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The Guardian: US Will “Take Names of Those Who Vote to Reject Jerusalem Recognition”

December 20, 2017
The United Nations is an organization where small and less powerful nations can speak out against the powerful. A letter by Nikki Haley, US ambassador to the United States, could be regarded as patronizing at best and bullying at worst. She warned UN members that she would be “taking names” of...

Reuters: Ecuador Cuts Assange's Internet Access - WikiLeaks

October 19, 2016
The Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry confirmed claims by WikiLeaks that the nation forced Julian Assange offline to prevent interference in the US election. The country has granted political asylum to the WikiLeaks founder in its London embassy since 2012, and asserts it will continue to do so to...

How Science Goes Wrong

October 25, 2013
Business interests like to think of themselves as taming science, selecting among the discoveries and presenting them to the world. Scientific research ultimately instigates new trends, comforts, life-saving treatments, new businesses and more. “But success can breed complacency,” suggests an essay...

China Aims to Keep Some Ghosts of History Alive

September 8, 2015
Asia’s two great power marked the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. In a speech, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe surprised by offering words of atonement for his country’s role while China celebrated with a grand military parade emphasizing victory against Japan. China has ample...

中国的援助让柬埔寨胆量倍增

May 16, 2012
第20届东南亚国家联盟峰会在金边召开，与会者肯定会发现另一位到访者中国国家主席胡锦涛在该国受到热烈的欢迎，金边到处都是欢迎他的标语和旗帜。驻金边记者塞巴斯蒂安斯特兰高（Sebastian Strangio）认为，胡锦涛此时对柬埔寨进行国事访问并非巧合。中国对柬埔寨的建设项目提供源源不断的贷款和投资，标志着中国对柬埔寨的影响力正在上升，这可能会为东盟十国的团结带来裂痕，尤其是与中国在资源丰富的南中国海的领土争端问题上。当然，柬埔寨并不总是向中国靠拢，因为在上世纪六十年代开始，中国曾经资助过红色高棉共产主义游击队，该政权在1975年至1979年期间屠杀了170万人，并在九十年代发起过暴动。...

Glasgow Becomes First University in Europe to Divest From Fossil Fuels

October 13, 2014
Glasgow University in Scotland has voted to divest from the fossil fuel industry and is selling its holdings in the sector, worth £18 million, or US $12 million. The decision follows a year of pressure and campaigning from a student organization, the Glasgow University Climate Action Society, part...

Protests Engulf Lebanon: CNN

October 22, 2019
Thousands have turned out throughout Lebanon to protest an economy in decline. About 30 percent of the population lives below the poverty line, and 30 percent of the people are also refugees. Public debt is high and young adults are abandoning the stagnant economy. The government has passed...

Fewer Guns, Fewer Deaths: An Idea Everyone But the US Seems to Agree With

June 15, 2016
Most of the world is appalled that the United States resists pursuing what the president calls “common sense” regulations to curb mass shootings, explains Iain Overton of Action on Armed Violence for the Globe and Mail. A mass shooting in an Orlando, Florida, nightclub left 49 dead, and the suspect...
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