Barry D. Wood

TOKYO:  Japan is in the midst of a rearmament programme unprecedented since World War II. Defence spending is being doubled, and is expected to reach

With the American mid-term elections finally over, it’s worth celebrating the return of divided government. From January Republicans will have a slim majority in the

DETROIT: This isn’t the first-time electric vehicles have been popular. In 1914 Clara Ford, Henry Ford’s wife, opted to drive a Model 47 Brougham from

COLUMBUS, OH: On 9 September President Joe Biden and a host of dignitaries broke ground on a $20 billion semiconductor plant that will employ 3

Elon Musk overlooks the continent of his birth when he warns of a pending population bust.  Africa’s population is exploding and will double to over

This is a tricky time for the US economy. The global pandemic unleashed in 2020 when a deadly virus escaped from central China caused unprecedented

Have we lost our minds? What is wrong with America? We are increasingly lawless—18-year-olds buy assault weapons, waltz into schools, and unleash terror. In big

During a just completed three-week assignment in Prague, I found both overwhelming support for Ukrainian resistance, and fear that the war could escalate. Blue-and-yellow Ukrainian

BUDAPEST: Hungary is a maze of contradictions. When Russia invaded Ukraine in February the populist Orban government agreed to the first round of EU/US sanctions

The discovery in early March of the polar exploration ship HMS Endurance 106 years after it sank in icy waters near Antarctica brings to life