The national problem of fuel theft was highlighted in Mexico over the weekend as at least 73 people died as the result of an explosion caused by illegal taps into a pipeline on Friday night. This kind …
World Economic Forum Releases Lists of “Biggest Risks” Worldwide in 2019
Releasing three separate lists ranking the top ten “Risks by Likelihood,” “Risks by Impact,” and “Risks by Interconnections,” the WEF reflects the responses of leaders across the Forum’s business, …
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North Korea’s Less-Known Military Threat: Biological Weapons
All human life on earth could be ended by a single gallon of strategically-distributed anthrax. This fact, coupled with ongoing North Korean efforts towards weaponization has led experts, like the …
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The World’s Health Organization’s Ten Threats to Global Health in 2019
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a list of the leading 10 threats to global health in 2019. The first listed threat is “Air Pollution and Climate Change,” where 9/10 people breathe …
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DRC: Breakthrough in Fight Against Ebola
Not until partway through the West African Ebola epidemic between 2013 and 2016 was a treatment developed that was used to reduce fatalities and help end the outbreak.This treatment only treated one …
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Secretary of the U.S. Air Force Emphasizes the Importance of Projecting Strength in the Arctic
Did you know that, by 2022, more advanced fighter jets will be based in Alaska than anywhere else in the world? “Whoever holds Alaska will hold the world,” declared a US general a few years before …
How Venezuela’s crisis developed and drove out millions of people
With Maduro’s inauguration to another 6-year term, the entrenched problems in the Venezuelan economy and political system show no sign of radical adjustments. The hyperinflation, shortages, and …
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Illegal deforestation spikes in Colombia: How FARC prevented deforestation and the government cannot
Although FARC groups have been largely demobilized in the two years since the peace deal they signed with the Colombian government, the government has been unable to prevent escalation in illegal …
China’s population growth likely to enter negative territory in 2030
China’s population is projected to reach a high of 1.442 billion in 2029, at which time the population will begin to decline due to fertility rates of only 1.6. If the rate does not increase in the …
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Latin America grapples with migrant exodus that looks set to worsen in 2019
"About 3.3 million people have fled Venezuela since 2015 and the United Nations estimates about two million more, from a population of 32 million, could follow in 2019. Every day, about 5,000 …
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