The war between Russia and Ukraine has turned much harder than initially expected for Russia. Ukraine, encouraged by the latest developments, now talks about re-taking areas that Russia occupied not only in 2022 but even in years before. Is the Russian of tactical nuclear weapons the ultimate guarantee to hold conquered ground for Russia?
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DNA of the News – Immigration ENG – Nov 29 2022
Immigration is a hot topic of discussion generally in electoral periods. However, the US Congress has not passed significant immigration legislation on the matter since 1986. Meanwhile, millions of lives are on stand-by, pending a lasting solution.
DNA of the News – looting of cultural heritage SPA – Nov 15 2022
Today we will focus on the pieces of the cultural heritage looted in Latin America, which are found in museums, private collections, and auction houses in Europe and the United States whose holders refuse to return them to the countries of origin.
DNA of the News – Iran human rights SPA – Oct 29 2022
News of the custodial death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini - known as Jina Amini 22- died after being detained by the morality police for "improper wear of hijab, a mandatory head covering. Has fueled a national outrage, and protests that began at her funeral in Iran's Kurdistan province, chiefly promoted by women, have swept through the country and garnished the world's attention. This is the story.
DNA of the News – The Dark side of Efficiency ENG – Oct 19 2022
Extensive areas of the most productive regions are subjected to enormous machines to improve agricultural output. A single machine can now do the work of several others using one single operator. However, their weight is destroying fertile soil almost irreversibly.
DNA of the News – Stories Behind the Story – Oct 11 2022
Armed groups have stolen important historical relics throughout the history of Latin America. This ultimately generates media impact and diminishes the sense of control of governments. Some of those relics have disappeared forever.
DNA of the News – Efficiency that destroys – Oct 3 2022
5% of the world's population feeds the other 95%. However, this would not have been possible without the mechanization of agriculture. However, in recent decades the weight of these machines has been destroying the soil almost irreversibly.
DNA of the News – Putin Again – Sept 30 2022
In February and again in September of 2022, President Putin inferred the potential use of tactical nuclear weapons from the Russian arsenal of 2000 of them. How practical is this to happen as Russia continues its protracted war against Ukraine?
DNA of the News – China that is invisible – Sept 12 2022
A European journalist who spent a significant part of his career in China speaks about the invisible China to most foreigners. He skillfully divides myth from reality.
DNA of the News – Voyager – Sept 6 2022
Our guest is a “rock star” in space exploration; he has dedicated much of his life to the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 program. These ships have been traveling in space for almost 45 years at a speed of 540 million km per year.
DNA of the News – American society – Aug 29 2022
The USA is a nation that combines an incredible array of cultures into a national system that, coming together, has made a mark across the world. Has the so-called “American Experiment” run its course? What adjustments should be made to ensure its vitality?
DNA of the News – Children of perpetrators of human rights violations – Aug 22 2022
In Argentina, between the late 70 and 80s, a civic and military alliance was responsible for the death or disappearance of 30,000 citizens who opposed the government. There were at one time 340 clandestine detention and torture centers. This is the story of daughters and sons who publicly accused their fathers of gross human rights violations.
DNA of the News – The 9-1-1 system from the inside out – Aug 15 2022
With 240 million calls a year, 365 days a year, covering 50 States responding to callers in almost any primary language of the world. The 9-1-1 system is the standard worldwide. We speak with the organization's Director of Operations, that oversees the system and its call center responders.
DNA of the News – Solidade Laboratory SPA – Aug 1 2022
Two professionals, one Italian and the other Bolivian work to strengthen prisons from the inside out. They focus on restoring broken families while one or both parents are incarcerated. In the past, some parents lived with their children inside the prison.
DNA of the News – North South art and society SPA – Aug 8 2022
Two plastic artists started their studies in the same school of art in Argentina but lived at opposite ends of the Americas. How their environment has influenced their craft, and how they still collaborate to impact the communities where they live.
DNA of the News – Satellite Technology ENG – July 27 2022
Technology has made it possible for satellites in the shape of small cubes measuring 10 cm (about 4”) per side and weighing 1 Kg or 2.2lbs to orbit the earth and other planets. They perform many of the duties of their conventional satellites at less than 2% of the cost. Small countries, private enterprises, and universities worldwide are players in space exploration. We tell the story.
DNA of the News – Columbus 1st voyage – July 11 2022
There is ample evidence that the Vikings and end even the Chinese first landed in America. However, this new theory talks about a secret voyage by explorer Columbus to the new world in 1485. A Spanish researcher tells the story.
DNA of the News – Tactical weapons in the Russian-Ukrainian – July 7 2022
Russia retains around 2000 nuclear tactical weapons. President Putin indicated in February of 2022 that these weapons could be used as his military columns moved into Ukrainian territory. Later, Kremlin’s spokesperson Sergeyevich refused to rule out their use in this conflict. How feasible is this to happen as Russia continues its protracted war?
DNA of the News – Warfare in the 21st Century ENG – June 28 2022
Technology has allowed waging warfare with armies facing each other on the battleground and cyber attacking their enemies’ infrastructures and way of life, often without using traditional weapons. The war is not less lethal, to the contrary select targeting is impacting civilian populations as never envisioned scant years ago.
DNA of the News – Poet of sidewalks and patios SPA – June 23 2022
“I am quite difficult, I warn you, and it is hard to find someone who loves me because I do not want a flower on my bedside table; I want the Spring.” That is how the famous architect of a new trend of poetic expression and politics identifies herself.
DNA of the News – The American Experiment SPA – June 16 2022
The United States of America is the home of an incredible array of cultures that, over the years, developed and sustained a unique social and political experiment that impacted nations worldwide. Here is an expert view on the “American Experiment.”
DNA of the News – Russia Europe and NATO the realignment – June 7 2022
After over 30 years of the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia decides to expand its boundaries again by invading Ukraine, which provokes a new sense of purpose for NATO and Europe in general. What will be the result of this new balance of powers?
DNA of the News – Savvy strategy or blunder – June 2 2022
The outcome of Russia’s war in Ukraine remains in doubt. But there is no question that things will substantially change in Russia, Europe, and the NATO Alliance. A world-class expert explains why and how.
DNA of the News – global vault of seeds – May 23 2022
In Svalbard, Norway, a giant vault contains more than 1 million packets of plant seeds from 249 different places across the world. This vault designed to last 500 years is located near the North Pole; it contains a world collection that preserves about 15 thousand years of the history of agriculture, aiming to deflect food insecurity on the planet.