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Biden says US would defend Taiwan in ‘unprecedented attack’

U.S. military forces would defend Taiwan if there was “an unprecedented attack,” President Joe Biden said, underscoring America’s commitment to the island as Chinese incursions mount near its shores.

Tribune News Service · Sep 19, 2022

Why the Queen inspired American women

The queen was a subversive model for American women of the 1950s, and many traveled to London for her coronation

Salon · Sep 19, 2022

J. Brady McCollough: How Lincoln Riley's hot USC start affects Nebraska, Urban Meyer

The day's biggest headlines were written Saturday morning in America's heartland before a minute of football had been played, when a confluence of unfortunate events led to a rowdy crowd of Nebraska fans feeding the ever-hungry ego of college football's most controversial iconic former head coach.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 18, 2022

New model to enlist regular Americans to resettle refugees

With refugee resettlement agencies overwhelmed after being gutted by the Trump administration, thousands of Americans heeded the call to help Afghans restart their lives in far-flung towns across the United States with little to no immigrant populations

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2022

Reflections on mortality: Alessandra Sanguinetti on her ​eerie images of the midwest

Inspired by a cult 1970s book, the Magnum photographer travelled to Wisconsin to create an eerie and timeless portrait of rural America

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2022

Guam, America's forgotten speck of an island in the Pacific, is the new front line against China

As China flexes its air strength at Taiwan and builds navy capacity at unprecedented speed, the United States is bolstering defences on its most important military outpost in the western Pacific: the tropical island of Guam.

ABC News · Sep 17, 2022

Right-wing fake history is nothing new

A case of fake history repeating itself: The American right told vicious lies about the Confederacy for decades

Salon · Sep 17, 2022

Glasgow predator preyed on 11 girls online and threatened to 'leak' photo of victim

Cameron Stevens targeted the children both here and America from his then-home in Glasgow's Pollok. He has been jailed for three years after being convicted of 14 sex offences.

Glasgow Live · Sep 17, 2022

A 1920s presidential death conspiracy

Warren G. Harding led America through the dawn of the Roaring Twenties — and met with a fittingly mysterious demise

Salon · Sep 17, 2022

Harry and Meghan 'risk losing America' if they continue royal attacks after Queen's death

Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, and Prince and Princess of Wales have called a truce following Queen Elizabeth's death, according to reports

Daily Mirror · Sep 17, 2022