By KYLE MIZOKAMI, The Week Over the last several months, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party have repeatedly exhorted the People’s Liberation Army to “be ready to win a war.” Xi has repeatedly called for greater military modernization, increased training, and enhanced overall readiness of the Chinese army, navy, and air force.…
By Lauren Hamilton, The Richest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9q7HLUkJvY There are more dangerous things than an angry woman, believe it or not. Beyond guns, you’d be surprised to learn which weapons can do the most damage. Perhaps it’s our obsession with Forensic Files or just being a curious bunch, but we decided to put together a list for all of…
BuzzEthiopia Home to Lucy, Ardi, the oldest stone tools, the first fossils of modern humans and many other discoveries, Ethiopia deserves the title of Cradle of Humankind By Erin Wayman SMITHSONIAN.COM Ethiopia may well deserve the title Cradle of Humankind. Some of the most famous, most iconic hominid fossils have been discovered within the country’s…
By Arika Okrent The Afternoon Map IMAGE CREDIT: ENDONYMMAP.COM Countries are called by different names depending on who’s doing the calling. Is it The United States of America or Les États-Unis? Deutschland or Germany? A country’s own name for itself is called an endonym, and at endonymmap.com you can find a map of the world’s endonyms. The…
The Intercept BY CORA CURRIER AND MORGAN MARQUIS-BOIRE @coracurrier@headhntr When Apple and Google unveiled new encryption schemes last month, law enforcement officialscomplained that they wouldn’t be able to unlock evidence on criminals’ digital devices. What they didn’t say is that there are already methods to bypass encryption, thanks to off-the-shelf digital implants readily available to…
By Noah Smith, Bloomberg Larry Summers and Lant Pritchett have written a paper predicting a Chinese growth slowdown. In 2013, Barry Eichengreen, Donghyun Park, and Kwanho Shin wrote a paper with much the same message, which accurately predicted the recent Chinese slowdown from about 10 percent annual growth to about7.5 percent. In fact, the most…
Visa requirements for Ethiopian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Ethiopia. In 2014, Ethiopian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 39 countries and territories, ranking the Ethiopian passport 88th in the world. Visa requirements map Ethiopia Visa free access Visa on arrival Visa required …
By Rupert Wingfield-HayesBBC News, USS George Washington off Guam BBC By Rupert Wingfield-Hayes USS George Washington off Guam The US prefers to talk about engaging with China, but it is clear its navy is now also practising for a potential conflict, reports the BBC’s Rupert Wingfield-Hayes. You don’t get invited out on a US nuclear…
The Washington Post In the aftermath of the war in Iraq and as the U.S. military withdraws from Afghanistan, the Pentagon is shifting its fleet of drones to other global hot spots. Among them is Turkey, where the Air Force operates four unarmed Predator drones from Incirlik Air Base. U.S. shifts drones to new frontiers…
2nd century AD – Kingdom of Axum becomes a regional trading power. 4th century – Coptic Christianity introduced from Egypt. King Ezana’s Stele: One of the 1700-year old obelisks erected by the Kingdom of Axum Ethiopia unveils ancient obelisk 1530-31 – Muslim leader Ahmad Gran conquers much of Ethiopia. 1818-68 – Lij Kasa conquers…