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More international pressure is put on South Korea to help Ukraine defeat Russia.
As the Ukraine War is nearing its first anniversary, pressure remains high on allies of the West to send support to Ukraine’s freedom fighters. Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022 in the guise of liberating provinces that it claimed wanted to ...
Even when they're not supposed to, even—allegedly—in the FBI.
The New York field office of the FBI has been a problem since it bullyragged James Comey during the 2016 presidential campaign. It has hungered for a Clinton head to hang on its lobby wall for almost two decades. On Monday, however, ...
At least when the North Koreans fire missiles into the ocean, they hit the ocean they’re aiming at.
When German expatriate rocket scientist Werner von Braun released his autobiography, I Reach For The Stars, comedian Mort Sahl said that the book’s title should have included the phrase “…But Sometimes I Hit London.” (It was such a legendary bit of snark ...
The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly supported Ukraine. These are the countries that didn’t.
The Philippines, along with 142 other countries, voted in favor of an Albanian-led resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The results were 143 Member States in favor, with five voting against, and 35 abstentions. The countries that did not support Ukraine but supported ...
As Ukraine secures victories against the Russian invasion.
As Ukraine pushes back the Russian invasion and retakes its territories on the Donbas region, its Defense Ministry takes inspiration from Jose Rizal. In a Twitter post on October 5, 2022, the Defense Ministry of Ukraine quoted the Philippines’ national hero Jose Rizal:“I ...
NATO fears the submarine is on its way to test one of Russia’s six ‘super weapons.’
At any given time, world powers are secretly tracking their enemies' submarines, so when a particularly powerful one that can launch a nuclear payload slips their sights, it's going to be a security issue. The Belgorod, Russia’s state-of-the-art nuclear-powered submarine, was last seen in its ...
An incident from the Cuban Missile Crisis reminds us just how close we came.
A lot of people my age and a bit older defined their general attitude toward the peril of nuclear arms over two weeks in October of 1962. The Soviet Union had bootlegged intermediate-range ballistic missiles into Cuba, a Soviet ally against which ...
As Russia suffers humiliating losses.
As Russia suffers humiliating losses in its war with Ukraine, the latter is starting to prepare for a possible nuclear attack from Russia—an unlikely event to occur but nonetheless should be anticipated—by preparing its stocks of potassium iodine pills for distribution. Ukraine’s ...
"This is no bluff"—famously, a thing one says when one is definitely not bluffing.
Vladimir Putin has decided to butch it up quite seriously for the public on Wednesday. His speech reeks of a monumental bluff—which is not to say it shouldn’t be taken seriously. This is an authoritarian kleptocrat on a bad losing streak who still ...
