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Taliban shift tactics in their determination to control, oppress women

Voices // 22 hours ago

Taliban shift tactics in their determination to control, oppress women

Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan a year ago, it has barred girls from school, required women to wear burqas in public and banned women from travelling without a male chaperone.

Finnish, Swedish NATO membership will make for stronger, smarter alliance

Voices // 3 days ago

Finnish, Swedish NATO membership will make for stronger, smarter alliance

Facing rising extremism in its ranks, U.S. military clamps down on racist speech

Voices // 4 days ago

Facing rising extremism in its ranks, U.S. military clamps down on racist speech

Joe Biden might be able to survive age, unpopularity

Voices // 6 days ago

Joe Biden might be able to survive age, unpopularity

New efforts to combat teacher shortages don't address the real problems

Voices // 6 days ago

New efforts to combat teacher shortages don't address the real problems

Aug. 9 (UPI) -- States have recently focused their efforts to reduce the nation's teacher shortage by promoting strategies that "remove or relax barriers to entry" to quickly bring new people into the teaching profession.

Bladed 'Ninja' missile used to kill al-Qaida leader shows new slate of super weapons

Voices // 1 week ago

Bladed 'Ninja' missile used to kill al-Qaida leader shows new slate of super weapons

Aug. 8 (UPI) -- The recent killing of al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri by a Hellfire R9X "Ninja" missile highlights the speed and nature of international weapons development.

Renewed surge of COVID-19 adds to Iran's woes

Voices // 1 week ago

Renewed surge of COVID-19 adds to Iran's woes

Aug. 5 (UPI) -- A new wave of COVID-19 is sweeping across Iran, adding to the woes of the troubled Islamic state.

Russia's withdrawal from ISS another sign of its space decline

Voices // 1 week ago

Russia's withdrawal from ISS another sign of its space decline

Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Russia's withdrawal from the International Space Station marks the continuing decline of its space enterprise and has potential security implications for the future.

U.S. in state of dangerous coexistence at home and abroad

Voices // 1 week ago

U.S. in state of dangerous coexistence at home and abroad

Aug. 3 (UPI) -- How best to define the state of America at home and abroad other than bad?

Confidence in Supreme Court declining; no easy way to oversee justices' politics

Voices // 1 week ago

Confidence in Supreme Court declining; no easy way to oversee justices' politics

Aug. 2 (UPI) -- There is no formal code of conduct guiding the work of the U.S. Supreme Court, which contributes to a lack of clarity regarding the ethical boundaries for justices.

Climate change is intensifying water cycle, bringing more flooding

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Climate change is intensifying water cycle, bringing more flooding

Aug. 1 (UPI) -- The impact of climate change on extreme water-related events like recent flooding in Kentucky, St. Louis and elsewhere is becoming increasingly evident.

Americans demanding Supreme Court term limits after abortion ruling

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Americans demanding Supreme Court term limits after abortion ruling

July 29 (UPI) -- After the Supreme Court's landmark ruling overturning half a century of abortion rights under Roe vs. Wade, two-thirds of Americans want fundamental court reform, specifically term limits for Supreme Court justices.

Shareholders are suffering most from Elon Musk's Twitter feud

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Shareholders are suffering most from Elon Musk's Twitter feud

July 28 (UPI) -- Elon Musk's recent highly public back and forth with Twitter has given the market whiplash.

America is on fire and only the president can confront the crises

Voices // 2 weeks ago

America is on fire and only the president can confront the crises

July 27 (UPI) -- America is on fire, literally and figuratively. Forest fires rage on the West coast. Temperatures soar above 100 degrees F. And perhaps most dangerously, America's political temperature has reached the boiling point.

EU's suit against Hungary over anti-gay law isn't a sure win for LGBT rights in Europe

Voices // 2 weeks ago

EU's suit against Hungary over anti-gay law isn't a sure win for LGBT rights in Europe

July 26 (UPI) -- The European Commission is taking legal action against Hungary at the European court of justice, escalating a dispute over the country's anti-LGBT laws. This is an unprecedented step for the EU, but it isn't a sure win.

Dispirited homebuyers show Fed's inflation fight is starting to succeed

Voices // 3 weeks ago

Dispirited homebuyers show Fed's inflation fight is starting to succeed

July 25 (UPI) -- I've studied finance and financial markets since the 1970s, and I have never seen the Federal Reserve's monetary policy get such prominent news coverage as it has this past year.

Russia and Iran's friendship shows their weakness, not strength

Voices // 3 weeks ago

Russia and Iran's friendship shows their weakness, not strength

July 22 (UPI) -- Facing economic and military difficulties in his invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin popped up this week in Iran's capital, Tehran.

Russia's kidnappings of Ukrainians a page out of a wartime playbook

Voices // 3 weeks ago

Russia's kidnappings of Ukrainians a page out of a wartime playbook

July 21 (UPI) -- Following months of speculation, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed on July 13 that Russia had forcibly relocated 900,000 to 1.6 million Ukrainians into Russia.

Vladimir Putin's brain: He believes he can win in Ukraine

Voices // 3 weeks ago

Vladimir Putin's brain: He believes he can win in Ukraine

July 20 (UPI) -- Two of America's greatest failings, certainly regarding post-World War II foreign policy, have been profound shortcomings in knowledge and understanding of events and circumstances in which the U.S. has engaged.

Abortion funds may not be able to keep up with rising demand

Voices // 3 weeks ago

Abortion funds may not be able to keep up with rising demand

July 19 (UPI) -- Abortion providers in places like Pennsylvania and California are seeing an uptick in abortion patients traveling from other states, where the procedure is now banned or restricted.

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