Informing, engaging & connecting the people of the world. DECEMBER 2, 2019

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Created 14 years ago, Cyber Monday, the online shopping holiday the Monday after Thanksgiving, seems like a relic from a different digital era. The day gained popularity as a day for eye-popping online sales, coming three days after Black Friday, traditionally the busiest day of the year for brick-and-mortar stores.

ON THIS DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY On December 2, 1972, The Temptations’ song, “Papa was a Rolling Stone,” reaches number one on the Billboard charts, marking the last time the legendary group has a number one hit. The group, which formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1960, was one of the most successful acts at Motown Records, with huge hits like “My Girl,” “The Way You Do the Things You Do,” and “Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me).” Over the course of their career, which included several different group members, The Temptations had 38 songs reach the Top 40, more than any other group. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.

Following the knife attack Friday on London Bridge which left two people dead and three seriously injured, the early release of convicted terrorists, as well as de-radicalization programs, are coming under immediate scrutiny amid accusations that militants are gaming the system and hoodwinking authorities.

What does Brexit have to do with Vietnam? It seems a strange question, but there are several ways that Britain’s planned divorce from the European Union would be likely to affect the Southeast Asian nation.

VIDEO: In the aftermath of disaster, it is sometimes the young who seem the most resilient. That is the case for high school student athletes in the town of Paradise in Northern California. Only half of the students in the district returned after one of the deadliest and most destructive fires in the state’s history destroyed their town a year ago. Then, even as the community recovered, the high school football team experienced what could be described as a miracle season.

After two decades of disengagement from international entanglements, a newly confident Uzbekistan is seeking a larger role in its Central Asian neighborhood, prompting the United States and Russia to compete for its favor in ways that echo their long-past Cold War rivalry.