to become any more satisfied with their lives. According to one poll, the percentage of people who gave the most positive possible answer about their life satisfaction actually fell from the late 1950s to the early ’70s. They were richer but apparently no happier. This contrast became the most famous example of a theory known as the Easterlin paradox. In 1974, Richard Easterlin, then an economist at the University of Pennsylvania, published a study in which he argued that economic growth didn’t necessarily lead to more satisfaction. People in poor countries, not surprisingly, did become happier once they could afford basic … [Read more...] about Maybe Money Does Buy Happiness After All

A Middle Eastern mini-market sells produce from Syria, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan. A Methodist Church sits alongside Afro-Caribbean Mr B’s Hair Products. Not far away a Polish cafe sells peasant pork chop and dumplings. Then there’s an Indian tailor and an African food shop. Welcome to Barton Street, Gloucester, which with residents who speak 70 languages is being called the most diverse road in the country. The area was a traditionally Jewish quarter when a Jewish cemetery was built in the 18th century, but over the years there has been a large influx of Muslim and Eastern European families - and then from other parts of the world. Now it’s no wonder there’s a graffiti stencil of Martin Luther King and his very appropriate words: “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” Marta Puchala says she loves the street ( Image: Rowan Griffiths / Daily Mirror) Many newcomers set up businesses here, creating a lively street full of … [Read more...] about Inside ‘UK’s most diverse road’ where happy residents speak 70 different languages

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) and her advisers are reaching out to staffers for a possible 2020 presidential bid, according to three sources with knowledge of the moves who spoke to The Daily Beast. Gabbard, a 37-year-old Hawaii Democrat, has not been shy about her consideration of a White House run, even telling the Honolulu Star-Advertiser that she was “seriously thinking of how I can best be of service to our country.” But the act of trying to find top aides suggests that the idea is further along than her public utterances suggest. The congresswoman already has a relationship with a top progressive communications firm with experience in presidential campaigns. She has used Revolution Messaging for her prior congressional runs and sources say that she is making inquiries to see if the firm, which Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) raise millions in his 2016 presidential bid, will assist her in 2020. Arun Chaudhary, a partner at the firm who had previously done video work for … [Read more...] about Tulsi Gabbard Is Reaching Out to Staffers for Possible 2020 Run