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Volodymyr Zelensky's diplomacy improves ground for fresh offensive in Ukraine

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Volodymyr Zelensky's diplomacy improves ground for fresh offensive in Ukraine

May 26 (UPI) -- Ukraine's offensive is in full swing -- at least diplomatically.

China's hypersonic missiles threaten U.S. power in the Pacific

Voices // 2 days ago

China's hypersonic missiles threaten U.S. power in the Pacific

China's pique: Cultural misperceptions feed hostility with U.S.

Voices // 3 days ago

China's pique: Cultural misperceptions feed hostility with U.S.

U.S. military sent female soldiers on covert combat missions to Afghanistan

Voices // 4 days ago

U.S. military sent female soldiers on covert combat missions to Afghanistan

Military drones are swarming Ukraine, other conflicts -- with no international rules

Voices // 5 days ago

Military drones are swarming Ukraine, other conflicts -- with no international rules

May 22 (UPI) -- Loud explosions rock the evening sky. Streaks of light appear like comets. Missiles rain down. Below, people scramble for cover. The injured are taken on stretchers -- the dead, buried. Welcome to the world of drones.

ChatGPT-powered Wall Street offers benefits and perils

Voices // 1 week ago

ChatGPT-powered Wall Street offers benefits and perils

May 19 (UPI) -- Artificial Intelligence-powered tools, such as ChatGPT, have the potential to revolutionize the efficiency, effectiveness and speed of the work humans do.

Hottest days warming twice as fast as average summer temperature in Europe

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Hottest days warming twice as fast as average summer temperature in Europe

May 18 (UPI) -- Between 1960 and 2021, northwest Europe has seen its hottest days warm by around 0.6 degrees C per decade -- double the rate at which the region's average summer days have warmed.

White House, Congress playing Russian roulette with debt ceiling

Voices // 1 week ago

White House, Congress playing Russian roulette with debt ceiling

Not for the first time, both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue are playing political Russian roulette. Except this time, all six chambers are loaded with bullets. It will be America that is the victim.

Schools banning books fail to teach history needed to keep democracy strong

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Schools banning books fail to teach history needed to keep democracy strong

May 16 (UPI) -- School districts around the country have banned books about issues ranging from racism to the Holocaust to the LGBTQ community. Parents have campaigned to restrict the instruction of such difficult topics as slavery.

Misogyny, digital sex crimes, gov't policy worsen South Korea's gender war

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Misogyny, digital sex crimes, gov't policy worsen South Korea's gender war

May 15 (UPI) -- South Korea finds itself embroiled in an all-out gender war -- and it keeps getting worse.

Biden's plan to cut carbon emissions could extend lives of fossil fuel power plants

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Biden's plan to cut carbon emissions could extend lives of fossil fuel power plants

May 12 (UPI) -- The Biden administration's new regulations to curb carbon pollution from power plants are designed to strike a delicate balance between slowing climate change and avoiding further legal setbacks.

Pandemic, politics, teacher shortage drag down history scores for 8th-graders

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Pandemic, politics, teacher shortage drag down history scores for 8th-graders

May 11 (UPI) -- When student test scores revealed that knowledge of U.S. history and civics had reached an all-time low, one Republican lawmaker described the drop as an "outright failure that should concern every parent."

Americans have abandoned common sense on debt ceiling, shootings and Trump

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Americans have abandoned common sense on debt ceiling, shootings and Trump

Have Americans banished or abandoned common sense in what is expected from their government and even from basic citizenship? This should be intolerable.

Four challenges will shape the next farm bill -- and how the U.S. eats

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Four challenges will shape the next farm bill -- and how the U.S. eats

May 9 (UPI) -- For the 20th time since 1933, Congress is writing a multiyear farm bill that will shape what kind of food U.S. farmers grow, how they raise it and how it gets to consumers.

ChatGPT's work lacks transparency and that is a problem

Voices // 2 weeks ago

ChatGPT's work lacks transparency and that is a problem

May 8 (UPI) -- After getting a set of questions about the COVID-19 pandemic and putting together my responses, I thought that I would see how ChatGPT would do.

Exploitation of Hollywood writers is a symptom of digital feudalism

Voices // 3 weeks ago

Exploitation of Hollywood writers is a symptom of digital feudalism

May 5 (UPI) -- The current Hollywood writers strike has drawn international attention to the plight of TV and film writers in the streaming era.

Dominion threw away its shot by not requiring correction, apology from Fox News

Voices // 3 weeks ago

Dominion threw away its shot by not requiring correction, apology from Fox News

May 4 (UPI) -- Tucker Carlson's abrupt exit from Fox News was a startling turn that could have been indicative of reform and remorse for the company's deviations from credible journalism. It wasn't.

Heavy is crown: Being king or queen of Britain isn't easy

Voices // 3 weeks ago

Heavy is crown: Being king or queen of Britain isn't easy

Tens of millions of Americans will watch the coronation of Britain's King Charles III on Saturday.

Bank crises rooted in system that rewards excessive risk-taking

Voices // 3 weeks ago

Bank crises rooted in system that rewards excessive risk-taking

May 2 (UPI) -- First Republic is the latest victim of the panic that has roiled small and midsize banks since the failure of Silicon Valley Bank in March.

As peacemaker in Ukraine, China would gain influence in new world order

Voices // 3 weeks ago

As peacemaker in Ukraine, China would gain influence in new world order

May 1 (UPI) -- After more than a year of no direct communication, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had a phone conversation on Wednesday.

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