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It’s a whole new world. After the U.S. confirmed North Korea’s launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile Tuesday, many are questioning how to proceed. Experts estimate that Kim Jong Un could have a nuclear-armed missile capable of hitting the mainland U.S. within a few years.

He’s got an agenda. Vladimir Putin’s always prepared — unlike President Trump, who’s been known to wing it. Analysts say that puts Trump at a disadvantage against a man obsessed with superpower rivalry. It’s also politically toxic for Putin’s longtime admirer, while investigators probe his possible Kremlin ties.

A hostile power conquers a strategically important island chain, vowing to block all sea and air traffic of U.S. allies. Treaty obligations force America to intervene, but first the White House deploys cyber and space technologies to blind and disrupt opposing forces, allowing special operations troops and amphibious Marines to land, with Army engineers in tow. Coordinated Air Force and Navy sensors and firepower — manned, along with drones — take on the enemy from there.

The bikes whiz downhill faster than cars on a highway, with a pack of hundreds hungrily chasing a chance to make a breakaway. No one would deny that the Tour de France is a classic drama, but there was something downright Shakespearean about that hot July day in 2001.

“Rhythm is everything in boxing. Every move you make starts with your heart, and that’s in rhythm or you’re in trouble.”

– Sugar Ray Robinson

By Alex P. Vidal

FAIRFAX, Virginia -- In simple analysis, let us explain why amateur boxer Mansueto “Onyok” Velas Jr. and professional fighter Manny Pacquiao lost on points in championship duels many Filipino fight fans thought they won.

Every morning, a line forms outside the Hermès store at 24 rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré in Paris’ eighth arrondissement. Hot or cold, rain or shine, by the time the store opens at 10:30 a.m., the queue stretches around the block. Taya Strzygowsky, 22, who is visiting from Kazakhstan, has been in line since 7:35. “Did you see the fight?” she asks me excitedly. Apparently, when a girl who had been in line since 5 a.m. invited four people to join her, a row broke out between those queuing and store security. “People were revolted,” Taya says.