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"Vile, shameful" VS "The Chinese audience is the problem"... The 'Time' incident in the WTT final controversy becomes a 'Three Kingdoms' of targeted criticism
52+ min ago (465+ words) The situation was on the verge of determining the winner. Japan's Matsushima Sora requested a game interruption. Although it ended as a brief incident and the match resumed, the controversy may not subside. Matsushima defeated Taiwan's Lin Yun-lu with a…...
To Kyoto | A day of tracing history and spending time in quiet reflection
15+ hour, 36+ min ago (916+ words) This time, I visited several places where one can feel the weight of history. The first place I headed to was Yogen-in Temple.This temple is known as a place of "Toyotomi-Tokugawa harmony," connecting the two clans. It was founded…...
Beyond the Headlines: Jewish History, Israel and a People’s Global Story
1+ hour ago (285+ words) Donald Trump’s friend and a real-estate developer, Steve Witkoff serves as the U.S. special envoy to the Middle East in the second Trump administration. He along with Kushner led multiple negotiations in Middle East, Russia on geopolitical issues. Ronald Lauder,…...
Aces: Gilbert Sardier – How A French Volunteer Became An Elite Squadron Leader
1+ hour, 32+ min ago (777+ words) Gilbert Sardier rose from army soldier to French fighter ace with 15 aerial victories in WWI before dedicating his life to civil aviation and founding the Aero-Club d'Auvergne. His legacy was later complicated by accusations of collaboration during WWII, though he…...
Multiple troubles: USAF Pilot recalls his time as T-38 student
2+ hour, 34+ min ago (405+ words) He flew in all major military actions from Vietnam to the Iraq War. Lacklen lives in northern Virginia and is married with four adult daughters and two granddaughters. Lacklen is also the author of three books, Flying the Line: An…...
Heaviest SAAF losses in WWII remembered
3+ hour, 21+ min ago (488+ words) The sacrifices and bravery of members of 31 and 34 squadrons of the South African Air Force (SAAF) who died in the Italian Alps in 1944 while dropping supplies to the Italian partisans in the Po Valley 81 years ago, have been remembered at…...
SAAF’s heaviest loss in a single day in World War II remembered
3+ hour, 32+ min ago (276+ words) The bravery and sacrifice of the 48 members of 31 and 34 squadrons of the South African Air Force (SAAF) who died in one day in the Italian Alps during World War II has been remembered at a moving service at the SAAF…...
Cody Makes Offer for RN's Containerised Weapon Requirements
3+ hour, 6+ min ago (240+ words) UK-Based Cody Aerospace and Defence is offering the Badger Mk1 guided artillery rocket to the Royal Navy as a containerised plug-and-play MLRS solution. Cody Makes Offer for RN's Containerised Weapon Requirements UK-Based Cody Aerospace and Defence is offering the Badger Mk1 guided…...
Have you become a threat to your leader?
3+ hour, 52+ min ago (313+ words) For most of recorded history, the surest way to end a brilliant military career was to win too many battles. Three thousand years later, that same arithmetic is being run every day, in boardrooms and battalions, in head offices and…...
Even according to Adolf Galland, Spitfire Mk.XIV (not P-51D) was the best WWII piston-engined fighter in Europe. Here’s why.
4+ hour, 12+ min ago (569+ words) The Mk.XIV was the most important of the Griffon powered Spitfires, and the only one to see significant wartime service. Only 957 production Mk.XIVs were built. It was the first Spitfire in large-scale production with the V-12 Rolls Royce Griffon…...