Saudi Arabia actively campaigns to redirect international attention on Iran’s nuclear program and influence in the Middle East. If Iran develops a nuclear weapon, the West can expect Saudi Arabia will follow suit, Saudi officials advised NATO officials. A warning from Prince Turki al-Faisal, former...
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Rivers contribute to transport, tourism, hydropower and resources including fish and freshwater. Yet excessive drought, dam-building and other development can ruin rivers. That is happening to the Mekong River, which flows from Tibet to the South China Sea. The Lower Mekong winds through Cambodia,...
Damned by humans: Laos population in Attopeu suffered from a collapsed dam in 2018, and elsewhere sandbanks fill the Mekong River
CAN THO CITY, MEKONG DELTA: The swirling currents of the once mighty Mekong, shrunk by drought and increasingly...
Russia develops influence throughout the Middle East by juggling relations among countries that have an interest in Syria and its dubious policies. "Putin has managed to maintain cordial relations with arch-enemies Iran and Israel simultaneously by depending on different sets of pillars,”...
Diplomatic gymnast: Russian President Vladimir supports Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while cultivating relations with rival Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
LONDON: During the recent Israeli...
In 1798, economist Thomas Malthus predicted that population growth could lead to declining resources and catastrophe. The global population was then less than a billion, and critics dismissed his concerns. Now, the human population has grown more than sixfold, and is estimated to reach 9 billion in...
With oil prices holding steady around $100 a barrel and cost of food rising at an alarming pace, threatening hunger and protests, the world economy has reached a new ominous juncture. Eighteenth century economist Thomas...
Western terms defining regions often stick despite the existence of more relevant, indigenous language. The label “Maritime Southeast Asia,” covering the area shared by Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia, fails to take into account shared Austronesian language roots or history including the...
Seafaring legacy: Nusantaria is the world's largest archipelago, and advances in marine technologies over centuries drove global commerce and cultural exchanges; a stone relief from Borobudur in Central Java, built during the 9th century, details...
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic and the US presidential election, world leaders must also focus on arms control and nuclear non-proliferation and prepare for expiration of the New Start Treaty in February 2021, less than a year away. Russia and the United States remain divided. “The priority should...
Disruptive force: The USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier must stop in Guam after crew members test positive for Covid-19, left, and the pandemic forces cancellation of the 2020 review of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons;...
The US House of Representatives and the President have submitted trial briefs to the US Senate. The House brief, 100-plus pages in length, outlines efforts by US President Donald Trump’s personal attorney and others, including withholding aid and meetings, to convince Ukrainian leaders to announce...
Read the impeachment trial memorandum of the US House of Representatives.
Read the response from President Trump, provided by NPR.
Read the trial memorandum of the president, provided by CNN.
Schedule for Briefs
Jan 18 House trial brief; president’s...
Boasting uninhibited women, lush tropical backdrops, and cheap production costs, Brazil has become a prime destination for adult film outsourcing. But Brazil also has the second highest incidence of HIV and AIDS in the western hemisphere. Last month, the porn industry's increasingly global...
SAO PAULO - Flush with dollars, American porn film directors swoop into Brazil for its exotic and uninhibited women, dazzling tropical backdrops and cheap production costs -- a phenomenon that has turned South America's...
