Category: 4. World

NOTE:  I wrote this diary quite a few days ago but didn’t publish it as we were heading out on a family trip.  Events since may have changed the color and/or tenor of some of the things addressed herein but in the main I think the…

Israel warned it would move for the first time into a town in the heart of the Gaza Strip that it had earlier skirted for fear of harming hostages, as it accused Hamas of stalling at US-brokered ceasefire talks and the war’s toll on Palestinian…

The massive economic stimulus and boost to clean power from a 1.2 trillion yuan ($167 billion) mega-dam in Tibet has proven alluring enough for Chinese leaders to set aside concerns about potential damage to biodiversity and the impact on…

The latest round of European sanctions hit a number of companies and banks in China, prompting Beijing to protest and promise a response that would safeguard and protect its own firms.

The European Union sanctioned two Chinese banks and five…