Deafening as a Rocket Lifting Off: Marine Noise Is Growing Threat

By Rochelle Baker, Canada’s National Observer,  Local Journalism Initiative. Canada has the chance to turn the tide on a perilous kind of pollution threatening marine life along all its coasts, conservation groups say.  Underwater noise from human activity continues to surge in

Analysis: Japan’s military and Asian storm clouds

International affairs columnist Jonathan Manthorpe examines the symbolism of Japanese and Indian military exercises, and their relevance to China. Excerpt: The Japanese and Indian navies are in the second of four days of joint exercises in the Bay of Bengal, an event