When Estonia’s much-fêted prime minister, Kaja Kallas, went to Washington in November, she didn’t just meet with White House officials. She also made sure to talk to key allies of Donald Trump. A month earlier, her foreign minister was in the heart of Trump country, thanking workers at a Lockheed Martin Corp. factory in Arkansas … Read more
For the first time, China exported more to Southeast Asia than the US last year, highlighting the realignment of global trade that’s happening as the economic relationship frays between Washington and Beijing. The 10 nations in Asean bought $524 billion of goods last year, higher than the $500 billion worth sold to the US or … Read more
Join Kismet Health on January 24 at 3pm ET for a 30-minute webinar, Integrating the Latest Evidence on Drawing into Pediatric Telehealth. This webinar will focus on research by Dr. Chethan Sarabu, of Stanford Medicine, on children’s drawings in a general pediatric setting. His paper entitled “Drawing Play: A Content Analysis of Children’s Drawings of … Read more
Iran dispatched a warship to the Red Sea after the US Navy destroyed three Houthi boats, a move that risks ratcheting up tensions and complicates Washington’s goal of securing a waterway that’s vital to global trade. The Alborz destroyer traversed the Bab El-Mandeb strait, a narrow choke point between the Red Sea and the Gulf … Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping told his US counterpart Joe Biden that their nations should strive for “peaceful coexistence,” as the world’s two largest economies try to stabilize strained relations. “Over the past 45 years, China-US relations have weathered storms and moved forward,” Xi wrote in a new year’s day letter commemorating the establishment of diplomatic … Read more
On October 17th of 2022, I had enough! I was sick of the way I looked, I was sick of feeling overweight, bloated and fat! I decided to try something called KETO. In so many words, Keto is a diet where you do not eat Carbs. (I mean everything usually has a little bit of … Read more
A Washington state law aimed at improving police accountability is in the spotlight after three Tacoma officers were acquitted in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained face-down on a sidewalk as he pleaded for breath. The measure approved by voters in 2018 was designed to make … Read more
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I’ll be honest and admit I have no idea what’s going to happen with the remaining two teams from the old Pac-12 — Oregon State and Washington State. I say that because I’ve asked people — both on and off the record — who would have more insight than me on the topic and even … Read more
The use of AI in healthcare fills some people with feelings of enthusiasm, some with fear and some with both. In fact, a new survey from the American Medical Association showed that nearly half of physicians are equally excited and concerned about the introduction of AI into their field. Some key reasons people have reservations … Read more