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Recipe for a Post-Hegemonic USA

January 2, 2013
US Congress, bitterly partisan, engages in petty bickering and repeatedly fails to resolve any number of pressing crises, let alone craft uplifting legislation for the country and the world. The poor behavior of the legislative body – blocking opponents at any cost – is symptomatic of the fading...

In Africa, an Exodus of Nurses

July 12, 2004
Thousands of African nurses have migrated in recent years due to a combination of low pay and difficult working conditions in Africa and increased demand in developed countries with aging populations. Unfortunately, the exodus of African nurses has further deteriorated the already low quality of...

BBC: Nerve Agent Attack in Britain

March 12, 2018
The British Foreign Office summoned Russia’s ambassador to explain the death of a former spy with the military-grade nerve agent Novichok, a chemical weapon developed by the former Soviet Union. Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found ill on a bench in the city of Salisbury, population of 45,000...

Asian Scientist: Plastic Degrading Enzyme Enhanced

February 16, 2018
A research group from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have modified enzymes in bacteria that degrade polyethylene terephthalate, a main ingredient in plastics. Non-bio-degradable plastics contribute to pollution. Ideonella sakaiensis is a bacteria that can use PET as a carbon...

“We the Japanese People” – A Reflection on Public Opinion

May 22, 2006
For more than 60 years following its devastation in World War II, Japan has held onto an intense fear of militarism, renouncing the right to wage war and limiting its self-defense force. A side effect of such pacifist policies, according to scholar Hikari Agakimi, is a carefree people who struggle...

HK Researchers say Civet Likely Source of Sars

May 23, 2003
After months on a heightened state of alert due to the global spread of Sars, Hong Kong University's claim to have found the source of this respiratory disease is considered a "significant breakthrough." According to findings from genetic information, the virus responsible for Sars,...

The US, Iran Inch Toward War: Syndication Bureau

May 6, 2019
Donald Trump rejected expensive foreign wars during the US presidential campaign, yet a target seems to be on Iran. The US walked away from the international deal to limit Iran’s nuclear weapons program, ended waivers for nations that import Iranian oil, designated Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps...

China Expresses Anger at G7 Statement on East, South China Seas

April 12, 2016
G7 foreign ministers issued a joint statement calling on countries to avoid “intimidating, coercive or provocative unilateral actions" in the South China Sea and the East China Sea. The statement also asks countries to refrain from land reclamation activities. The statement did not mention...
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