How Not to End the War in Ukraine

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​foreign affairs​​​ by Tetiana Kyselova and Yuna Potomkina     On February 18, Russian and U.S. officials met in Saudi Arabia to begin talks to end the war in Ukraine—the first →

Germany’s New Chancellor Must Do the Unthinkable

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​national interest​​​ By:  Cheryl Benard  If he wants an effective governing majority, Chancellor Friedrich Merz must invite the AfD into the government.     Germany’s →

Chinese Defense Ministry warns Taiwan DPP authorities: ‘will come and get you, sooner or later’

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​global times​​​ By Global Times     The Chinese Defense Ministry on Thursday warned Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities on the island of Taiwan: "We will come and get →

Mount Vesuvius turned this ancient brain into glass. Here’s how

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​science news​​​ By Alex Viveros     The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 is perhaps most famous for entombing the Roman city of Pompeii. But in nearby Herculaneum, also →

Georgetown’s Cura Palestina: Caring for the Whole Palestine

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​american thinker​​​ By Charlton Allen     Georgetown University Law Center abandoned the pretense of being a serious institution long ago—and keeps finding new ways to remind us. →

Hundreds of NOAA employees laid off in latest cuts to federal workforce

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​cbs news​​​ By Jordan Freiman, Tracy J. Wholf     Hundreds of staffers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, were laid off Thursday as the Trump →

UN warns of worsening famine in Sudan as fighting escalates

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​africa news​​​ By Rédaction Africanews with agencies     The United Nations on Wednesday said “the already catastrophic situation" in Sudan has worsened since the last Security →

The Troubled Energy Transition

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​foreign affairs​​​ by Daniel Yergin, Peter Orszag, and Atul Arya     In 2024 global production of wind and solar energy reached record levels—levels that would have seemed →

Five key takeaways as Donald Trump hosts UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer

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​al jazeera​​​ By Al Jazeera Staff     United States President Donald Trump has hosted British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the first time at the White House for talks →

DeepSeek shakes West’s dominance over AI devt, triggering explosion of large models with lower costs: cybersecurity firm chairman

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​global times​​​ By Zhao Yusha, Bai Yunyi and Zhao Juecheng     DeepSeek has shaken the unilateral dominance of the US and Western countries over the development of AI and helps →

Chinese FM responds to reports on Ukraine's deal with US on mineral resources

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​global times​​​ By Global Times     US media reported that Ukraine and the US reached an agreement on a deal over the development of Ukraine's mineral resources, which could help →

More brainlike computers could change AI for the better

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​science news​​​ By Kathryn Hulick     The tiny worm Caenorhabditis elegans has a brain just about the width of a human hair. Yet this animal’s itty-bitty organ coordinates and →

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