This article was originally published in CBS News. In an era where the answers to the most random questions — like the indoor land speed record or the Earth's weight — are just a few clicks away, we often take for granted the colossal network that makes it all...
The Biden administration continues imposing strong tariffs measures on China, now removing tariff exceptions for Chinese exports. It seems that they will be joined soon by Europe, another Pillar. As mentioned last week, the EU is seeking to implement its own tariffs...
The Guardian and Reuters passed on not totally confirmed reports that Vietnam has fortified several islands it controls in the South China Sea with mobile rocket launchers so that it can strike Chinese military bases in the region. This would be one of the...
In the sort of mass public protest that is increasingly unusual under Russia's authoritarian government, hundreds of critics of the Russian government of President Vladimir Putin armed with a rare demonstration gathered in Moscow on Aug. 9 to protest a new set of...
Rodrigo Duterte, the new president of the Philippines, has called the U.S. ambassador to the country, Philip Goldberg, a ‘'gay son of a whore'’. He made the comments Aug. 5 during an address to Filipino military officials, sparking, of course, a diplomatic row. To...
Venezuela’s National Electoral Council has ruined hopes for a recall referendum on leftist President Nicolas Maduro this year. Electoral council chief Tibisay Lucena announced several procedural details that would clearly push the referendum into 2017. The...
The leader of Poland's conservative ruling party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, met on Aug. 9 with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The meeting of two right-wing and nationalistic leaders raised some concerns in more liberal parts of Europe about the growing right-wing...
Japanese Emperor Akihito, in a rare televised address to the nation, talked about his ill health and cast doubts on his ability to carry out his duties as emperor much longer. He said that he wanted an orderly imperial family succession. Observers speculated...