#Is the US getting Asia wrong? 

#Is the US getting Asia wrong? 

At first glance, President Biden’s upcoming state visit to Vietnam this weekend — coming on the heels of a successful trilateral summit last month, where it forged new defense and high-tech cooperation with South Korea and Japan — appears to underscore Biden’s efforts to deepen U.S. ties in the Asia-Pacific.   Hanoi and Washington are poised to declare…

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#The Pentagon’s UFO office is sending cryptic ‘alien’ messages

#The Pentagon’s UFO office is sending cryptic ‘alien’ messages

Last week, the Pentagon’s new UFO office, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), unveiled its long-awaited website. Tucked among previously-released graphics, transcripts and videos is an important new document outlining the office’s mission and objectives. Within hours of the site’s launch, eagle-eyed sleuths noticed that an image of a spherical object, divided into quarters, appears…

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#Baran confirmation threatens Biden administration climate targets

#Baran confirmation threatens Biden administration climate targets

Harry Reid, the former Democratic Senate majority leader passed away in 2021. But his ghost still looms over efforts to commercialize a new generation of advanced nuclear reactors and now threatens to undermine the Biden administration’s climate targets, which will depend upon these new reactors to complement wind, solar and other low carbon technologies in the coming…

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#Five things to known as Biden heads to India for G20

#Five things to known as Biden heads to India for G20

President Biden is set to travel to the Group of 20 (G20) summit on Thursday, a high-stakes meeting that will taken on a new look with Chinese President Xi Jinping skipping the event. The summit is an opportunity for Biden to show leadership on the international stages and further warm relations with India, the host…

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#Mexico’s next president will be a woman

#Mexico’s next president will be a woman

Mexico’s ruling party on Wednesday appointed former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum as its presidential candidate for 2024, all but guaranteeing that the country’s next leader will be the first woman to hold the office.  Sheinbaum is running against Sen. Xóchitl Gálvez, whose surprise entry into the opposition primaries galvanized and united a motley group…

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