THE GAZA STRIP is the “most dangerous place in the world to be a child,” the head of the United Nations (UN) children’s agency UNICEF said on Wednesday. UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell told the U.N. Security Council that more ...
RIO DE JANEIRO — Police swinging batons at panicking soccer fans. Children weeping in their mothers’ arms between the stadium’s stands. A man clutching his head as blood streamed down his face. The shocking scenes of crowd clashes and police ...
SEOUL — North Korea (NK) said on Thursday it would deploy stronger armed forces and new weapons on its border with the South, a day after Seoul suspended part of a 2018 military accord between the two Koreas in a ...
DUBAI/LONDON – OPEC+ has delayed a ministerial meeting expected to discuss oil output cuts to Nov. 30 from Nov. 26 as producers struggled to agree on production levels and hence possible reductions, OPEC+ sources said, a surprise delay that sent oil prices ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday officially requested that China provide detailed information on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children. Chinese authorities from the National Health Commission held a press conference on Nov. 13 to report an ...
SEOUL – North Korea vowed on Thursday to deploy stronger armed forces and new weapons on its border with the South, pulling back from a 2018 military accord designed to curb the risk of inadvertent clashes between two countries that remain technically at war. Pyongyang’s statement came a ...
Ahead of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s four days in exile, several staff researchers wrote a letter to the board of directors warning of a powerful artificial intelligence discovery that they said could threaten humanity, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The previously unreported letter and AI algorithm were key ...
TAIPEI – The vice presidential candidate for Taiwan‘s ruling party in a January election said on Thursday that war with China is not an option, pointing to cross-strait communications as key to easing tension that has raised concern about the region’s stability. China, which views Taiwan as its own territory despite the strong objections of the government ...
Ryan and Zachary discuss the basics of Just War Theory and whether a “moral war” is possible. They also discuss the theory’s origins in natural law, and how the theory relates to pacifism, wealth, and war crimes. Be sure to ...
In the aftermath of Hamas’s taking hostages in its conflict with Israel, the question arises: Who pays the ransom? State-financed payments lead to the worst outcomes and create moral hazards. Original Article: Hostage Extraction Needs to be Privatized ...