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The departure of Dr. Wen, Planned Parenthood’s president, underscored a central tension: Is it a political organization first, or a health organization? And can it be both?
For the second time in two months, Japan is reeling from devastating apparent violence in a country that is generally considered one of the safest in the world.
If past experience (cough, blogs) is any indication, a shakeout is nigh.
What’s Behind the Giant Protests in Puerto Rico?
As the world splits along U.S.-China fault lines, telecom companies in Vietnam appear to be quietly avoiding the Chinese tech giant in their 5G plans.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 17, 2019, covering July 18, 2019.
Various Artists
Billie Eilish
Chris Brown
Lil Nas X
Machine Gun Kelly
2019A man sets fire to an anime studio in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan, killing 36 people and injuring dozens of others.[†]
The Kyoto Animation arson attack occurred at Kyoto Animation's Studio 1 building in the Fushimi ward of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, on the morning of 18 July 2019. The arson killed 36 people, injured an additional 34, and destroyed most of the materials and computers in Studio 1. It is one of the deadliest massacres in Japan since the end of World War II, the deadliest building fire in Japan since the 2001 Myojo 56 building fire, and the first massacre ever to have occurred at a studio associated with an entertainment company, and the animation industry.
In 2019, the world population was approximately 7,811,293,698 people[†]