Newsletter Archive

Monday, 30 December 2019


VIDEO: While the ongoing trade dispute with China has caused problems on both sides of the Pacific, U.S. garlic farmers are benefiting greatly.

On This Day in American History

On December 30, 1853, the boundaries of the modern U.S.-Mexico border are established with the signing of the Gadsden Purchase in Mexico City. Specifically, the agreement established the border west of El Paso, Texas. For $10 million, the U.S. acquired some 30,000 square miles of land in what would become parts of New Mexico and Arizona.

An increasing number of more affluent Americans are opting to rent as a way of life in what many see as a key housing trend of the 2010s.

Vietnam’s turn this year as chair of Southeast Asian nations’ bloc gives it a new outlet to resist China in a festering maritime sovereignty dispute involving three other member countries.


Chinese pastor Wang Yi, founder of Early Rain Covenant Church, has been sentenced to nine years in prison on charges of inciting state subversion and illegal business operation, a court in Sichuan in southwest China said on Monday.

VIDEO: Two million Cambodians were killed during the Khmer Rouge’s four-year reign. On Plugged In, Youk Chhang tells Greta Van Susteren his story of surviving genocide, reconciling what he witnessed and endured to honor the victims and hold his torturers accountable.

September 2020

09/03 ThursdayThu 09/02 WednesdayWed 09/01 TuesdayTue

August 2020

08/31 MondayMon 08/28 FridayFri 08/27 ThursdayThu 08/26 WednesdayWed 08/25 TuesdayTue 08/21 FridayFri 08/20 ThursdayThu 08/19 WednesdayWed 08/18 TuesdayTue 08/17 MondayMon 08/14 FridayFri 08/13 ThursdayThu 08/12 WednesdayWed 08/11 TuesdayTue 08/10 MondayMon 08/07 FridayFri 08/06 ThursdayThu 08/05 WednesdayWed 08/04 TuesdayTue 08/03 MondayMon

July 2020

07/31 FridayFri 07/30 ThursdayThu 07/29 WednesdayWed 07/28 TuesdayTue 07/27 MondayMon 07/17 FridayFri 07/16 ThursdayThu 07/15 WednesdayWed 07/14 TuesdayTue 07/13 MondayMon 07/10 FridayFri 07/09 ThursdayThu 07/08 WednesdayWed 07/07 TuesdayTue 07/06 MondayMon 07/02 ThursdayThu 07/01 WednesdayWed

June 2020

06/25 ThursdayThu 06/23 TuesdayTue 06/22 MondayMon 06/19 FridayFri 06/18 ThursdayThu 06/17 WednesdayWed 06/16 TuesdayTue 06/15 MondayMon 06/12 FridayFri 06/11 ThursdayThu 06/10 WednesdayWed 06/09 TuesdayTue 06/08 MondayMon 06/05 FridayFri 06/04 ThursdayThu 06/02 TuesdayTue 06/01 MondayMon Older Archives