Standoff in Kosovo Approaches Three Weeks of Near-Total Media Blackout
A crisis with the potential consequence of ethnic cleaning is seemingly being welcomed in Eastern Europe by several NATO…
Author: Andy Corbley
While Ukraine War Continues Southeast Europe Braces for Conflict in Serbia
After 300 NATO-trained Kosovar military police officers occupied the northern city of Kosovska Mitrovica in southern Serbia/Kosovo in early…
White House Pushes Dem. Senators to Vote to Continue Yemen War
Senator Bernie Sanders (I – VT) has reversed his decision to force a vote on a War Powers Act…
Dahar: One of the Best Regions in North Africa
I’m by no means an expert in North Africa, but as my trip in Tunisia reached a half-way point,…
First Ever Evidence of Male Jaguars Teaming Up—Sometimes For Years—Offers Key Indicator of Conservation
If asked which big cats lived in groups, most people would at least say lions, and at most perhaps…
$858 Billion Military Budget Passes House Promising Another Decade of Costly Arms Buildup
In a 350 to 80 vote, the House passed the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a mammoth military…
WATCH These Self-Replicating Builder Robots from MIT in Action
Mass. Institute of Technology has demonstrated a self-producing, self-replicating robot can both build more robots and structures in a…
Ukraine Arms Industry Hints at Cause of Strikes on Airfields Inside Russia—US Denies Any Association
On Monday, two separate bases deep inside Russian territory, the Diaghilev military airfields in the Ryazan region and Engels…
Public Debate Heats Up Over Negotiations in Ukraine as Winter Grips Europe
Story at a glance… As winter nears, leaders and lawmakers are beginning to call for negotiations in Ukraine. Other…
More in Congress Want Oversight of Ukraine Aid: Nigeria Says They’re Ending Up with Sahel Terrorists
Earlier in the year, calls to unify the disparate efforts to arm and fund Ukraine led to the Ukraine…
China’s Newly-Completed Space Station Hosting 6 Astronauts in National First
6 Chinese astronauts smiled for the camera when after arriving in their Shenzhou 15 spacecraft, China’s newly-finished space station…
House and Senate Agree to Add $45 Billion to Biden’s Military Budget
A tight-lipped compromise was made recently in Congress that seems to indicate a 2023 National Defense Authorization Act heading…
Disruption of the Gut Microbiome Leads to Binge Eating in Mice
Broad-spectrum antibiotics are widely used in society to treat a variety of dangerous infections, but could they also be…
“Publishing is not a crime”: Major Newspapers Sign Letter Telling Biden to End Persecution of Julian Assange
Five major news outlets have signed a letter urging President Biden to end his charging of Wikileaks founder Julian…
Damascus Museum Opens New Exhibition of 35,000 Artifacts Recovered After Decade of War
Around 35,000 stolen Syrian artifacts have been retrieved by the authorities since the beginning of the 11-year war in…
Pentagon Set for a Return to the Philippines’ Subic Bay Military Base in China Ramp-Up
On Thursday, Kyodo News reported that 30 years to the day of the US closing her largest overseas military…
The Protein Leverage Hypothesis—Could Poor Diets Be Driven by a Lack of Protein?
Story at a glance… “Gateway foods” like candy, frozen desserts and frozen pizzas have been shown in adolescents to…
Loss of Mangrove Forest Worldwide Has Slowed to Near-Negligible Amounts, New Report Demonstrates
Story at a glance… Mangroves had been one of the world’s most threatened ecosystems for years, but a new…
Modernity Without Progress or Tradition
In Tunisia I can only say that I observed a strange society that had seemingly severed most links to…
Cultural Salesmanship in the Developed and Developing Worlds
The degree to which a nation or a people hang onto their cultural characteristics, particularly those they developed in…