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Thursday, August 27, 2026 2:15 PM ET

UPI - Opinion

Japan celebrates Zama Sunflower Festival

3 days ago

Voices - Canada trade war could change how American farmers grow their crops - Canada is a major supplier of fertilizer that could get pulled into Trump's trade war. Farms can go without fertilizer for a while, but not long.

3 hours ago

From the low-growth trap to the opportunities of the 21st century

3 hours ago

Trump's plan to ax the nat'l forest Roadless Rule will struggle in court

5 hours ago

Latin America's democracy will also be built by its engineers

1 day ago

The Strait of Malacca, a key strategic concern for Asia-Pacific -- The Strait of Malacca is a strategic artery for the Indo-Pacific -- and one of the region's most consequential chokepoints.

3 hours ago

In Korea, the checkup becomes the destination -- South Korea is an emerging global medical hub in which an increasing number of tourists give up one day of their trip for a full screening.

5 hours ago

Cancer vaccines could transform treatment and prevention -- False claims that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines cause cancer could, ironically, lead to worse cancer outcomes by undermining a promising tool.

1 day ago

South America has forgotten its northern coast -- South American politics, commerce and even sport often treat the Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana as if they belonged to another region.

1 day ago

Why millions of people around the world will contract measles in 2026 -- The World Health Organization estimates that in 2026 nearly 11 million people will contract the virus that causes measles.

2 days ago

Why social media algorithms send you posts you don't like -- New research suggests that social media algorithms supplying your feeds may be prioritizing content that clashes with your values.

2 days ago

Bankruptcy filings are soaring in 2026, signaling economic distress -- Declaring bankruptcy when you're drowning in debt should be a last resort. State laws vary, so where you live may determine whether you keep your home.

3 days ago

Severe flooding raises deadly overdose risk in rural Appalachia -- Disasters weaken support systems that take years to rebuild, at the same time people caught in them are under extraordinary psychological stress.

3 days ago

Takaichi's grand strategy is taking shape -- Sanae Takaichi's recent initiatives reveal a leader firmly operating within the strategic tradition established by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

6 days ago

The Gradient Principle: When inequality becomes movement -- The recent Ruptures and Opportunities report from the U.N. portrays Latin America and the Caribbean as caught in three mutually reinforcing traps.

7 days ago

The reason many Americans are cutting ties with parents and siblings -- Estrangement is rarely caused by childhood abuse or a pushy therapist. Instead, it reveals a collision between two ideas of what family should be.

8 days ago

Quitting alcohol can increase the risk of compulsive drinking -- Alcohol abstinence alters brain activity in ways that may drive someone with alcohol use disorder to relapse, new research in mice suggests.

9 days ago

Latin America's religious revolution is reshaping its politics -- For centuries, Catholicism was so deeply woven into Latin American identity that the two sometimes seemed inseparable.

9 days ago

The false and the furious: We aren't just bothered by different beliefs -- Differences in beliefs may not be what drives people apart. A belief that someone else is wrong may be the stronger force.

9 days ago

After the commodity boom, Latin America confronts its growth trap -- Renewed volatility in energy and commodity markets is again exposing a divide within Latin America.

10 days ago

As oil profits skyrocket, calls for windfall taxes rise -- Oil companies are making massive profits and stockpiling cash, and holding off on changing their investment plans.

13 days ago