With us or against us amid a Taiwan war

Almost a month since ALL OF US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan and China’s ballistic response, neighboring Southeast Asia is bracing, calculating and hedging for a potential superpower conflict in its all of a sudden destabilized backyard. Views in the region appear to be split up into three distinct camps. First are the optimists who are downplaying the warning […]

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Food insecurity heats up with rising temperatures

To understand the globalized nature of our meals system, look no further than your morning cup of coffee. That jolt of caffeine comes to your table via an elaborate network of some 25 mil coffee farmers from Brazil to Vietnam linked to the world by a far-flung supply string of traders, roasters, financiers, shippers, grocery store […]

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Magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes near Pariaman, Indonesia: USGS

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