WASHINGTON—Americans are digesting a global climate accord that is dividing Washington along predictable partisan political lines. “This agreement will mean less of the carbon pollution that threatens our planet, and more of the jobs and economic growth driven by low-carbon investment,” said a jubilant President Barack Obama shortly after the deal was announced Saturday. “What […]
SEOUL—In Japan, opponents of recently enacted security measures that authorize the military to fight abroad are growing increasingly concerned about getting drawn into a military conflict with Islamic State militants. “There are people who say that Japan should be more fully engaged in the U.S. or France-led war on terror, but on the other hand […]
SYDNEY—Australia and New Zealand have condemned Japan’s move to send a whaling fleet to the Southern Ocean. It comes a year after an international court ruled that Tokyo’s whale hunt in the Southern Ocean should stop. Last year, the U.N.’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) found that Japan’s whaling program in the Southern Ocean was […]
ANCHORAGE: In Monday’s address to a joint session of the Alaska Legislature, Dan Sullivan affirmed his stance against the Convention on the Law of the Sea. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, “The law of the sea is a body of customs, treaties, and international agreements by which governments maintain order, productivity, and […]