Victoria did not consult the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade before signing a controversial infrastructure deal with the Chinese government last year ~news australia.vic china politics Article 650 words 6 votes
Chinese foreign minister warns US against taking the countries ‘to the brink of a new Cold War’ ~news china usa politics.usa Article 701 words 10 votes
China has imposed a massive eighty per cent tariff on Australian barley imports from today, saying the product has been imported against trade rules ~food Article 755 words 11 votes
United States seeks to change the rules for mining the Moon ~space spaceflight.commercial Article 918 words 6 votes
Venezuela alleges proof of Juan Guaidó's involvement in foiled coup plot, a legal invoice regarding past due payment to Silvercorp USA ~news venezuela usa Link 3 votes
China has imposed an import ban on four Australian abattoirs in an apparent escalation of Beijing's trade war tactics ~food Article 133 words 7 votes
Department of Homeland Security report: China hid virus’ severity to hoard supplies ~health healthcare Article 855 words 11 votes
The West’s incompetent response to the pandemic will hasten the power-shift to the east ~health Article 1570 words 13 votes
Russia's ambassador to Denmark has accused Washington of provoking confrontation in the Arctic in order to achieve dominance in the region ~news denmark russia usa Article 331 words 3 votes
Greenland wary of US plans for aid projects in its territory – politicians say expected announcement of $12m must not have conditions attached ~news denmark.greenland usa politics.usa Article 715 words 6 votes
Australian, US vessels in South China Sea as China flexes muscles ~news australia usa china Article 1160 words 5 votes
Russia filed a protest to Oslo after Norwegian coastguards detained a Russian trawler near a remote chain of islands in the Arctic ~news norway.svalbard politics Article 302 words 4 votes
Border wall work in Arizona speeds up, igniting contagion fears ~health Article 1475 words, published Mar 31 2020 5 votes
How Vladimir Putin's Russia has become increasingly unstable ~humanities Video 15:44, published Aug 17 2016 8 votes
Sweden's government said it had decided to send troops to Mali to join French-led special forces that are fighting militants linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State ~news sweden france mali Article 196 words 4 votes
Sweden's external military intelligence service said Friday the security policy situation in the Baltic Sea region 'has deteriorated over time' ~news sweden russia Article 226 words 4 votes
Health ministers squabble over face masks at coronavirus talks ~health Article 1031 words, published Mar 6 2020 5 votes
Thirty-three Turkish soldiers killed in attack in Idlib, mostly by the Russian Airforce ~news russia syria.idlib turkey Article 378 words 9 votes
Struggling to keep up, Finland exports plastic waste – a quarter of all plastic waste will be sent to facilities in Sweden or Germany for sorting and repurposing ~enviro recycling plastics Article 323 words 4 votes
Donald Trump's budget gives Greenland another try – administration's proposal would give the State Department $587,000 to build a first permanent consular services outpost ~news denmark.greenland usa politics.usa Article 915 words, published Feb 19 2020 4 votes
US oil executives moved from house arrest to prison after Juan Guaido meets with Donald Trump ~news venezuela usa politics.usa Article 5 votes
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov requests a meeting with Norwegian authorities to remove limitations on Russian activity on Svalbard ~news norway.svalbard russia politics Link 4 votes
How Brexit could reignite tensions at the Irish border ~humanities.history Video 7:18, published Aug 17 2018 12 votes
Donald Trump’s US border wall, vulnerable to flash floods, needs large storm gates left open for months ~enviro Article 1854 words 7 votes
Cod war tensions with Iceland – British trawlers, bunched together as they are, make easy prey for Icelandic gunboats in 1976 ~humanities.history Article 542 words 3 votes
Belarus started importing oil from Norway on Tuesday after Russia, its main oil provider, suspended supplies earlier this month ~news norway belarus russia Article 441 words 9 votes
How a Chase Bank chairman helped the deposed shah of Iran enter the US ~humanities.history Article 2552 words, published Dec 29 2019 5 votes
Chinese ambassador dismisses Uyghurs mass detention as 'fake news' ~news china.xinjiang australia politics Article 351 words 9 votes
The Vietnam draft lotteries functioned as a randomized experiment—which has allowed social scientists to study its life-changing effects ~science psychology Article 2281 words 7 votes
China tried to plant its candidate in Australian Federal Parliament, authorities believe ~news china australia politics Article 1626 words 17 votes
Denmark and Iceland clash over priceless medieval manuscripts – Reykjavik wants collection bequeathed by Icelandic scholar returned ~humanities.history Article 575 words 4 votes
China's ancient dominance, how the West took it away from China and how China is regaining it ~humanities.history Video 1:09:23, published Oct 16 2019 8 votes
Two former Twitter employees charged with spying on behalf of Saudi Arabia ~tech social media privacy Article 439 words 9 votes
NSO exploited WhatsApp to hack at least 1400 phones and spy on top government officials at US allies ~tech facebook privacy security Article 1077 words 16 votes
Atlantic Council has published an update to their 2016 Global Risks 2035 report, analyzing geopolitical and technological trends and their potential impacts on the future ~news usa china politics.usa Article 4820 words 7 votes
China is forcing the world to rethink recycling ~enviro recycling plastics Video 9:08, published Sep 27 2019 9 votes