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Saudi rift with Qatar exposes growing division in the anti
This is the worst diplomatic crisis in the Gulf region in decades. On June 5, Saudi Arabia, United A...
Jim Yong Kim starts his second term as World Bank president despite a rocky first five years
Jim Yong Kim is set to begin his second five-year term as World Bank president on July 1, having bee...
Can we ditch dark energy by better understanding general relativity?
A renewed suggestion that dark energy may not be real — dispensing with 70% of the stuff in the univ...
Out of State, Out of Mind
Mitch Troutman ,November 14, 2023 Out of S...
Bleached girls: India and its love for light skin
“Let’s scrub out that tan” is a common refrain in beauty parlours in India, where girls grow up with...
Otto John: new light shed on legendary Cold War double defector
Imagine if the director of the American FBI or Britain’s MI5 were to defect to a hostile state. Thin...
London train bombing: Why is Europe seeing so many terrorist attacks?
The Sept. 15 terrorist bombing in a crowded London subway station – which injured at least 30 passen...