Relationships

26 OCT 2021  Does China intend to displace the United States as the world’s leading superpower? Henry Kissinger has frequently argued that China approaches foreign relations from a long-term perspective, while Western countries are tactical, focusing on short-term gain. China is playing wei qi (better known as go), where the aim is to encircle your …

25 OCT 2021  Walk into any U.S. store these days and you’re likely to see empty shelves. Shortages of virtually every type of product – from toilet paper and sneakers to pickup trucks and chicken – are showing up across the country. Looking for a book, bicycle, baby crib or boat? You may have to wait weeks or …

24 OCT 2021 For many people in the United States, a horse is likely to be a partner in sport and leisure, rather than labor. Yet it’s a pleasure that comes at a potential price, one many riders need to take more seriously. A study on a decade’s worth of …

23 OCT 2021  Protests in Italy over the country’s new COVID-19 rules for workers spread on Friday to several of the country’s largest ports. While reports vary on the level of disruption, workers at three of the country’s major ports were reported either on strike or staging protests calling for …

22 OCT 2021  China and the U.S. are saber-rattling once again as the harassment of Taiwan by the mainland continues with hundreds of sorties of fighters, bombers, and submarines near the island’s air and sea space. President Xi Jinping has made clear that all options are on the table and …

21 OCT 2021 When I wake at 3am or so, I’m prone to picking on myself. And I know I’m not the only one who does this. A friend of mine calls 3am thoughts “barbed-wire thinking”, because you can get caught in it. The thoughts are often distressing and punitive. …

20 OCT 2021  A rapid replacement of fossil fuels with renewable fuels based on green hydrogen along with advanced biofuels could enable to cut up to 80 percent of CO2 emissions by mid-century attributed to the international maritime sector. That is the assessment of a new report released by the …

19 OCT 2021  One of China’s mid-sized shipbuilders, Tianjin Xingang Ship Heavy Industry, announced that it will stop all operations as of the end of October. The disbanding of the company comes despite the recent resurgence in shipbuilding orders and China’s overall leadership in the industry. The Shanghai International Maritime …

18 OCT 2021  When 20 new crewmembers signed on to the bulker Trudy at an anchorage off Normandy last week, they likely did not expect that they would be swept up in the aftermath of a drug bust – but on Monday morning, they had unwelcome visitors. The Trudy was intercepted and …

A US Geological Survey image shows green farmland marking a distinct boundary between the Nile floodplain and the surrounding harsh desert (USGS) 17 OCT 2021  Amid an increasingly bitter war and an impending famine in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray, there is still, perhaps, one issue that unites Ethiopians, no matter their political views: …