In The News: Department of History
The new year is generally regarded as an opportunity to start fresh 鈥 resolutions abound, grand plans are launched. But in a society focused on what鈥檚 new, the preservation of old places 鈥 from culturally important indigenous lands to historic buildings in some of Nevada鈥檚 biggest and smallest cities 鈥 is an uphill battle.
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Rob Bauer, a top NATO official, has warned Western businesses to prepare for a 'wartime scenario' as global World War Three fears escalate. With strife in the Middle East, Ukraine and the recent reports that Vladimir Putin has lowered the threshold for Russia to use nuclear weapons, the possibility of a global war has increasingly been discussed in political circles.
With Russia's war on Ukraine exceeding more than 1,000 days, Joe Biden greenlighted Kyiv using American-made ATACMS missiles to strike back across the border. This sparked an angry reaction from Vladimir Putin, who retaliated by firing an intermediate-range ballistic missile in a warning to the West.
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Just one day after 57 Culinary Union members were arrested in a civil disobedience act to get higher wages, many were back to strike outside Virgin Hotels for the eighth day in a row.
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