The Taliban’s rapid return to power in Afghanistan has sent the Western world’s counterterrorism agencies into a tailspin. They’ll be spending a lot of time considering whether the end of the US’s longest war marks …
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Planet A A heatwave across Greenland which raised temperatures 18° Celsius higher than average has resulted in the first recorded rain on the peak of its ice cap—more than 3,000 metres above sea level. This …
Media coverage of the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released on Monday has highlighted many deeply disturbing findings, including that climate change is already contributing to extreme weather events in every …
In the lead-up to the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party last month, hundreds of Chinese coal mines were ordered to shut down to ensure the celebrations weren’t marred by any fatal accidents. There …
During the four decades of the Cold War, the United States had a grand strategy focused on containing the power of the Soviet Union. Yet by the 1990s, following the Soviet Union’s collapse, America had …