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New Zealand, US to fund Cook Islands port upgrade

WELLINGTON, Sept 1 - New Zealand and the U.S. will jointly fund a major upgrade of a World War Two port on a Cook Islands' atoll, the three governments said on Tuesday, in a fresh sign of Western efforts to reinforce ties in a Pacific region that is increasingly being

Asia

Ratcliffe’s offer, Ukraine and NATO’s Future

Mystery continues about the strange visit by CIA Director John Ratcliffe to Moscow, flying there in a massive C-17 Globemaster, a military airlifter. While the Globemaster has a specially designed secure roll off and roll on module for top officials, keeping them harnessed to

Asia

Drones take farming to new heights

High above the fields of the Morven Sustainability Lab, drones equipped with heat and light sensors are changing what it means to farm smarter. This month, researchers and students from the University of Virginia, NASA and the University at Buffalo tested drone technology by

EFF to Governor Newsom: Veto California’s AB 1709

The California legislature passed Assembly Bill 1709 (A.B. 1709) today, which functions as a sweeping ban on social media use for young people under the age of 16. This well-intentioned, but deeply flawed piece of legislation, cuts young people off from essential information

Tech

Even small amounts of ocean plastic can affect petrel chicks

Ocean plastic pollution is accidentally on the menu for southern giant petrel chicks. Even small nibbles of it may affect their physiology during development, according to a study from the University of California, Davis, and Argentina's National Research Council (CONICET).

US-Venezuela oil deal deepens China’s energy security squeeze

A landmark oil agreement between Washington and Caracas threatens to cut Chinese refiners off from a cherished source of discounted crude, handing the United States greater sway over global oil prices. US President Donald Trump announced on August 28 that the US had reached

Asia

MAHA voters don’t seem likely to be GOP’s midterm boost

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story MAHA voters may not be GOP’s midterm boost While the Trump administration has courted the Make America Health Again (MAHA) voting bloc, those efforts don’t seem likely to result in return at