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By Rishi IyengarJuly 29, 2016 5:28 AM EDTThe U.S. military announced Friday that it will soon give back one-si stanley cup xth of the land it occupies in Okinawa, marking the largest return of land since 1972 from its military base on the Japanese island.American forces will return 4,000 hectares of land to Japan once the construction of new helipads has been completed, Reuters reports.The move comes amid widespread protests against the U.S. presence on Okinawa, after an American civilian working on the base was arrested over the murder of a local woman. Protesters blocked further construction on the helipads, with work only resuming a week ago and sparking fresh demonstrations.Although the land-return deal was agreed upon in 1996, the local agitations have prevented it from being carried out.We are respectful of the feelings of Okinawans that our footprint must be reduced, Lieutenant General Lawrence D. Nicholson, the commander of U.S. troops on the island, said in a state stanley cup ment on Friday.Read next: The Tense Re stanley cup lationship Between Japan and the U.S. MilitaryNicholson had declared a 30-day mourning period after the murder and briefly instituted an alcohol ban on U.S. troops following the subsequent arrest of a sailor for drunk driving.The U.S. currently houses 30,000 military personnel in Okinawa, one of the country main Asian hubs aimed at countering a rising China, and currently occupies about 20% of the island.[Reuters]More Must-Reads from TIMEHow the Economy is Doin Ruwn A Tibetan Activist Faces 15 Years in Prison After Appearing in a New York Times Video
By Belinda LuscombeJanuary 12, 2023 9:03 AM ESTDavid Beasley, the head of the World Food Programme, talked to TIME about why he is worried about 2023.A decade ago TIME asked your predecessor whether the planet would always able to produce enough food for everyone. She said yes. Do you feel that way I think we will struggle with having enough food in the future. We may not have enough food for everybody in 2023. Therersquo no doubt we can produce enough food for the worldrsquo population; humanityrsquo strategic enough to achieve that. The question is whethermdash;because of war and conflict and corruption and destabilizationmdash;we do. Look, 200 salomon years ago, there were 1.1 billion people on planet earth, and 95% of them lived in extreme poverty. Today, less than 10% are in extreme poverty. But in the last five years, wersquo;re absolutely going backwardsadidas samba og mdash;and itrsquo not just a little bit, either. That should frighten the hell out of anybody.Why are we going backwards When I took this job, six years ago, there were 80 million people marching to starvation. That number went to 135 million right before COVID, [because of] man-made conflict and climate shocks. COVID comes along and the number goes to 276 million. Thatrsquo before Ethiopia. Thatrsquo before air max 1 Afghanistan. Thatrsquo before Ukraine. Ukraine grows enough food to feed 400 million people. It went from the biggest breadbasket of the world to the longest breadlines. Compounded by fertilizer pri
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