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    Rhee, who helped bring taekwondo to US, dead at 86
    May02

    Rhee, who helped bring taekwondo to US, dead at 86

    By Harrison Smith | Washington Post Grandmaster Jhoon Rhee, a Korean-born martial artist who settled in Washington, D.C., and helped popularize taekwondo in the United States, preaching a philosophy of “truth, beauty and love” while teaching members of Congress how to kick and punch, died April 30 at an assisted-living community in Arlington,...

    Drop in Spending Could Affect Russian Military, Think Tank Says
    May02

    Drop in Spending Could Affect Russian Military, Think Tank Says

    Russian military spending fell by a fifth last year, its first decline in nearly two decades, with tighter purse strings likely to affect Moscow’s military activity ahead, a report by defense think tank SIPRI showed Wednesday. Russia has flexed its military muscles during the last few years with its 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea...

    Mueller interested in 2016 convention episode dismissed by House GOP
    May02

    Mueller interested in 2016 convention episode dismissed by House GOP

    Robert Mueller wants to question President Donald Trump about a change to the 2016 Republican Party platform’s language about Ukraine and Russia, rekindling a subject that House Republicans dismissed as a non-starter.President Donald Trump has denied any role in a decision by party activists at the 2016 Republican National Convention to...

    How to Make Putin Pay a High Price for His Aggression
    May02

    How to Make Putin Pay a High Price for His Aggression

    Following a Russian nerve gas attack on British soil, many Western governments have stood in solidarity with the United Kingdom and have expelled Russian diplomats from their countries. And, in the aftermath of a Russian-aided Syrian chemical attack against the Syrian own people, the United States, U.K., and France launched airstrikes against the...

    The Wall Street Journal is upset about having to interact with poor people at the airport
    May02

    The Wall Street Journal is upset about having to interact with poor people at the airport

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    Mueller Question to Trump on Ukraine Based on Debunked Conspiracy Theory
    May01

    Mueller Question to Trump on Ukraine Based on Debunked Conspiracy Theory

    The New York Times published a list of questions Monday that, it said, were prepared by Special Counsel Robert Mueller to ask President Donald Trump. One of them, oddly, referred to a long-debunked conspiracy theory about the 2016 Republican Party platform. …read more Source:...

    Russia’s Deadly Su-27: The Plane That Terrifies NATO (and Buzzes Its Fighter Jets)
    May01

    Russia’s Deadly Su-27: The Plane That Terrifies NATO (and Buzzes Its Fighter Jets)

    Robert Farley Security, Europe From Russia with love. The original version of the Flanker has enjoyed tremendous export success, and still flies in eleven air forces around the world. The bulk of aircraft fly in Russian (359) and Chinese (fifty-nine) service. In some smoldering conflicts (Russia-Ukraine, Ethiopia-Eritrea, Vietnam-China) both...

    Russia’s Deadly Su-27: The Plane That Terrifies NATO (and Buzzes Its Fighter Jets)
    May01

    Russia’s Deadly Su-27: The Plane That Terrifies NATO (and Buzzes Its Fighter Jets)

    Robert Farley Security, Europe From Russia with love. The original version of the Flanker has enjoyed tremendous export success, and still flies in eleven air forces around the world. The bulk of aircraft fly in Russian (359) and Chinese (fifty-nine) service. In some smoldering conflicts (Russia-Ukraine, Ethiopia-Eritrea, Vietnam-China) both...

    Armenia Protest Leader Calls for General Strike
    May01

    Armenia Protest Leader Calls for General Strike

    The leader of an Armenian protest movement that forced the country’s veteran leader to step down announced on Tuesday a nationwide campaign of civil disobedience after the ruling party thwarted his bid to take over as prime minister. Addressing tens of thousands of people gathered in a square in the Armenian capital, Nikol Pashinyan said...

    WhatsApp founder’s Facebook exit: What he didn’t say
    May01

    WhatsApp founder’s Facebook exit: What he didn’t say

    Add WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum to the list of former executives who have soured on Facebook — perhaps with a question mark next to his name. Koum announced Monday in a Facebook post that he is leaving the company, whose board he joined when the social media giant bought WhatsApp in 2014. The $19 billion purchase remains Facebook’s biggest...