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UPI - Opinion

Last Israeli hostage buried in Meitar

6 days ago

Voices - Climate change threatens the Winter Olympics' future - The rising global temperatures could endanger the future of the Winter Olympics, even with technological innovations like snowmaking machines.

16 hours ago

Denmark's child care and leave policies ease 'motherhood penalty'

16 hours ago

Between materialism and spirituality: The empire of appearances

1 day ago

China's organized crime footprint in Latin America is a wake-up call

2 days ago

The cost of debt in Latin America's emerging markets -- The cost of debt for Latin American governments and companies has become one of the region's most powerful structural constraints, an expert explains.

16 hours ago

Minneapolis, Greenland destroy Trump's credibility to govern -- Why has no one in the administration asked the president why he's doing what he's doing? Minneapolis and Greenland destroy his credibility to govern.

1 day ago

Artemis II moon mission shows how U.S. space strategy has changed -- NASA's Artemis II crewed mission to the moon shows how U.S. space strategy has changed since Apollo -- and contrasts with China's closed program.

2 days ago

Miami as a gateway: Taiwan's quiet economic strategy in the Americas -- Taiwan has been steadily increasing its economic footprint inside the United States, and South Florida is quietly becoming part of that strategy.

4 days ago

U.S. strategy in Iran shifts to 'coercive deterrence' -- The current Iran protests are distinguished not only by a change in the U.S. response, but the markedly weakened condition of the Iranian state.

5 days ago

How the polar vortex, warm ocean intensified major U.S. winter storm -- A severe winter storm that brought freezing rain, sleet and snow to a large part of the U.S. was intensified by the polar vortex and warm ocean.

6 days ago

Feeling unprepared for the AI boom? You're not alone -- Many workers feel helpless -- and anticipate widespread economic displacement -- as companies scramble to incorporate AI into their business models.

7 days ago

The cost of equity in Latin America: Models and embedded risks -- The cost of equity has become one of the most consequential variables in financial decision-making across Latin America, an economist explains.

8 days ago

Trump takes us for a journey through Alice's looking glass -- Given the events of the month, the world has been turned upside down with the U.S. capture of Venezuela's president and attempts to acquire Greenland.

8 days ago

Spirituality and the 'banality of good?' -- We appear to be living through a crisis of systemic coherence: A widening gap has opened between what is affirmed and what is practiced.

8 days ago

Aid groups working to compensate for loss of USAID funding -- A pair of NGO experts examine the effect of USAID's demise on NGOs, and what strategies they are using to stay afloat after the loss of funds.

11 days ago

Supreme Court likely to reject limits on concealed carry -- A University of Tennessee researcher predicts the Supreme Court will reject limits on concealed carry but uphold bans on gun possession by drug users.

12 days ago

Trump and his one-day war -- Congress and the Supreme Court have become constitutional vestiges in which Trump has amassed the greatest power of any president in U.S. history.

13 days ago

Reflections on U.S. action in Venezuela -- The capture of Nicholas Maduro and subsequent U.S. actions illustrate the capabilities of both "hard power" and "soft power," as well as their limits.

14 days ago

Why is the 2025-26 flu season hitting so hard? A doctor explains -- An emergency room physician describes why the 2025-26 flu season is hitting hard while doctor's visits for flu-like symptoms are at a 30-year high.

18 days ago

Iran's unrest and the quest for Korean freedom -- The Korean people in the North live under an even more totalitarian system than Iran. They endure information starvation and internal surveillance.

19 days ago