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US Capital In ‘Heightened Threat Environment’ After New Year’s Day Attacks
By Jeff Seldin Law enforcement and security agencies in and around Washington are bringing in reinforcements as they prepare to secure three high-profile events in the nation's capital, following the...
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Rohingyas’ Return To Myanmar Uncertain, Despite Rebel Control Of Bangladesh...
The dream of returning home to Myanmar remains uncertain for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who fled to Bangladesh despite rebel control of the border, members of the ethnic group said Friday....
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Status Quo Frame In Burma’s Internal Warring – OpEd
The military regime in power is the status quo. It sees itself as the eternal and indispensable actor/player in Burmese politics to the point that Burma is like its private property which it profits...
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Ukraine Can Expect Further US Aid Offers Before Biden Leaves Office, White...
(RFE/RL) -- Ukraine can expect more announcements in coming days about additional U.S. security assistance, a White House spokesman said as President Joe Biden’s term in office winds down. White House...
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Musk Projects His Hard-Right Influence In Europe
(EurActiv) -- He demanded new elections in Britain, promoted Germany's far-right, blasted the European Commission -- and that's just the start. Elon Musk is pushing the hard right in Europe, where...
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Poland’s EU Presidency: Thinking In Polish – Analysis
By Shairee Malhotra On 1 January 2025, Poland assumed the presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU). The EU’s rotation system, which changes presidencies every six months, marks the...
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2025, Iran Is Back In US Crosshairs For Regime Change – OpEd
The signs are that Iran is going to face intensified hostility from the U.S. over the next year for regime change. The sudden fall of Syria and the isolation of Hezbollah in Lebanon – Iran’s regional...
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Japan: Religious Groups, Activists Urge Govt To Review Laws On Religion
(UCA News) -- Faith leaders, academics, and rights activists have expressed concern over legislation and restrictions in Japan against religious entities following former prime minister Shinzo Abe’s...
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New Censor Replacing Old Censor At Meta – OpEd
Some people are optimistic that the promotion of Joel Kaplan to be Meta’s president of global affairs heralds the end of, or at least a big reduction in, censorship at Meta’s social media sites of...
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Not Even Beautiful Hawaii Is Immune To ‘Tax Flight’ – OpEd
By Keli‘i Akina If you’ve ever been to Hawaii, you might wonder why anyone would leave the state. Its beauty and fair weather are world-renowned, and it’s not for nothing that the place has often been...
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World War I: The Great Banker Bailout – OpEd
By Joshua Mawhorter “Nobody could hate war more than I do.”—J. P. Morgan, Senate Munitions Committee “We see men living with their skulls blown open; we see soldiers run with their two feet cut off,...
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India Can Learn From Argentina’s Economic Turnaround – OpEd
By Mudit Jain Argentinean President Javier Milei is a self-described anarcho-capitalist, which means he supports replacing the state with free markets and private entities. He can also be described as...
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US-India: Diamonds Are Not Forever – OpEd
The US state department disclosed on Thursday in an accounting of gifts received from foreign leaders during 2023 that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s was the “priciest” gift that President Biden...
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China’s Paper Boat Navy: A Colossus At Risk Of Capsizing – Analysis
China's naval expansion has been nothing short of staggering. In just two decades, the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has transformed into the world's largest maritime force by fleet size. This...
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Moscow–Pyongyang Partnership Could Derail Japan’s Indo-Pacific Strategy –...
By Ben Sando In November 2024, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya stopped in Kyiv for a surprise meeting with his counterpart, Andrii Sybiha. Iwaya’s priority was to discuss the some 12,000 North...
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NATO, Ukraine, And The Looming Challenges Of Trump’s Return – Analysis
As Europe braces for President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, questions loom over its impact on the war in Ukraine and NATO’s future. Nearly three years on, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine...
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What To Know About HMPV, The Virus Causing An Outbreak In China
China has reported a rise in human metapneumovirus (HMPV) cases in its northern region in recent weeks, raising concerns on social media that there could be another outbreak like COVID-19. Beijing has...
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Jean-Marie Le Pen, Former Leader Of French Far-Right, Dead At 96
By Laurent Geslin and Nicholas Wallace (EurActiv) -- Jean-Marie Le Pen, the far-right French politician who founded the Front National and led it for almost four decades, died on Tuesday at the age of...
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The Festivus Airing Of 2024’s Federal Spending Grievances – OpEd
If you were a fan of the Seinfeld television show in the 1990s or the reruns that still air and stream today, you know that Festivus is an alternative holiday celebrated by George Costanza’s father...
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Future Of Jobs Report 2025: 78 Million New Job Opportunities By 2030 But...
The Future of Jobs Report 2025, published by the World Economic Forum, reveals that job disruption will equate to 22% of jobs by 2030, with 170 million new roles set to be created and 92 million...
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