Month: February 2021

Two years have passed since government officials in Flint, Michigan declared a state of emergency. The emergency was lead in the city’s water supply. Officials at Michigan Department of Environmental…

For much of U.S. history, the American military fighting force was mostly white and male. But today, the force is as diverse as the country it serves to protect. Fort…

When Oscar Niemeyer and Lucio Costa designed Brazil’s capital, the city of Brasilia, their detailed plans did not include where to put food waste and other garbage. The answer was…

Revolutions have a way of going in unexpected directions, the 19th century political philosopher Friedrich Engels once noted. The morning after, he said, people realize “the revolution they made was…

The Lunar New Year, also known as the Chinese New Year, begins on February 16. Twenty eighteen is the Year of the Dog. But in Malaysia, some businesses are avoiding…

Myanmar’s business leaders are supporting Aung San Suu Kyi’s plan to resettle Rohingya refugees and to rebuild Rakhine State. Last August, Rohingya militant attacks on the police caused a military…

Shakil Afridi, a Pakistani doctor, helped the United States find Osama bin Laden in 2011. He was later arrested by Pakistani authorities and has been in prison waiting for a…

Have you ever wondered what wild animals do when no one is watching? Scientists have been able to document the “private” moments of wildlife with leading edge technology. Low cost,…

A United States Navy aircraft carrier is expected to make a port visit to Vietnam soon, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Thursday. Mattis met in Hanoi with Vietnamese Communist…

U.S. Olympic officials have called for the resignations of all directors of USA Gymnastics, the organization that selects and trains Olympic gymnasts. The demand came Wednesday, the same day former…

A new report says that Russian hacking operations to support Catalonian independence continue and could intensify. The Spanish Defense Ministry’s Center for Strategic and Defense Studies published the report this…

Angola’s new president, João Lourenço, has been in the news since taking office four months ago. Lourenço has made a number of moves, such as dismissing high-level officials. He says…

Syria and Russia say the United States has lied about chemical weapons attacks in the Syrian conflict as a way of blocking efforts to end the fighting. A Syrian foreign…

International trade is likely to be, again, a main issue for political and business leaders at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland. American President Donald Trump plans to…

The United States government was operating normally on Tuesday. Yet it did not seem a few hours earlier as if Russia was done trying to publicize the nearly three-day long…