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This article first appeared on Pacific Forum and is republished with permission. Read the original here. On May 30, 2018, US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis announced that, “in recognition of the increasing connectivity, the Indian and Pacific Oceans, today we rename the US Pacific Command to US Indo-Pacific Command.” His logic was solid. China’s strategic competition

World Oral Health Day: Why Oral Hygiene Is Essential for Overall Health and Wellbeing World Oral Health Day is observed every year on March 20, drawing global attention to the importance of oral hygiene and its deep connection to overall health and wellbeing. The day serves as a reminder that caring for our teeth and

The world we inhabit today bears little resemblance to the one imagined by the architects of the global economy at the end of the 20th century. Back then, the dismantling of trade barriers was celebrated as a gateway to shared prosperity. Today, new walls are rising, not of concrete, but of tariffs, subsidies and export

Jeannine A. Disviscour, curator at the Maryland Historical Society, sits Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2004, in Baltimore with photographs of the city's Great Fire of 1904. (AP Photo/ Steve Ruark) Today is Saturday, Feb. 7, the 38th day of 2026. There are 327 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 7, 1904, the