And, in the eyes of many, James will never be considered one of the great ones, until he has a ring for every digit on his left hand. Itâs refreshing to hear Bryant refer to the notion that an NBA great needs to win a handful of rings as âridiculous.â Nevertheless, Bryant will surely continue to respect the challenge. After all, Bryantâs said the only thing heâs pushing towards during the last legs of his career is the pursuit of number six.
July 1, 1968: The nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) is signed in Washington, London, and Moscow. Among other obligations, the NPT requires parties to the treaty to seek to achieve the discontinuance of all test explosions of nuclear weapons for all time and to continue negotiations to this end.â Back to top.
A ceasefire agreement that has remained intact for 70 years is an aberration indeed. North Korea has been pushing for a formal end to the war for quite some time. There is a logic to this. If a peace treaty is concluded, it will become somewhat easier for North Korea to lobby for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from the Korean Peninsula. Additionally, a treaty would, in the eyes of the North Korean state at least, confer upon them more legitimacy, as well as making it more likely that they will eventually be recognized as a de facto nuclear power.