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  • McCoy Tyner, Groundbreaking Pianist Of 20th Century Jazz, Dies At 81

    An innovative member of the classic John Coltrane Quartet, few musicians have ever exerted as much influence as a sideman, but Tyner also had a long and consequential career leading bands of his own.

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  • Explore Ancient Athens 3D, a Digital Reconstruction of the Greek City-State at the Height of Its Influence

    Thanks to the last dozen years of work by photographer and visual effects artist Dimitris Tsalkanis, we can experience Athens as it might have been in the form of Ancient Athens 3D.

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  • IMF Country Report – Japan’s Disappearing Cities: Demographic Headwinds and their Impact on Japan’s Housing Market

    Japan’s population is rapidly aging and shrinking, and doing so unevenly across regions. Large cities, notably the Greater Tokyo area, are experiencing net migration inflows, while other regions are experiencing net migration outflows.

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  • FRBSF President Daly Speech – The New Stone Soup

    Speech given by Mary C. Daly, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, at an Iveagh House Lecture in Dublin, Ireland.

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  • BBC – Art of Germany

    Three-part series in which Andrew Graham-Dixon explores German art, examining the country’s unique national style and 500-year cultural legacy

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  • Everyday Pyongyang | 2x speed | Koryo Tours

    From Koryo Tours – driving through Pyongyang DPRK, at 2X speed: Starting Point: Yongung Street (Potong River District) Finishing Point: Puhung Metro Station (Pyongchon District)

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  • Which War Saw the Highest Defense Spending? Depends How It’s Measured

    US Government spending on defense spiked during World War II, as might be assumed. But to put it in perspective, the amount spent per active duty person peaked at about half of what was spent per person in the 1990s.

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  • Pompeo Talks Central Asia, China, Press Freedom In RFE/RL Interview

    RFE/RL interviewed U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during his visit to Kazakhstan’s capital, Nur-Sultan, on February 2. He discussed U.S. policies on Central Asia and China’s oppression of minorities, but also journalistic freedom in the world in the wake of the State Department’s controversial exclusion of a reporter from his traveling press pool. Pompeo spoke to RFE/RL’s Aigerim Toleukhan.

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  • Plastics Watch: China to Ban Single-Use Plastics, Malaysia Rejects Waste Shipments

    China announced it intends to implement a sweeping back on single-use plastics; China now has a more progressive plastics policy than does the United States.

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  • Jim Lehrer’s 16 Rules for Practicing Journalism with Integrity

    Jim Lehrer, stalwart PBS news anchor, writer, and longtime presidential debate moderator, lists his rigorous set of journalistic standards he lived by

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