China enters race to host High Seas Treaty HQ

Published on January 29, 2026

Considered a “significant escalation” in its global governance aims, China is up against Chile and Belgium to host the treaty’s secretariat.

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Is solar really overrunning farmland? Data in North Carolina says no.

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