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VP Harris to headline dinner for South Carolina Democrats

Vice President Kamala Harris is returning to South Carolina this week to headline a fundraising dinner for Democrats in the state

The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2022

Gas rigs transform into undersea paradise

Retired oil and gas production rigs are being developed into a tourist attraction for the first time in Thailand, in an attempt to create a new diving destination in the South.

Bangkok Post · Jun 5, 2022

US, S.Korea, Japan Envoys Meet as N.Korea Appears to Prepare Nuclear Test

Officials from the United States, South Korea and Japan met in Seoul on Friday to prepare for "all contingencies" amid signs North Korea is preparing to conduct a nuclear test for the first time since 2017. US Special Representative Sung Kim met his South Korean and Japanese counterparts, Kim Gunn…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 3, 2022

Cities in Arizona, Texas and Florida lead population boom

The U.S. is spreading out, heading South and West and creating new boomtowns, tech hubs and rising power centers.

Axios · May 30, 2022

In Georgia, 2 Black candidates to compete for Senate seat

Georgia still struggles with its history of slavery, segregation and racial injustice, but voters in the Deep South state have for the first time selected two Black candidates to represent the major parties in a U.S. Senate race

The Independent UK · May 28, 2022

Conservatives would hold just three out of 88 battleground seats if election held now, poll suggests

Boris Johnson’s seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip is among those likely fall to Labour control, the survey found

The Independent UK · May 27, 2022

Commission proposes new names for bases that now honor Confederates - Roll Call

A congressional commission has recommended changing the names of nine Army bases in the South that now honor Confederate veterans.

Roll Call · May 24, 2022

Blue state minimum wages inch upward, widening gap with South

A grocery store cashier who’s guaranteed $15 per hour in California can legally be paid $7.25 in Texas and 19 other states — a gap in state minimum wages that’s set to widen further in the year ahead.

Tribune News Service · May 24, 2022

Rain beats the heat, snarls make Delhi lose cool

NEW DELHI: The respite from the heat for Delhiites was tempered by the inconvenience caused by traffic snarls in various parts of the city. The heavy showers led to waterlogging in south, central and outer Delhi affecting traffic movement on Rao Tula Ram flyover, Lala Lajpat Rai Marg, ITO, Preet…

The Times of India · May 23, 2022

This rural, red Southern county was a vaccine success story. Not anymore

MEIGS COUNTY, Tenn. — At a glance, it seemed like a Southern pandemic success story in a most unlikely place.

Tribune News Service · May 23, 2022