Researchers are working on a “leaf” that can produce energy while storing carbon.

The barriers to a lasting boom in Club Med countries are still real, and persistent. But even the slow and partial recovery there is a refreshing reminder that capitalism can bring gains even in suboptimal conditions.

Courting India seems to be a key priority for the new government in Seoul.

Chinese submarines are developing a stealthy advantage over their American counterparts.

It’s not just teachers.

Another UK company is going ahead with plans to drill exploratory shale wells in Britain.

It’s hard to see any alternative to ratcheting up the pressure. But each step up the ladder of diplomatic escalation makes it harder to capitulate in the end if, as seems likely, Pyongyang won’t budge.

Daniel Webster’s poignant brief for a Republic threatened with dismemberment just two generations after its founding.

China’s role as the liberal darling isn’t likely to last long.

Modi’s trip to Israel is a big bilateral breakthrough—and a sign that Israel is poised for a new era of diplomatic progress.