Tag: The Science of Where Magazine

Arctic/Climate Change – Governing Arctic High Seas Biodiversity (The Arctic Institute)

Margherita Valentina Romani writes: The effects of anthropogenic climate change are significantly affecting the Arctic Ocean’s robust ecosystems and biological diversity. go to The Arctic...

Iraq – An “illiterate generation”—one of Iraq’s untold pandemic stories (Atlantic Council)

Hezha Barzani writes for Atlantic Council: The impacts of the coronavirus pandemic in Iraq are devastating. With a population of over thirty-nine million, Iraq...

USA/Iraq – Is the Iraq War over… again? (Atlantic Council)

Kirsten Fontenrose, Andrew L. Peek, Abbas Kadhim write for Atlantic Council: First Afghanistan, now Iraq. Seven years after US troops returned to the country to fight...

China – Prevailing voice: how should China improve its intl communication capacity? (Global Times)

Global Times writes: China has been put in an awkward situation. The more successful it becomes, the more it faces criticism from the West...

Japan/China – Japan’s recent scheme toward economic and trade issues with China (Global Times)

Global Times writes: The Japanese ambassador to Australia Shingo Yamagami recently said that Japan "struggles every day" when it comes to its relations with...

China – China’s industrial profit growth maintains pace in H1, imbalances persist as SMEs recover slowly: NBS (Global Times)

Global Times writes: China's industrial production reported steady recovery in the first half of the year, with corporate operations recording continuous improvement and stable...

China – China finishes low-orbit broadband satellite, 5G network integration test (Global Times)

Global Times writes: China's first low-orbit broadband satellite and 5G network integration test was completed on Sunday, CCTV reported on Monday.  go to Global Times:...

China/USA – Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister lays out China’s bottom line at talks with Sherman (Global Times)

Chen Qingqing writes: Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister, Wang Yi ,clarified three bottom lines that China upholds and the US should not challenge...

Cyber – Hackers flooded the Babuk ransomware gang’s forum with gay porn images (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini writes: The Babuk ransomware operators seem to have suffered a ransomware attack, threat actors flooded their forum gay orgy porn images. go to Security Affairs:...

Cyber – No More Ransom helped ransomware victims to save almost €1B (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini writes: The No More Ransom initiative celebrates its fifth anniversary, over 6 million victims of ransomware attacks recover their files for free saving almost...

Hong Kong – Hong Kong awaits verdict in first national security trial (Al Jazeera)

Suzanne Sataline writes: That Tong Ying-kit buzzed his motorcycle past a cheering crowd and angry police on July 1, 2020, is not in question,...

Hong Kong – Arrest to verdict: A timeline of Hong Kong’s first security trial (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Three Hong Kong judges are expected to deliver their verdict on Tuesday in the trial of Tong Ying-kit – the first...

Koreas – North and South Korea restore severed cross-border hotline (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: South and North Korea have restored cross-border communications, just over a year since the hotline was cut off, in a surprise move...

Haiti – Haiti arrests top security chief in Moise murder investigation (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Haitian police have arrested the head of Jovenel Moise’s security team as part of the ongoing investigation into the president’s July...

Brazil – Unusual cold weather in Brazil sends coffee prices soaring (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Arabica coffee prices rose 10 percent more on Monday, after jumping nearly 20 percent last week, to their highest in nearly...

Afghanistan/Pakistan – Afghan soldiers flee attack, cross border: Pakistan army (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Dozens of Afghan soldiers have slipped across the border into northwestern Pakistan after their border post was overrun, apparently by the Taliban,...