Just as one foul ingredient can spoil a recipe, so can one sloppy procedure ruin reputations for any firm and its country. The most recent case: Chinese dairies trying to boost profits with melamine-tainted milk that went into all kinds of products, causing health problems for more than 50,000...
Last week, health officials from Singapore to New Haven were busy pulling white rabbits out of store shelves. It was no magician’s trick. They wanted to ensure that children should not get a popular brand of Chinese...
More women pause before rushing into marriage. Historically, the institution represented women's only path for financial security, but social and economic pressures have subsided in advanced economies. Research studies along with cultural and demographic trends support decisions to delay...
Singular happiness: Single American women enjoy an evening out, while one in seven Japanese women remain single
NEW YORK: Evidence concerning the state of marriage strongly suggests that women should give serious thought before making the momentous...
With citizenship comes certain rights – and some workers try to accumulate more rights be acquiring citizenship in more nations. Nations tinker with citizenship laws to attract talent, and individuals examine citizenship laws to broaden a job search. For example, people with grandparents of...
While global capital and trade flows continue to increase, and indeed to accelerate, labor is the factor whose mobility always seems to lag. Political and cultural constraints have slowed the formulation of economically...
Twenty years ago, the international community drew up the Basel Convention in order to prevent developed nations from dumping their computer scraps in the developing world. Yet, the last two decades have shown that enforcing such a treaty is difficult. Some countries, such as the US, still haven...
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Global confidence in US policies plummeted during the early months of Donald Trump’s presidency, according to a Pew Research Center survey. Only Russia showed a marked increase in confidence in the United States under Trump. A median of 22 percent in the survey report confidence in Trump to do the...
Declining stock: Protesters in Brussels show displeasure with Donald Trump, but the Vietnamese seem willing to give him a chance as Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is welcomed at the White House
WASHINGTON: Though just six months old,...
The million-strong Indian community in Britain is expressing concerns over being lumped together with Bangladeshis and Pakistanis by media and government. The generic term “Asian,” they argue, obfuscates the facts when used to describe social problems such as honor killings or the Bradford riots,...
In Britain there is now a new "class" of Asians and blacks, almost as xenophobic and intolerant as the white racists who once intimidated their parents and grandparents.
A SIGNIFICANTLY large and influential...
Between 1975 and 1979, the Khmer Rouge regime terrorized Cambodians and killed about 2 million people and displaced millions more in an attempt to restore an agrarian society, as explained by the Cambodia Tribunal Monitor. Scott Neuman, writing for NPR, explains how the Khmer Rouge came to power...
As China's industry continues to grow apace, so does its energy needs. In the next quarter-century, China is expected to account for more than one-fifth of growth in world energy demand. As Ziad Haider writes, Beijing's pursuit of fuel resources and safe supply routes may have...
Oil and power: The Chinese-built oil tanker for Iran. China's long-term $70 billion deal to buy Iranian crude oil and natural gas begins a new power relationship that worries Washington
WASHINGTON: China's rise as a...
