Russia and America prep forces for Arctic war
President Barack Obama's recent trip to Alaska helped draw attention to global climate change - and to the national-security tensions that could result from...
Why you can't just wipe out mosquitoes to get rid of the Zika virus
On Saturday Colombia's national health institute confirmed that more than 2,100 pregnant Colombian women are infected with the Zika virus, which has been linked...
France between two pictures, of Khomeini and Fairouz
The French initiative towards Lebanon and the effort exerted by French President Emmanuel Macron deserve all appreciation for being the clearest initiative, especially following...
Youth suffer again as Coronavirus crisis bites
The rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic has already taken a very heavy toll in terms of human life, as the total loss has...
Flint bookends the hopes of the American middle class
The most appropriate monument for Flint, Michigan, to erect would probably be a large sculpted alpha and omega - or perhaps just a giant...
Trump’s Pacific sabre rattling
To understand the United States’ stratagem in the Pacific, and against North Korea in particular, one has to understand the fundamental changes that are under way in...
Thanks to the Benghazi hearing, Hillary Clinton is newest reality TV star
If Donald Trump's candidacy for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination reveals anything about the American electorate, it is that voters want live, unpredictable entertainment....
Mr. Obama, we are not ‘free riders’
No, Mr. Obama. We are not “free riders.” We shared with you our intelligence that prevented deadly terrorist attacks on America. We initiated the meetings...
Antarctic sea ice took a new course in 2015
Although the Arctic ice sheet gets all the media attention, noteworthy activity has been brewing in the Antarctic.
The Antarctic ice sheet has stopped expanding...
U.S. shale oil output will be less resilient than gas
U.S. natural gas production hit a new record in August, despite the deepening slump in gas prices and a fall in the number of...
