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Marcy Kuo, author of The Diplomat, regularly engages in dialogue with subject matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers from around the world to gain diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This conversation with Dr. Yoram Evron, Associate Professor of Political Science and Chinese Studies at the University of Haifa, Israel, and co-author with Rotem Kownah of 21st Century Israel-Asia Relations: Seeking Partners in a Changing World (2023), marks the 429th installment of the Trans-Pacific View Insights Series. Explain Israel's perception of Asia's strategic relevance to Israel's national interests. Beginning in the 1990s and continuing to expand throughout the first…
Max will provide 24-hour live news from CNN International in Spain, the Nordics, Belgium, the Netherlands and Central and Eastern Europe from 29 August. LONDON, 27 August 2024 – Max, Warner Bros. Discovery's streaming platform, will launch CNN International live channel feeds in 22 European countries across Spain, the Nordics, Belgium, the Netherlands, Central and Eastern Europe on 29 August, providing 24/7 news coverage.* CNN International comes to Max in Europe as the world's attention is focused on this year's crucial US elections. Leading up to Election Day on November 5, Max subscribers can follow every campaign development in the…
Max will provide 24-hour live news from CNN International in Spain, the Nordics, Belgium, the Netherlands and Central and Eastern Europe from 29 August. LONDON, 27 August 2024 – Max, Warner Bros. Discovery's streaming platform, will launch CNN International live channel feeds in 22 European countries across Spain, the Nordics, Belgium, the Netherlands, Central and Eastern Europe on 29 August, providing 24/7 news coverage.* CNN International comes to Max in Europe as the world's attention is focused on this year's crucial US elections. Leading up to Election Day on November 5, Max subscribers can follow every campaign development in the…
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Pope Francis begins his Asia tour next week, and one of his first stops will be Indonesia's iconic Istiqlal Mosque.The 87-year-old head of the Catholic Church is due to hold an interreligious meeting with representatives of the country's six officially recognised religions as the populous Southeast Asian nation faces a challenge to its image of tolerance.Pope Francis, who suffers from numerous health problems and is increasingly wheelchair-bound, has a packed schedule during his four-nation visit, starting in Jakarta on September 3 when he is scheduled to meet with Indonesian President Joko Widodo.At the Istiqlal Mosque, Argentine Jesuits…
Off-Broadway News: Full cast announced for world premiere of Jordan E. Cooper's “Oh Happy Day!” The Baltimore Center Stage production is a co-production with Off-Broadway's Public Theater. Jordan E. Cooper Tricia Baron Baltimore Center Stage has announced the full cast of its upcoming world premiere of Jordan E. Cooper's “Oh Happy Day!” (a co-production with Off-Broadway's Public Theater). BCS Artistic Director Stevie Walker Webb will helm the production, reteaming Cooper with her previous work on “Ain't No Mo'” both Off-Broadway and at the Main Stem. Performances run from September 19 through October 13, with opening night on September 27. As…
Tuesday marks the opening day of another major championship event on the athletics calendar.Get ready for the World U20 Championships. The biennial event is upon us over the next five days, taking place in Lima, Peru, where some of the world's best under-20 teams will battle it out for the championship at the Estadio Atlético de la Villa Deportiva Nacional through Saturday.Initially, the United States had not planned to send a team to Peru due to travel advisories around the world (the U.S. State Department had designated Peru a Level 2 alert, urging travelers to “exercise increased caution”), but after…
A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine finds that the United States has made little progress over the past two decades in closing remaining gaps in health care equity. Despite spending more on health care than any other developed country, the United States continues to draw racial and ethnic lines in the quality and access of health care. These disparities begin at birth. Earlier this year, the Lancet journal of Child and Adolescent Health published a study by scientists at Northwestern University, the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, and several other…
Utah State University is launching a new engineering technology degree program that will give students hands-on experience in a variety of skills.Graduates have employment opportunities in manufacturing, robotics, electronics, machining technology and food production. The program is developed in close collaboration with industry leaders such as Northrop Grumman to ensure the curriculum meets real-world needs.The Engineering Technology program in the Department of Technology, Design and Technical Education (TDTE) in the College of Agriculture and Applied Science is expected to begin enrolling students in fall 2024.”Usually the first thing everyone asks is, 'So how is it different from engineering?'” says Andrew…
Chess.com invites you to play against GM Viswanathan Anand. The Vishy vs. the World match will begin on September 30th and will feature a voting chess format that is open to anyone in the community. Fight against Anand The event celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Kasparov vs. World Championship, in which then-world champion GM Garry Kasparov made headlines by playing against over 50,000 opponents online. Kasparov ultimately emerged victorious after four months and 62 moves. Now, players from all over the world will face off against Anand, another former world champion and one of the most celebrated chess masters…
AI on the Lot has inked a deal with the Toronto International Film Festival to host a pop-up event next month designed to help industry professionals better understand the potential of generative AI tools for visual media. The presentation aims to showcase how filmmakers are already using AI in storytelling. The session, which is open to accredited festival-goers, will take place on September 8th at Glenn Gould Studios starting at 3:30pm ET, followed by happy hour at 5pm. The 49th Toronto festival will run from September 5th to 15th. TIFF's AI on the Lot will also premiere “Cinema Synthetica,” a…