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Chaos and confusion, but some foreign policy wins for Trump
By Peter Apps When US President Donald Trump ordered cruise-missile strikes on a Syrian air base shortly after this month’s chemical weapons attack, some Obama administration veterans were openly impressed. We “never would have gotten this done in 48 hours,” one ...
The next superweapon could be biological
Peter Apps With the threat of chemical weapons in Syria and nuclear arms in North Korea, the risk of biological weapons has largely dropped off the international agenda. But evolving technologies and genetic engineering may open the door to new dangers. Other ...
Is Beijing outflanking the United States in the South China Sea?
By Peter apps For much of the last week, the US aircraft carrier Carl Vinson has been patrolling the South China Sea. It is just the kind of display of Washington’s power and global reach that the US Navy excels at ...
Experts’ top picks for health and fitness technology
Sarah Berry I am not going to lie. I’m not into gadgets, trackers or apps. Luddite-tendencies aside, choice overload overwhelms and I exercise for enjoyment so balk at being guilted into it by a gadget. Besides, I exercise to escape technology. But, call me ...
As students start to return, Egypt clamps down on campus
  Egyptians walk outside Cairo University, popular with its 100-year-old dome in Cairo, this week. Summer vacation ends this weekend and universities across Egypt are preparing for the return of students with a heavy, pre-emptive clampdown. The aim is to prevent ...
Tyler Perry confirms he'll be a dad
     NEW YORK — Tyler Perry confirms he's going to be a dad. Rumors have circulated that the 45-year-old Perry and girlfriend, Gelila Bekele, were expecting a child. But Perry had not made a public statement. When asked about the prospects ...
Arab Spring fallout fuels Mediterranean smuggling
  Peter Apps LONDON — The chaotic fallout of the “Arab Spring” is fuelling a surge in the smuggling of drugs, weapons and people across the Mediterranean, and cash-strapped regional powers are struggling to respond. Last month, European leaders in Brussels turned down ...
Terrorist attacks soar, deaths down from 2007 peak – study
Peter Apps NEW YORK — The number of terrorist attacks each year has more than quadrupled in the decade since Sept. 11, 2001, a study released on Tuesday said, with Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan the most affected. The number of annual deaths ...
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