Floods affect thousands in India's Assam

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​global times​​​ By Xinhua Heavy rains triggering floods and landslides over the past few days have affected thousands of people in India's northeastern state of Assam, officials said Tuesday. →

America Must Turn Up the Heat on Putin

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​national interest​​​ by Lincoln P. Bloomfield Jr. Almost three months into Russian president Vladimir Putin’s catastrophic misuse of authoritarian power, two forces are at war in eastern Ukraine. →

Missile strikes push Russian-speaking Odesa’s allegiance toward Ukraine

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nbc news By Phil McCausland ODESA, Ukraine — Viktoria Sibir remembered when she was called a Nazi for painting the words “Slava Ukraini,” or “Glory to Ukraine,” on her balcony, which overlooked →

Finland, Sweden submit application to join NATO

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​reuters​​​ Finland and Sweden formally applied to join the NATO alliance on Wednesday at allied headquarters, a decision spurred by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and setting in motion an accession →

Woman runs 104 marathons in 104 days after losing her leg to bone cancer

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​cbs news​​​ By Mark Strassmann Phoenix — Marathoners typically run on two legs and grit. Jacky Hunt-Broersma does it on one. Twenty years ago, at age 26, the South Africa native had a tumor near her →

Ukraine has retaken Kharkiv. Here’s why that’s such a big deal.

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​nbc news​​​ By Yuliya Talmazan The grainy video shows 12 smiling soldiers ducking into a shot around a yellow and blue marker and giving the thumbs-up. “We have made it. We are here, Mr. President,” →

Lebanon Election: Opposition Victories Weaken Hezbollah’s Hold

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national interest by Trevor Filseth Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia-turned-political party that has long played a controversial and outsized role in the country’s politics, is expected to lose seats →

The Great Equalizer: Blockchain Will Liberate the Digital World

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national interest by Elif Nisa Polat Efe Bulduk Many of us continue to take for granted the freedom that the internet affords us. However, this is not the case for most of the world, even in many →

China cuts US Treasury holdings to lowest in nearly 12 years amid volatility in the US

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​global times​​​ By Qi Xijia China trimmed its holdings of US Treasury bonds for a fourth straight month in March by more than $15.2 billion, taking the total holdings to the lowest level since June →

‘Neo-Nazism’ poisons Ukraine, Europe under US, West’s connivance

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​global times​​​ By Fan Lingzhi and Huang Lanlan In the past few decades, "neo-Nazism" deeply entangled with populism and racism, has been growing across Eastern Europe, including Ukraine, under the →

Global Competition Requires Rethinking Higher Education

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​national interest​​​ by Thomas A. Hemphill American colleges and universities, where the nation’s critical human capital is educated to later contribute their genius to a thriving, innovative U.S. →

Belgium wants to do away with sick notes for short absences

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​the brussels times​​​ By Maïthé Chini Belgium wants to do away with sick notes for brief absences, confirmed Federal Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke on Friday morning. The Federal Government →

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