Why North Korea's Kim Jong Un May Be Leaving The Door Open To Nuclear Talks
Kim Jong Un Says North Korea No Longer Bound By Testing Moratorium
Rare Chinese Bureaucratic Shakeup Reveals Future Leaders
The Chinese-Indonesian dynasty reshaping a $30bn empire via WhatsApp
The Next China? Vietnam Looks Good Only on Paper
The Chinese city struggling after Samsung closes its last factory
Toyota fined $12m in China for telling Lexus dealers not to discount

One of the happiest moment in life is when you find the courage to let go of what you can't change. - tinybuddha
If everything around seems dark, look again, you may be the light. - Rumi

Happy 2020! Wishing the best of all you love and hope!

California Rings In The New Year With A New Data Privacy Law
The Oregonian Will Discontinue Online Reader Comments This Week
California's New Laws Starting Jan. 1, 2020
These New California Laws May Change How You Live and Work in 2020
Oregon governor signs laws banning plastic bags, straws
The Entire European Union Just Voted To Ban All Single Use Plastics By 2021

Studio Ghibli Film Retrospective is back from Jan 9th Jan 26th. Here we come!

Jan 9 - Porco Rosso Jan 10 - Castle in the Sky Jan 12 - Ponyo. Jan 14 - Pom Poko Jan 25 - The Cat Returns Jan 26 - Kiki's Delivery Service Studio Ghibli Film Retrospective

Casually Homicidal Republicans Share Violent Fantasies Of Killing Us All If Trump Loses In 2020
Dentist-Rep Paul Gosar Spends Christmas With Violent Fantasies About Hillary Clinton

U.S. has changed in key ways in the past decade, from tech use to demographics
The Top Moments From A Decade That Reshaped American Politics
U.S. Population Growth In 2019 Is Slowest In A Century
People Can't Even Agree On When The Decade Ends
Opinion: Looking Back On 2019, I Think Of Fear

The Importance of Maintaining a Sense of Wonder and Excitement
Listen Up, Teachers Are Not Our Co-Parents!
A growing number of Japanese have become recluses
Volunteering Is the Best Kept Secret for Mental Health
Adam Driver Walks Out Of NPR Interview After They Played A Clip From 'Marriage Story'
Adam Driver Walks Off NPR’s ‘Fresh Air’ to Avoid Listening to Himself Act and Sing

China Sentences Christian Leader To 9 Years In Prison
Tracing Your Family's Roots May Soon Get A Lot More Expensive
In Christmas Day Message, Pope Francis Shines Light On Migrant Suffering
Exclusive: After Cabinet opposed Mexican cartel policy, Trump forged ahead

Greyhound offers free rides home to runaways

Hanukkah Stabbing Suspect Appears To Have Been Driven By Anti-Semitism, FBI Says
Jews Are Going Underground
Jewish leaders urge action after another 'senseless' attack
Gov. Cuomo Calls New York Hanukkah Attack 'Act Of Domestic Terrorism'
Reflections From A Jew At A Mock-Jewish Restaurant
New York To Increase Police Presence After Anti-Semitic Attacks
New York Times Columnist Bret Stephens Cites White Nationalist in ‘Jewish Genius’ Column
Guardian Angels to patrol Jewish neighborhoods in New York City after recent attacks
Monsey Stabbing: 5 Wounded at Rabbi’s Home in N.Y. Suburb. The attack occurred in an area with a large population of ultra-Orthodox Jews.
Stabbing Attack at Chanukah Celebration in Monsey, New York
Five people hurt in mass stabbing attack at New York synagogue
Rudy Giuliani Doubles Down On Anti-Semitic Attacks Against George Soros
Rudy Giuliani Doubles Down On Anti-Semitic Attacks Against George Soros via yahoo
ADL Slams Giuliani for Claiming He’s ‘More of a Jew’ Than Soros: ‘Baffling and Offensive’
Jewish groups condemn Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani after he said Holocaust survivor George Soros is ‘hardly a Jew’

Trump ally may have broken Venezuela sanctions
2019 Brought Stepped-Up Efforts To Counter White Supremacist Violence
GOP Lawmaker Had Visions of a Christian Alternative Government
Trump Vs. Toilets (And Showers, Dishwashers And Lightbulbs)
G.O.P. Lawmaker Had Visions of a Christian Alternative Governemnt
Republican legislator in Washington state accused of “domestic terrorism”
Trump Campaign Site Offers Help In Winning Arguments With 'Snowflake' Relatives
15 easily missed details from deep inside the Rep. Matt Shea report
America’s Legion
Susan Collins Is Suddenly Opposing Trump's Court Picks Amid Tough Reelection Bid
Republicans are leaving the House at a record pace. Why?
WA Rep. Matt Shea engaged in ‘domestic terrorism,’ helped plan Malheur standoff, investigation finds
Washington Legislator Matt Shea Accused Of 'Domestic Terrorism,' Report Finds

'Shattered': Inside the secret battle to save America's undercover spies in the digital age
Chinese man charged with taking photos of US Navy base
Chinese professor accused of spying banned from entering 26 Europe states
‘There are values higher than money’: German soccer club scraps China deal

The Rent in the Bay Area Is Too Damn High. So These Moms Occupied a Vacant House.
City Commissioner Chloe Eudaly Says She Won’t Vote for An Upcoming Multiple-Unit Building Policy Without Added Tenant Protections
It was the year of ‘OK boomer,’ and the generations were at each other’s throats
'It’s a miracle': Helsinki's radical solution to homelessness
Finland’s Millennial PM Warned of Baby Boomer Threat to Finances
Millennials Are Leaving Religion And Not Coming Back

China's November net gold imports via Hong Kong plummet to near nine-year low
台灣真正的可怕的地方在哪兒？
Chinese residents grow nervous about facial data privacy
Inside the hidden clinics making up Hong Kong's underground resistance army
Hong Kong’s police were once revered. Now they’re just a blunt tool, ex-cop says
Hong Kong to end year with multiple protests, kick off 2020 with big march
林夏如──被侵蝕的香港，還有機會嗎？

Myanmar women trafficked as brides in China
In China's Crackdown on Muslims, Children Have Not Been Spared

Legal marijuana sales may spark Midwest interstate tension
Why are Chinese suddenly buying more instant noodles?
Malnutrition Hits The Obese As Well As The Underfed
Oregon Liquor Control Commission Will Ban CBD-Infused Alcohol Starting Jan. 1
OPINION: Obesity Is Linked To Food Insecurity. SNAP Cuts May Make Both Worse
French Telecom Company Convicted Of 'Moral Harassment' After Employee Suicides
New SNAP Rule Impacts College Students By Limiting Benefits And Adding Confusion

Opinion: Placenta-Eating Went Mainstream When Many Doctors Stopped Listening
Human Genome Recovered From 5,700-Year-Old Chewing Gum
Alcohol, ‘Asian glow’ mutation may contribute to Alzheimer’s disease, study finds
"Asian glow" could be linked to Alzheimer's, study finds