Tonga eruption was so intense, it caused the atmosphere to ring like a bell

The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption reached an explosive crescendo on Jan. 15, 2022. Its rapid release of energy powered an ocean tsunami that caused damage as...

S. Korea culls chickens over outbreaks of H5N1 bird flu

SEOUL – South Korean quarantine officials began slaughtering about 427,000 chickens Sunday as a precautionary measure after the outbreaks of the H5N1 avian influenza virus at two...

How the Biden administration is making gains in an uphill battle against Russian hackers

On Jan. 14, 2022, the FSB, Russia’s domestic intelligence service, announced that it had broken up the notorious Russia-based REvil ransomware criminal organization. The FSB said...

A year after Navalny’s return, Putin remains atop a changed Russia

In early 2021, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny flew back to Moscow after recovering in Germany from an assassination attempt carried out by Russian security services....

Ukraine got a signed commitment in 1994 to ensure its security – but can the US and allies stop Putin’s aggression now?

Russia’s illegal annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014 was the first change of internationally recognized borders in Europe through military force since World War II....

Jair Bolsonaro’s administration is hurting the lives of LGBTQ+ sex workers in Brazil

Brazil has achieved accomplishments related to the rights and visibility of marginalized communities in the last two decades — from social innovations to educational change. However,...

WHO says Covid-19 pandemic still ‘an extraordinary event’

ANKARA – The World Health Organization (WHO) agreed Wednesday that the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic still constitutes “an extraordinary event” following the 10th meeting of its...

‘In the name of God, go,’ embattled UK premier told in parliament

LONDON – Former Brexit Secretary David Davis on Wednesday became the most senior member yet of Britain’s ruling Conservative Party to call on embattled Prime Minister Boris...

Biden says he believes Russia will invade Ukraine

Boris Johnson polling is now so bad that it makes sense for Conservative MPs to get rid of him

Things just keep getting worse for Boris Johnson. On the same day that one of his MPs defected to the Labour party, former Brexit minister David...