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Scientists Break Down Why Flying East Is Worse for Jet Lag
When it comes to flying, many avid travelers may notice jet-lag symptoms are particularly bad when heading east instead of west. That may seem to be a figment of your imagination, but it's actually a known phenomenon confirmed by science. Today researchers from the University of Maryland's Institute for Research in...
North Korea missile test launch off east coast ‘fails’
North Korea has attempted to fire a ballistic missile off its east coast but the launch appears to have failed, South Korean military officials say. It is unclear what type of missile it was, but it follows three failed tests of the medium-range "Musudan" missile in April. The North is banned by the UN from using any...
The Middle East is now Europe’s backyard
We are accustomed to thinking about policy in binary terms — domestic politics on the one hand, foreign affairs on the other. But as the tragic events in Brussels demonstrate once again, home and away are not so easily separated. Indeed, in a fundamental sense, the problems of a fragmenting Middle East are fast-becoming...