Niger closes airspace as ECOWAS deadline for coup reversal expires

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al jazeera Niger’s coup leaders have closed the country’s airspace after rejecting an ultimatum from West African states to reinstate deposed President Mohamed Bazoum or risk military intervention. →

The American Voter and 2024

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american conservative by Ryan Girdusky The upcoming presidential election is more than a year away, yet the excitement over the Republican primary, the chances that President Joe Biden could drop out →

Five (Possibly) Good Things from the Trump Indictments

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​american thinker​​​ By Joe Strader The indictments of former President Trump are destructive to the country and symptomatic of our increasing separation. We are seeing a never-ending series of →

Fitch downgrading US puts Asia’s $3.2 trillion at risk

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asia times by William Pesek It’s a tale of two downgrades, and the reaction in global markets couldn’t be more different. When S&P Global Ratings stripped Washington of AAA status in August 2011, →

ITER fiasco will accelerate the progress of fusion

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​asia times​​​ by Jonathan Tennenbaum The International Torus Experimental Reactor (ITER), a gigantic tokamak fusion device, has been hailed as the greatest single cooperative scientific endeavor in →

Troubled U.S.-Hungarian Relations Need to Refocus on Restoring European Stability

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national interest by Logan C. West If a snapshot of today’s dialogue between Hungary and the United States says anything about the relationship between these two countries, it’s that things are not →

Jeddah talks wind down as long-term efforts needed for peace in Ukraine conflict

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global times By Xu Yelu As the talks hosted by Saudi Arabia over the Ukraine issue wound down, Chinese experts said on Sunday that a political solution is the most appropriate and least damaging →

5.5-magnitude earthquake rattles Shandong, injuring dozens, leaving 213 homes destroyed

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​global times​​​ Dozens of people have been injured and 213 homes destroyed following an earthquake in Pingyuan county, East China's Shandong Province. It was the strongest earthquake recorded in the →

Did the Romans and Greeks really enjoy orgies?

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the conversation Orgies conjure in our imagination the world of Greek and Roman Antiquity, thanks to more or less titillating films portraying debauched emperors, or maybe specifically Fellini’s →

A massive cavern beneath a West Antarctic glacier is teeming with life

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science news By Douglas Fox The coastal plain of the Kamb Ice Stream, a West Antarctic glacier, hardly seems like a coast at all. Stand in this place, 800 kilometers from the South Pole, and you see →

How to blast through a Russian minefield

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​cbs news​​​ By David Martin What does it take to blast a path through a minefield? A monster of a vehicle – part tank, part bulldozer – firing a rocket attached to a cord of explosives. That →

A key U.S. ally wants to walk back its 'atrocious' embrace of China

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nbc news By Alexander Smith It has long been a sore spot for the Western alliance: Italy, a key partner of the United States, cozying up to China. But now Rome is trying to back away — without →

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