2018年1月9日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World News


Oprah 2020? Why the appeal of ‘celibreticians’ endures

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 02:09 PM PST

Oprah 2020? Why the appeal of 'celibreticians' enduresWhy do voters – some of them, anyway – thrill to the idea of a celebrity serving as President of the United States? President Trump is Exhibit A here, of course. The developer/reality show star has broken the norm that all US presidents have experience in political or military office.


North Korea’s Olympic challenge

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 12:12 PM PST

North Korea's Olympic challengeWhen South Korea proposed last year that North Korea participate in next month's Winter Olympics, it hoped to turn the event in its Taebaek Mountains into a "peace Olympics." Sure enough, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un not only accepted the offer in a New Year's speech, he agreed to hold talks – which took place for 10 hours on Jan. 9 –  with the aim to "defuse military tensions" between the two countries. A sampling of how the February Olympics might play out in Pyeongchang was seen last summer when North Korea's top athletes for the Olympics, figure skating pair Ryom Tae-ok and Kim Ju-sik, trained in Canada alongside South Korean skaters for two months.


Speaking of America: 'An optimist who wears body armor'

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 08:29 AM PST

Speaking of America: 'An optimist who wears body armor'Robert Lewis describes himself as "an optimist who wears body armor." He has seen the need for both.


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