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50 years after Cuba Missile Crisis, U.S. influence in hemisphere waning
50 years after Cuba Missile Crisis, US influence in hemisphere waning It was what many consider the most dangerous moment the world has ever faced: the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, which saw the United States square off over nuclear missiles stationed by the Soviet Union in Cuba. This week…
New website to monitor greenhouse gases
SYDNEY (AFP) – An Australian research institute on Monday launched a website that allows the public to monitor greenhouse gas emissions in the southern hemisphere. The government-backed Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) developed the site so people can see for themselves how climate-warming gases have increased as a…
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