Tag: human rights
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Secretary of State Blinken’s Trip to China: A Concerning Prioritization of Engagement over America’s Interests
Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently traveled to Beijing to meet with Chinese officials, including Xi Jinping. Despite the picture released from their final discussion showing Blinken seated just to the side of Xi, the trip was important for high-level diplomatic contact, even with an adversary like the Chinese Communist Party. However, the State Department’s…
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PGA Tour Merges with Saudi Fund Behind LIV Golf, Raising Concerns Over Human Rights Record
The PGA Tour’s announcement of a merger with the Saudi fund behind LIV Golf, creating a new entity with a yet-to-be-determined name, has shocked players who received no advance notice of the agreement. The move has been seen as a way for the PGA Tour to avoid litigation and talent loss, but it has also…
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Youth Sports Officials, Turkish Abductions, and Military Base Renaming: A Varied Discussion on Current Issues
In this article, the author touches on several topics, including the difficulty of being a youth sports official due to the behavior of parents, the Turkish government’s agency for human abductions and executions, the issue of U.S. membership in UNESCO, the renaming of military bases, and some Chicago landmarks. The author highlights a report on…
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PGA Tour merges with Saudi fund behind LIV Golf
The PGA Tour has announced its merger with the Saudi fund behind LIV Golf to create a new entity, which is yet to be named. The announcement, made on Tuesday, took players by surprise as they were not given prior notice of the agreement. The PGA Tour’s decision to merge with the Saudi fund to…