January 18, 2023

Oiling the Hinges

Natural gas is changing the Eastern Mediterranean. It could also shake up the Israeli-Palestinian relationship. As the Middle East Institute outlined in a recent report, governments in southeastern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa have been struggling to develop new natural gas fields since long...

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January 18, 2023

South of the Border

The United Kingdom government blocked Scotland’s gender reform bill this week, an unprecedented move that Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon described as a “full-frontal attack” on the Scottish parliament, Sky News reported. The issue relates to Scotland’s Gender Recognition Reform Bill which was passed by a majority...

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January 18, 2023

Baby Bust

China experienced its first population decline since 1961, with the world’s most populous country facing a demographic crisis, Axios reported Tuesday. The country’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said there were 1.41175 billion people living in China at the end of 2022 – a drop of...

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January 18, 2023

A Shot at Life

Honeybees are getting their own vaccine, the Guardian reported. Recently, the US Department of Agriculture approved the world’s first inoculation for honeybees aimed at protecting the insects from the American foulbrood disease, which has been severely decimating their colonies. The disease is caused by the bacterium Paenibacillus...

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