Sushi conveyor belt pranks spark outrage in Japan

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TOKYO: A few unhygienic pranks on sushi conveyor belt restaurants in Japan have sparked stock slumps, venue overhauls and legal action, along with furious social media commentary. Several videos dubbed “sushi terrorism” possess emerged on social media, including Twitter plus TikTok, in current days, some of them apparently weeks orContinue Reading

From Mideast to S China Sea, minilateralism is on the rise

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Just like that, minilateralism is back. The slimmed-down cousin of geopolitics stalwart bilateralism – state-to-state relations – and multilateralism – vast, formal organizations like the United Nations and the European Union – is  having a moment. In an age of a great, bloody, brutal war, this really is surprising. But established against the much longer tale of […]#@@#@!!Continue Reading

A heart that’s true: journalist Mike Tharp 1945-2023

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In another life he would have been the poet or a stone star. In this a single Mike Tharp was a reporter’s reporter using a poet’s heart and a magnetic vibe that will pulled into their orbit colleagues, buddies and complete strangers whom wanted some of that life force designed for themselves. Michael Eugene Tharp, universally called […]#@@#@!!Continue Reading

Military places restive areas of Myanmar under martial law

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BANGKOK: Martial law was declared in several areas of military-run Myanmar on Thursday (Feb 2), each day after authorities announced that a situation of emergency has been prolonged throughout the country, that is wracked by violence that some EL experts have described as a civil war. State-run MRTV television transmittedContinue Reading