Taiwan’s coast guard announced that its waters cannot be claimed by China, saying the island will push back any ships that try to enter. The statement came after Beijing withdrew a patrol off Taiwan’s eastern coast, which had inspected nearly two hundred vessels and fixed three violations. Chi
In a small rice‑planting village north of Bangkok, an older farmer sees the government’s promises slip away after elections. The cost of diesel and fertilizer has jumped because of a distant war, while rice prices have dropped sharply. Farmers like him are now paying more for inputs but earnin
The goal of turning carbon dioxide into useful fuels is to make energy more sustainable. One popular route uses electricity to reduce CO2 into methane while keeping the solution neutral. But making this process efficient at high power is tough because the usual steps need many proton‑electron moves,
The G7 leaders will meet next week in Evian‑les‑Bains, a lakeside town in France, for talks that many expect will focus on the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. The French host, President Macron, has arranged a schedule that keeps President Trump on his side of the agenda. France wants the sum
In Baltimore, attorneys general from 19 states and Washington, D. C. , filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration. They say federal agencies are adding new clauses to contracts that forbid “racially discriminatory DEI activities. ” The changes were made after a March executive order from Presi
The U. S. and Iran have exchanged air attacks for a second consecutive day, breaking the fragile truce that had been in place since April. A U. S. Apache helicopter was shot down near the Strait of Hormuz earlier this week, sparking a chain reaction of strikes on both sides. President Trump wa
AirAsia X has pushed back the start of its new flight that would connect Kuala Lumpur with Bahrain and then to London’s Gatwick airport. The airline originally wanted to launch the service in June, but worries about fighting in the Middle East have forced it to wait until at least August or Septembe
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has chosen ten researchers for the 2026 Kavli Prizes, which honor work in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience. Five of the winners are Americans, a notable share that highlights the country’s influence in cutting‑edge research. Each group will rece
A group of six senators from both parties has drafted a new law that would make proven reading techniques part of federal policy. The proposal, called the READ Act, says teachers should focus on clear skills like sounding out words, building vocabulary and practicing comprehension. It also bars the
A new approach shows how small changes in the way a cobalt‑based metal‑organic framework (MOF) is made can lead to much higher amounts of carbon dioxide being trapped. The key idea is to remove a common impurity, Co(OH)₂, that normally blocks the tiny pores of the material. By cleaning up the synthe
