Science Provides
How a Gravity Map Will Help Green the Planet

A European satellite is helping researchers find geothermal hotspots—an enormous but underutilized green energy source.

Cordon Bleu Model
French Chefs May Microwave “Most” Meals

There’s something fishy about my beef bourguignon…

In Your Face Brinksmanship
Iran Sending Armada to Yemen

Are we looking at the first steps towards a direct shooting war between Iran and Saudi Arabia?

Test
World Refugee Crisis
Fleeing Libya, Muslims Throw Christian Refugees Overboard

Stories like this one are catnip for Europe’s nationalist, anti-immigrant parties, and we haven’t seen the last of them—not by far.

Game of Thrones
China Builds Its First Runway in the Spratlys

China’s tactics in the South China Sea have changed lately, but the underlying strategy remains the same.

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The Gulf Alliance & Pakistan
Pakistan’s Yemen Dilemma

Will Pakistan be pulled into the the Gulf Alliance against Yemen’s rebels?

The Middle East Aflame
Al-Qaeda Seizes Seaport & Airport

The group, thought until recently to be overshadowed by ISIS, is back in the headlines.

Beware of Greeks Bearing Debts
UPDATE: The Wolf Comes for the Boy

The Greek state is, really and truly, running out of money.

TPP
Trade Breakthrough in Congress, Big Fight Ahead

Congress takes a big step toward granting President Obama “fast track” authority to negotiate the TPP agreement, but the big fight is yet to come.

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