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Facebook Twitter Print Email The UN General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to encourage governments, schools and tech companies worldwide to stop using maps that make Africa look far smaller than it really is.By 164 votes to one, Member States on Friday endorsed a resolution promoting map projections that more accurately reflect the true size of […]

September 4, 2026 26-118Jessica Pope Communications and Media Relations CoordinatorVALDOSTA — The Department of Political Science and the Working Group on Conflict and Security at Valdosta State University will host “25 Years Later: The 9/11 Attacks Then and Now” from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, in Converse Hall Auditorium. This event is […]

War, diplomacy, European security, the Middle East, the economy, and key developments in the world of AI.1. Russia continues its massive strikes on Ukraine. The focus is on new attacks against Ukrainian cities and their consequences. The military escalation is unfolding alongside intensified diplomatic contacts.2. The United States is stepping up diplomatic efforts over the […]

LONDON − Bomb Oman. Abandon South Korea. Pull out of NATO. Seize Greenland. Maybe Canada, too.Order U.S. special forces to snatch a troublesome Latin American dictator. Then grab that country’s oil reserves.For the best part of a decade since he first entered the disorderly world of global diplomacy, President Donald Trump has played fast and […]

Sunny to partly cloudy. Very hot. High near 95F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph.. Mainly clear. Low 68F. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph. Updated: September 5, 2026 @ 7:05 amToday in HistoryToday is Friday, Sept. 5, the 248th day of 2026. There are 117 days left in the year.Today in history:On […]