Opinion | Humans might need to re-engineer the climate
For decades, “geoengineering” was a forbidden subject in climate circles. Talking about adjusting the Earth’s energy balance by, for example, using mirrors, white roofs...
PEN America cancels literary festival, citing pressure on writers
The literary and free-speech nonprofit PEN America has canceled its annual World Voices Festival less than two weeks before it was to begin, after...
Hospitals evacuated in Kyiv after threat from Belarus
KYIV — City authorities on Friday urgently evacuated two hospitals, including a children’s hospital, after the head of the Belarusian KGB claimed “terrorists” were...
Blinken visits China: The view from Beijing and Washington | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
On April 26, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing. Since the summit meeting last November...
Asia’s next war could be triggered by a rusting warship on a disputed reef
MANILA — In the most hotly contested waterway in the world, the risk of Asia’s next war hinges increasingly on a ramshackle ship past...