by Jim Wolf | 15 Apr 2019 | Asia
Thailand holds the world record for military coups. Landmark elections in March seems sure to yield yet more instability in the Southeast Asian nation. A Thai woman casts her vote during the general election on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, 24 March 2019...
by Jim Wolf | 10 Sep 2018 | Journalism, Media Literacy
Facebook and Twitter were caught napping when Russian agents tried to sway the U.S. 2016 elections. Now, they are declaring war on disinformation. An empty chair reserved for Google’s parent Alphabet, which refused to send its top executive, is seen as Facebook COO...
by Jim Wolf | 31 May 2016 | Americas, Asia, China, United States
Four decades after the end of a failed U.S. war in Vietnam, President Obama has halted an arms embargo that was one of the conflict’s last remnants. Forty-one years after the end of a failed U.S. war in Vietnam, President Barack Obama has halted an arms embargo...