But first, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met.  There was an early warning from Xi about Taiwan .  Otherwise, click on to read: Secretary of State Rubio on what Trump and Xi discussed Young Chinese facing ‘life pressure’ resist government push to boost marriage rate Chinese EVs take the world by storm — except in the United States China’s Great Wall is being restored one brick at a time The 2026 Eurovision Song Contest is underway in Vienna, Austria. Israel is not popular in Europe, but they are competing, causing a serious crisis, for five countries thereby boycotted the event, Spain, Ireland, Netherlands, Iceland and Slovenia. What is the controversy?  Pro-Palestinian support. Why is Vienna hosting?  Because JJ Austria last year won the contest, singing Wasted Love. Who will win this year?   ChatGPT predicts Felicia of Sweden with My System. How to watch. In the USA, Peacock.  Most of the rest of the world outside of Europe, the official Eurovision You...

???  Yes, that Swedish pop group, because it was featured last night in Horizons of the Oceania Riviera.  Is it that or ABBA?  Doesn't matter. Here is video of ABBA night on the Oceania Riviera. Perhaps the most energy-intensive one event yet on this ship.  Not only the Four Corners band singing, but the six entertainers from the theater show. ABBA: Is a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1972, the year I received my PhD and began teaching at the University of Hawaii. Of course no one knew who they were back then, until they became Sweden's first winner of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 with  Waterloo .  When they won, Agnetha Faltskog was 24 and Bjorn Ulvaeus was 29, they were married, and Benny Andersson was 27 and Anni-Frid Lyngstqd was 29, the other couple, only going with each other. If you look closely, ABBA came from the A and B from the first name of the first couple, and B and A from the second couple. Read about how these two marriages ...