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☆ Donald Trump’s Last Hurrah
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( William Mcgurn | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

William McGurn is a member of The Wall Street Journal editorial board and writes the weekly "Main Street" column for the Journal each Tuesday. Previously he served as Chief Speechwriter for President George W. Bush. Mr. McGurn has served as chief editorial writer for The Wall Street Journal in New York. He spent more than a decade overseas -- in Brussels for The Wall Street Journal/Europe and in Hong Kong with both the Asian Wall Street Journal and the Far Eastern Economic Review. Bill is author of a book on Hong Kong ("Perfidious Albion") and a monograph on terrorism ("Terrorist or Freedom Fighter").

Persons: William McGurn, George W, Bush, McGurn, Bill Organizations: Wall Street, The Wall Street, Street Journal, Economic, Washington, National Review, Foreign Relations, Notre Dame, Communications, Boston University Locations: New York, Brussels, Europe, Hong Kong

☆ Russia to evacuate village for first lunar lander mission in half century
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Kirill Kudryavtsev/Pool/File PhotoAug 7 (Reuters) - Russia will evacuate a village in its far east on Aug. 11 as part of the launch of Russia's first lunar lander mission in nearly half a century, a local official said on Monday. The Luna-25 lunar lander, Russia's first since 1976, will be launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome, some 3,450 miles (5,550 km) east of Moscow, according to Russia's Roscosmos space agency. Luna-25 will launch on a Soyuz-2 Fregat booster and will be the first lander to arrive on the South Pole of the moon, Roscosmos has said. The lander is expected to operate on the lunar surface for one year. Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Gerry DoyleOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Kirill Kudryavtsev, Luna, Russia's, Alexei Maslov, Roscosmos, Lidia Kelly, Gerry Doyle Organizations: Russian Soyuz, REUTERS, Vostochny, Thomson Locations: Russian, Lomonosov, cosmodrome, Uglegorsk, Blagoveshchensk, Amur, Russia, Moscow, Russia's Khabarovsk, Verkhnebureinskyi, Khabarovsk, Shakhtinskyi, Melbourne

☆ Russia's so desperate for soldiers that it's offering a $5,200 sign-on bonus to recruit from neighboring Kazakhstan
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Russian military is trying to recruit from neighboring Kazakhstan amid a manpower crunch, per Reuters. It's offering a $5,200 sign-on bonus, a salary of at least $2,000, and other benefits to Kazakh recruits. Russia's economy is also facing a manpower crunch amid the Ukraine war. However, the Kazakh government has not supported Russia's war in Ukraine and has urged for peace. The surveys found 42% of Russian industrial enterprises experienced a manpower crunch in July.

Persons: It's, Vladimir Putin's, Putin Organizations: Reuters, Service, Kazakhstan —, RBC, Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Locations: Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Russia, Moscow, Russian, Soviet, Kazakh, Sakhalin

☆ Devon Archer Throws a Curve
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( William Mcgurn | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Hunter Biden’s Bargain Plea
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( William Mcgurn | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ ‘No Labels’ Equals Trump?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( William Mcgurn | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

This is how Komsomolskaya School Number 1 is marking the opening of a new school desk, a so-called “hero desk” emblazoned with the face and biography of one of Russia’s war dead, once a pupil at this very school. The desks are part of a pan-Russian initiative called the “New School Project” and are funded by “United Russia,” a staunchly pro-Putin party. As of early May, United Russia said there were more than 14,000 desks in 9,000 schools across the country. Local news reports suggest some schools use the desks to reward good behavior or good grades. The desks across the country are standardized: green, with military photographs, a biography, medals awarded (often posthumously) and the soldier’s date of death.

