The Harris-Trump Debate: Divergent Views On The Israel-Hamas Conflict – OpEd
The first debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump was a pivotal moment in the 2024 presidential race, offering voters a clear contrast in foreign policy...
View ArticleVenezuela Recalls Spanish Ambassador After Madrid’s Accusations Against...
By Fernando Heller (EurActiv) -- Venezuela has recalled its Spanish ambassador to Caracas for consultations this Friday (13 September) following Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles’s...
View ArticleBenin Grapples With Spread Of Sahel Violence
Benin recorded its first incident of extremist violence in 2019, and the number of recorded attacks by Sahelian terror organizations on Beninese soil has risen every year since. There were 20 attacks...
View ArticleAfghanistan Is America’s Shame, However You Vote – OpEd
By Luke Coffey US House Foreign Affairs Committee chair Michael McCaul, a Republican, released a scathing report last week blaming Joe Biden for the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan in August...
View ArticleWhat Ukraine’s Kursk Incursion Tells Us About Putin’s Russia – Analysis
By Olga Khvostunova (FPRI) -- In early August, the Ukrainian army broke into Russia and, virtually undeterred, rapidly advanced seizing a significant area of the borderline region of Kursk. Given that...
View ArticleMalaysia: Al-Arqam, The Sect Implicated In A Child Abuse Scandal – Analysis
By Iman Muttaqin Yusof and Ili Shazwani Ihsan Al-Arqam, a banned Islamic sect in Malaysia, is in the spotlight again after 402 children – including some as young as 1 – were rescued from welfare homes...
View ArticleUS–China AI Competition At The Crossroads Between Dialogue And Decoupling –...
By Emmie Hine The United States and China are competing fiercely in the race to develop artificial intelligence (AI). While Beijing is working to lead the worldby 2030, Washington’s approach and...
View ArticleOn Foreign Policy, The Presidential Debate Was Not Very Enlightening – OpEd
American political “debates” are not usually debates at all. The candidates rarely interact directly, and when they do, the media rates them on the “zingers” or clever phrases that emanate from their...
View ArticleLaos’ ASEAN Chairmanship Propels Foreign Minister To PM Contender – Analysis
By David Hutt In the coming months, Laos’ ruling Communist Party will begin informal discussions about the country's future leadership, which will be finalized ahead of the National Congress in...
View ArticleEuropean, Muslim Countries Meet In Spain Eyeing Schedule For Palestinian...
(EurActiv) -- Spain, hosted a high-level meeting on Friday (13 September) of several Muslim and European countries on ways to end the Gaza war, called for a clear schedule for the international...
View ArticleScientists Reveal New Design For Cells Turning Carbon Dioxide Into A Green Fuel
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have made strides forward in realizing industrial conversion of bicarbonate solution made from captured carbon to a formate solution, a green fuel. Their...
View ArticleUrban Forests Reduce Heat-Related Mortality
Across the globe, heat waves are becoming more frequent and more intense. Therefore, how to effectively combat the adverse effects of heat is an increasingly important topic of research. Urban...
View ArticleRapid Loss Of Antarctic Ice After 2100 Likely Under Current Emissions
A Dartmouth-led study by more than 50 climate scientists worldwide provides the first clear projection of how carbon emissions may drive the loss of Antarctica's ice sheet over the next 300 years. The...
View ArticleImpact Of Climate Change On Agriculture Suggests Even Greater Challenges To...
A sweeping global research review of the links between climate and agriculture reveals the likelihood of an emergent feedback loop whereby, as climate change puts more pressure on the global food...
View ArticleCloud Cover Reduced By Large-Scale Deforestation
We found decreases in global low-level clouds and tropical high-level clouds from deforestation,” says lead author Dr Hao Luo from the Institute for Meteorology at Leipzig University, who co-authored...
View ArticleEarly Dark Energy Could Resolve Cosmology’s Two Biggest Puzzles
A new study by MIT physicists proposes that a mysterious force known as early dark energy could solve two of the biggest puzzles in cosmology and fill in some major gaps in our understanding of how...
View ArticleWe’re Closer Than Ever To Solving Mystery Of Deadly Virus
Around 58 million people suffer from chronic inflammation caused by the hepatitis C virus, and 300,000 people die from the disease every year. So far, no treatment has successfully managed to reduce...
View ArticleWhen Islam’s Ka’ba And Solomon’s Temple Unite – OpEd
A Pew Research survey found that 39% of Americans - including 63% of Christian evangelicals - believe humanity is "living in the end times". Yet Prophet Jesus told his disciples not to be alarmed:...
View ArticlePublic Healthcare Debates In US Presidential Election: Harris Vs Trump Vision...
The US Presidential Election 2024 brings two distinct healthcare visions from Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, reflecting broader ideological differences between their parties. The US Presidential...
View ArticleThe Great Gwadar ‘Sell-Out’ – OpEd
Hollow Promises Beijing and Islamabad proudly refer to modernisation of Gwadar port in Balochistan as the“crown jewel”of the ambitious $ 62 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor [CPEC] project that...
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