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An Enraged US Threatens to Invade Solomon Islands Over Security Pact with China
ArchivesForeign Policy

An Enraged US Threatens to Invade Solomon Islands Over Security Pact with China

May 6, 2022September 11, 2024

The Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands Manasseh Sogavare told his nation’s parliament on Wednesday that either Australia, the…

Why After 37 Years Does America Now Strongly Believe in Cooperation with Pacific Islands?
ArchivesForeign Policy

Why After 37 Years Does America Now Strongly Believe in Cooperation with Pacific Islands?

April 20, 2022July 12, 2023

The State Department announced on Monday that Indo-Pacific Coordinator Kurt Campbell, the Biden Administration’s top man for Asian affairs,…

Foreign Policy

Biden Becoming Increasingly Frustrated With Multi-Polar Response to Russia’s War

March 28, 2022

Story at a glance… Recent press conferences see a frustrated Biden trying to push the world into sanctioning Russia.…

Space

China Releases its 5-Year Plan for Space

January 31, 2022

BEIJING, China. January 28th, 2022. The Chinese government released a 5-year plan for the future of its space exploration…

2022 Space Missions: A New Space Station, Moon Mining, A Mars Rover and Webb’s Debut
Space

2022 Space Missions: A New Space Station, Moon Mining, A Mars Rover and Webb’s Debut

January 6, 2022

Exponential growth in the public and private space sectors are increasing the number of launches yearly, and 2022 promises…

2000 Year Old Tomb Confirmed as Belonging to Celebrated Han Emperor
Human Sciences

2000 Year Old Tomb Confirmed as Belonging to Celebrated Han Emperor

December 23, 2021June 28, 2023

PICTURED: Pottery figurines lie on the floor of the mausoleum of Emperor Wen of Han in Xi’an, Shaanxi province.…

World News

Lockheed Martin’s ARRW Hypersonic Weapon Fails Third Consecutive Test

December 20, 2021

PICTURED: A B-52 carried an AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon, a now three-times-failed hypersonic weapon. Story at a glance……

From Turkey to Korea, People Share a Common Language Invented to Describe Millet Farming
Human Sciences

From Turkey to Korea, People Share a Common Language Invented to Describe Millet Farming

November 16, 2021

PICTURED: A woman harvests millet in a field in Zaozhuang city, East China’s Shandong province, on Sept 7, 2016.…

Apathetic Taiwanese Military Unready and Unwilling to Defend Against China
ArchivesForeign Policy

Apathetic Taiwanese Military Unready and Unwilling to Defend Against China

October 28, 2021August 7, 2024

Story at a glance… Calls for Taiwan attendance at the UN increase tensions between the US and China. Despite…

Foreign Policy

Democrats Look to Give Exclusive War Powers on China to Biden After he Promises War Over Taiwan

October 22, 2021

PICTURED: “Between Chinas”: an ISS image of the Taiwan Strait at 110 miles width. PC: Stuart Rankin. CC 3.0.…

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Here’s What We Learned from the Moon Rocks China Recently Brought Back on Chang’e-5

October 19, 2021

PICTURED: The Chang’e-5 return module sits on the snow-covered ground in Inner Mongolia, smoldering from its reentry into Earth’s…

Foreign Policy

CIA to Create “China Mission Center” to Coordinate Efforts of an Increasingly Hostile U.S.

October 8, 2021

LANGLY, Virginia. October 7th, 2021. In a statement, CIA Director William Burns announced the CIA would form a China…

When The Ivory Trade Was Banned, They Came for Giant Clam Shells
ArchivesConservation

When The Ivory Trade Was Banned, They Came for Giant Clam Shells

October 7, 2021January 15, 2024

Story at a glance… Giant clams have been decimated as poachers harvest their shells for illegal trafficking. The shells…

House Armed Services Committee Approves $24 Billion for a “Space National Guard”
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House Armed Services Committee Approves $24 Billion for a “Space National Guard”

September 2, 2021September 12, 2023

In an already bloated military defense budget, the House Committee on Armed Forces recently marked up the National Defense…

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China’s Rover Videotapes Itself Driving on Mars: a World’s First

June 28, 2021

Like NASA which landed its fifth Martian rover in February, China’s Zhurong rover touched down on the Red Planet…

China Becomes 2nd Nation to Operate on Mars Promising More Eyes and More Discoveries
Space

China Becomes 2nd Nation to Operate on Mars Promising More Eyes and More Discoveries

May 18, 2021

PICTURED: A rendition of the Zhurong rover and landing craft on Mars. Photo credit: Chinese National Space Agency (CNSA)…

Foreign Policy

‘America is Back’ Is Equal To or Greater than ‘Make America Great Again’

March 31, 2021

WASHINGTON D.C., March 30th, 2021. In the span of two days, any credibility that the United States will commit…

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UK Announce Increase of Nuclear Stockpile While Pentagon Predicts the Same in China

March 17, 2021

December, 2016. PICTURED: Now-Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks at Chatham House when he was Sec. of State for Foreign…

Rarest-of-the-Rarest Dinosaur Fossil is a Cretaceous Era Still Life of Oviraptor and 24 Eggs
ArchivesEarth Sciences

Rarest-of-the-Rarest Dinosaur Fossil is a Cretaceous Era Still Life of Oviraptor and 24 Eggs

March 15, 2021July 12, 2023

An international team of paleontologists has unearthed the latest fossil in what could be described as a 4-decade-long conveyor…

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China Russia Moon Research Base Welcomes International Collaboration

March 10, 2021

PICTURED: Artist’s concept of the ILRS. Photo credit: CAST. Published. The directors of Roscosmos, the Russian national aerospace agency,…

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Assault on Iran Likely to Boost Already Soaring Gold Market

Andy Corbley March 2, 2026

Whenever missiles and bullets start flying in the Middle East, all eyes are on the oil sector, and this…

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Last Arms Control Treaty Limiting US and Russian Nuclear Weapons Expires

Andy Corbley February 5, 2026

On January 14th, humanity went the longest span of time without detonating a nuclear weapon since the dawn of…

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Europe Wants All the Profit with None of the Responsibility in Seizing Russian Assets

Andy Corbley December 8, 2025

Senior Kremlin officials have applauded Belgium’s stance regarding the seizure of some €215 billion in frozen Russian assets held…

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