Persons: It’s, ”, Gennady Alexandrovich Pavlov, Chuvashia, Gennady Pavlov, Russia’s, Daniil Ken, ” Ken, Sergei Shoigu, Ken, Alena Arshinova, Olga, Sergey Kravtsov, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, there’s, “, ‘, Tatyana Chervenko, Chervenko, Mikhail Stepanov, ’, Stepanov, Wagner, “ Artyomovsk Organizations: CNN, New, “ United, Putin, Teachers ’ Alliance, Russian Ministry of Defense, State Duma, United, Kyiv, Russian, Russia’s Security, Novosti, Ministry Locations: Russian, Chuvashia, Russia, “ United Russia, United Russia, Ukraine, Hostomel, Kyiv, United States, State, St . Petersburg, Simferopol, Crimea, “, Leningrad, ”, Moscow, Virginia, Khabarovsk, Russia’s, Ukrainian, Bakhmut

☆ The ‘Ongoing Investigation’ Dodge on Hunter Biden
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( William Mcgurn | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Edward Blum, the Man Who Killed Affirmative Action
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( William Mcgurn | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Joe Biden’s ‘Malarkey’ Defense of Hunter
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( William Mcgurn | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ L.A. Dodgers Whiff on the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( William Mcgurn | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Russia begins Baltic Sea drills one day after NATO
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] A Russian warship takes part in naval exercises in the Baltic Sea, in this still image taken from video released June 5, 2023. Russian Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERSJune 5 (Reuters) - Russia said on Monday it began holding naval drills in the Baltic Sea, one day after NATO member states kicked off their annual Baltic drills. On the NATO side, 6,000 personnel, 50 ships and more than 45 aircraft are taking part, with Finland participating for the first time as an alliance member, the United States Navy said. Moscow also began drills in the Sea of Japan and far eastern Sea of Okhotsk on Monday, which will involve over 60 warships and support vessels from its Pacific Fleet. Reporting by Caleb Davis, Editing by Mark TrevelyanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Caleb Davis, Mark Trevelyan Organizations: Russian Defence Ministry, REUTERS, NATO, United States Navy, Fleet, Thomson Locations: Russian, Baltic, Russia, Finland, Moscow, Japan, Okhotsk

☆ The Empire of Racial Preferences Strikes Back
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( William Mcgurn | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ In Tokyo, Skipping the Hot and New for Enduring Haunts
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Tom Downey | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Continuing my quest, I visited Fukube, another “Q Guide” favorite, located in a bustling neighborhood a couple blocks east of Tokyo Station. The main room, with just a handful of seats in front of a narrow bar counter, was full of suited salarymen. Before, I had savored the feeling each time I entered that Fukube was just as it had been since 1938. The usual images of Tokyo oscillate between two extremes: gilded metropolis of the future and repository of the aristocratic past. The “Q Guide” evokes a different, real, thoroughly proletarian and much more intriguing city, most faithfully depicted in works of art and literature that I love.

☆ Russia Charges Former U.S. Embassy Employee With Helping a Foreign State
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Alan Cullison | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Russian authorities arrested a former supply manager for the U.S. Consulate in Vladivostok, state news agencies reported. Photo: Yuri Smityuk/Zuma PressMoscow has charged a former employee of the U.S. Embassy in Russia with collaborating with a foreign state, Russia news services reported, amid a broadening Kremlin campaign against Western influence that has complicated work of the U.S. mission there. Russian state news agencies identified the employee as Robert Shonov , 62 years old, a longtime supply manager for the U.S. Consulate in the far eastern provincial city of Vladivostok, which closed two years ago.

☆ Hunter’s Laptop All Over Again
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( William Mcgurn | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ The Age of Dianne Feinstein
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( William Mcgurn | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ On Long Island, an Artist’s Studio That Floats Among the Trees
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Kurt Soller | Angela Hau | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Imagine a place for making things: a simple room, with little but the tools you need and the ideal never-too-bright light. They also wanted somewhere to park their car, a nearly 18-foot-long 1966 Chevy Impala Super Sport convertible. Researching bespoke garages online, the couple discovered the work of another couple, Max Worrell and Jejon Yeung, two architects in their 40s who, after meeting in their Yale graduate program, co-founded the firm Worrell Yeung in 2015. Several years ago in upstate New York, they had built a Japanese-and-Scandinavian-influenced minimalist annex with space for their clients to relax — and to store their vintage Ford Bronco. It was exactly what Burst, 62, and McDonough, 67, pictured for themselves.

