California is the world’s sixth largest economy.
Every US state and the majority of US cities with more than one million inhabitants conduct foreign affairs, with varying levels of efficacy and resources. Approximately 40 US states have a rough total of 250 representations abroad. Pennsylvania and Missouri operate the most overseas offices…
Ticks sucked the blood of feathered dinosaurs some 99 million years ago
Amber-Trapped Tick Suggests Ancient Bloodsuckers Feasted On Feathered Dinosaurs, a new study suggests. Modern ticks are infamous for biting humans and other mammals. But ticks are very ancient, and scientists who study their evolution have long wondered what (or who) the little vampires ate before…
Doug Jones declared victor in Alabama race for Senate Roy
Democrat Doug Jones has won the special election to fill a Senate seat in Alabama, according to exit polls and returns — a shocking upset in a solidly Republican state, in which massive turnout among African American voters helped defeat a candidate enthusiastically backed by…
Did NASA Find Alien Life?
NASA is set to make an important announcement about a new discovery made by the Kepler space telescope, which has been searching for alien worlds since 2009. The U.S. space agency will hold the news conference on Thursday, Dec. 14, and the scientists who have…
Iraq declares war with Islamic State is over
The Iraqi military has “fully liberated” all of Iraq’s territory of “ISIS terrorist gangs” and retaken full control of the Iraqi-Syrian border, it said Saturday in a statement. “Our heroic armed forces have now secured the entire length of the Iraq-Syria border,” Iraqi Prime Minister…
Trump Recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital
President Trump on Wednesday formally recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, reversing nearly seven decades of American foreign policy and setting in motion a plan to move the United States Embassy from Tel Aviv to the fiercely contested Holy City. “It is time to…
Venezuela wants to launch a cryptocurrency backed by oil
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced the launch of a cryptocurrency called the “petro” backed by oil reserves. Few specifics were given about the currency launch or how the struggling OPEC member would create the crytocurrency. Maduro said the petro will help Venezuela recover financially after…
How the US outsourced border security to Mexico
For the first time ever in 2014, the U.S. recorded more undocumented migrants from Central America than from Mexico. In particular, 52,000 unaccompanied children were detained between October 2013 and June 2014. With what seemed to be a looming humanitarian crisis to deal with, the…
The struggles for independence and the impact of redrawing borders
From Catalonia to Kurdistan and Quebec, many people are demanding independence. What does it take to transform a cultural identity into a nation-state? And what is the impact?
FDA approves pill with digital tracking device you swallow
A psychiatric medication system in the form of a pill with a built-in digital tracking device gained approval from the US Food and Drug Administration on Monday. Abilify MyCite, a form of aripiprazole and a first-of-its-kind product, has an embedded ingestible sensor that records when the medication…
