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McCoy Tyner, Groundbreaking Pianist Of 20th Century Jazz, Dies At 81
13th March, 2020An 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
18th February, 2020Thanks 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
12th February, 2020Japan’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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Which War Saw the Highest Defense Spending? Depends How It’s Measured
06th February, 2020US 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
03rd February, 2020RFE/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
03rd February, 2020China 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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