☆ On Randi Weingarten’s Waterfront
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( William Mcgurn | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Here Are the Places Most at Risk From Record-Shattering Heat
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Raymond Zhong | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

They found that regions covering 31 percent of Earth’s land surface experienced heat so extraordinary that, statistically, it shouldn’t have happened. These places, the study argues, are now prepared to some degree for future severe hot spells. According to the study, these include economically developed places like Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, plus the region of China around Beijing. Why this is importantIn 2021, a heat wave in the Pacific Northwest shattered local records by staggering margins. This suggests they could happen again, anywhere, though not all of them will be as off-the-charts as the recent Pacific Northwest one.

☆ Imran Khan Fights the Army for Control of Nuclear-Armed Pakistan
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Sadanand Dhume | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Sadanand Dhume writes a biweekly column on India and South Asia for WSJ.com. Mr. Dhume is also a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. Mr. Dhume is the author of “My Friend the Fanatic: Travels with a Radical Islamist,” (Skyhorse Publishing, 2009), which charts the rise of the radical Islamist movement in Indonesia. Mr. Dhume holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Delhi, a master’s degree in international relations from Princeton University and a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University. He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife, and travels frequently to India.

☆ Eruption in Russia's Kamchatka threatens aviation -response team
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

April 11 (Reuters) - The Shiveluch volcano in Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula erupted early on Tuesday and sent up an ash plume 10 kilometers (six miles) high, posing an increased threat to air traffic, the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT) said. The team issued a code red Volcano Observatory Notice for Aviation, noting that a "large ash cloud" was drifting west of the volcano and that ash explosions up to 15 kilometers high could occur at any time. Bondarenko said the volcano erupted at 6:31 a.m. local time and that the cloud spread over Klyuchi and Kozyrevsk, villages more than 70 kilometers apart. Ash had started to fall on Klyuchi and Mayskoye, which lies about halfway between the two. "Residents are advised to stay indoors and avoid unnecessary travel," he added.

☆ Russian volcano erupts, spewing out a vast cloud of ash
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Summary Shiveluch erupts in Russian far eastAsh shoots up 20 km into the skyVast ash cloud in Russian far eastAviation warning issuedResidents trudge through ash driftsVLADIVOSTOK, Russia, April 11 (Reuters) - One of Russia's most active volcanoes erupted on Tuesday shooting a vast cloud of ash far up into the sky and smothering villages in drifts of grey volcanic dust, triggering an aviation warning around Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula. The Shiveluch volcano erupted just after midnight reaching a crescendo about six hours later, spewing out a ash cloud over an area of 108,000 square kilometres, according to the Kamchatka Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Geophysical Survey. "The ash reached 20 kilometres high, the ash cloud moved westwards and there was a very strong fall of ash on nearby villages," said Danila Chebrov, director of the Kamchatka branch of the Geophysical Survey. He said the volcano would probably calm now, but that further major ash clouds could not be excluded. Scientists posted pictures of the ash cloud billowing swiftly over the forests and rivers of the far east and of villages covered in ash.

☆ Milton Friedman’s School Choice Revolution
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( William Mcgurn | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Russia boosts defences near Japan, accuses US of expanding Asia-Pacific presence
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Summary This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine. Shoigu said the Bastion system would bolster Russian security around the Kuril island chain. Japan, a close U.S. ally, claims the four southern Kuril islands, which were seized by Soviet forces at the end of World War Two. Shoigu also said the modernisation of Moscow's air defence system would be completed this year. On the Ukraine conflict, Shoigu said Russian aerospace forces had so far destroyed more than 20,000 Ukrainian military facilities since the start of what Moscow calls its "special military operation".

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