Age is just a number for this 36-year-old academic who has danced her way to the Olympics
"Those who can, do; those who can't, teach."
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"Those who can, do; those who can't, teach."
In 1996, when Peter Hessler taught at a small college in Sichuan Province, 90 percent of his students came from villages. Mr. Hessler, 5 feet 9 inches, towered over them by about half a head. They often had just one outfit to wear: a blue suit jacket, or maybe a knockoff Chicago Bulls jersey. One student told him decades later that he could afford only one meal a day.
“Nuclear energy is a solution for deep decarbonisation of [Singapore’s] economy, as well as a viable solution for energy security given that more than 95 per cent of its current resources to generate electricity are imported,” said Alvin Chew, a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies.
Experts say Indonesia’s approach reflects a desire to balance national interests against geopolitical tensions as Jakarta attempts to diversify its investment partners and export markets to reduce its dependency on China.
A major gearbox failure caused the crash of a US military Osprey aircraft off the coast of Japan last year that killed eight airmen, the US Air Force said, a cause similar to some previous incidents with the tilt-rotor aircraft.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea on Thursday offered to send aid supplies to North Korea to help the country recover from heavy rains and floods that submerged thousands of homes and huge swaths of farmland.
Asia-Pacific markets were set to open lower on Friday with Japan's Nikkei 225 futures pointing to a near 4% plunge for the index, extending losses from Thursday, after Wall Street sell-off overnight.
WASHINGTON — The White House announced a massive, multinational prisoner swap Thursday between the United States, Russia and other nations. As part of the historic deal, the Russian government released high-profile Americans held in captivity there, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who had been in a Russian prison for more than a year.