With a few notable exceptions and caveats, President Joe Biden has been keeping his campaign promise to wind down America’s “forever wars” the open-ended counterterrorist campaign the U.S. has been fighting around the globe for the past 20 years.
Most dramatically, Biden announced the withdrawal of the last U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11. While this is a somewhat slower timeline than the May 1 withdrawal originally agreed to by Donald Trump, it nonetheless will represent the end of America’s longest war, and the announcement showed Biden’s determination to act despite some significant political, military, and humanitarian risks.
Commentary: What a container ship stranded in the Suez Canal showed us about globalization
Elizabeth Shackelford - Chicago Tribune
The Ever Given had been stuck in Suez sand for nearly a week when my neighbor asked if we were sure the giant container ship hadn’t been sabotaged. It seemed too globally consequential to have been caused by accident, he thought. That it was ultimately freed by a lucky alignment of sun and moon didn’t instill confidence in the global order on which we all rely.
My neighbor is neither conspiracy theorist nor foreign policy expert. He’s a carpenter, and he had a point. Who could blame ordinary Americans for assuming that, when something bad happens on this scale, it must have been an attack?
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Dancing Uphill has featured University of Vermont student choreography and performance. This year, audience members watch for free as the show is livestreamed from UVM s Michelle and Martin Cohen Hall for the Integrative Creative Arts on Friday, April 16, and Saturday, April 17. The program includes works by faculty members Paul Besaw, Paula Higa and Julie Peoples-Clark, as well as student senior projects developed as part of UVM s new dance major, launched in 2019.
2. Tough Calls Courtesy of Zachary Martin, Greenwich Entertainment Desert One I was very determined to get the hostages released, recalls president Jimmy Carter in a trailer for
Juba, South Sudan – When the pandemic struck, many feared South Sudan could be one of the hardest hit countries in Africa – years of conflict had hollowed out its healthcare system and the threat of famine was on the horizon.
Heeding the warnings, the European Union, the United States and the World Bank chipped in more than $100m for the COVID-19 response, while the International Monetary Fund has given some $200m in loans.
Worrying death toll projections have yet to materialise – fewer than 150 people have died of the virus in the past year despite a recent uptick in cases – but familiar patterns of alleged profiteering emerged after the first cases were reported.
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