Late last year, Serbia and Kosovo, the former Serbian territory whose majority ethnic Albanian citizens declared independence in 2008 less than a decade after a bloody war to achieve just that, looked as if they were on the verge of conflict again, the Economist wrote. The...
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China on Sunday criticized the United States’ decision to shoot down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon flying over US territory, an incident that further strained relations between the world’s two largest economies, The Hill reported. China admitted the balloon was their property but dismissed allegations it...
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Ireland has long honored St. Patrick, as have many in Europe and elsewhere, often by wearing green and drinking pints. Now, the country is moving to honor another saintly figure from its past – St. Brigid of Kildare – by creating an official holiday starting...
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Myanmar’s junta imposed martial law in strongholds of anti-military resistance this week, a move aimed at stamping out the opposition in areas where people have taken up arms against the army following its coup two years ago, Al Jazeera reported. Junta officials said the new measures...
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A new study theorizes that Earth’s inner core has reversed its rotation, the Wall Street Journal reported. Chinese researchers have analyzed earthquake-driven seismic waves as they pass through the Earth since the 1960s. Their findings suggest that between 2009 and 2020, the inner core’s rotation stopped...
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