Alongside the fear that high oil prices will dampen global economic growth lies another serious threat: It is increasingly likely that certain oil-producing states may use the valued fuel as a political weapon – and effectively so, according to Ian Bremmer. Given the current state of global...
NEW YORK Market concern that high oil prices will cut US (and global) economic growth may finally have reached a tipping point. From Wal-Mart's chief executive blaming lower-than-expected earnings on rising energy costs...
Scientists have long warned that temperatures will soar and people swelter as rising levels of greenhouse gases lead to global warming. However, new evidence suggests that these conclusions were somewhat off-base. Instead of sweating, people around the world may soon be shivering as high...
If you can remember back to the bitter winters of the late 1970s and early 80s you might also recall that there was much discussion in scientific circles at the time about whether or not the freezing winter conditions...
Both the United States and Iran must contend with polarized politics. Yet large majorities of Iranians and Americans do not support Iran’s development of nuclear capability for military purposes and do not want to start a war over the issue. An attack on Iran’s nuclear program, which it insists is...
Time for a deal: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Chief Yukiya Amano (left) with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Said Jalilim (top); Iranian students protest in Tehran
BLOOMINGTON: Addressing reporters at the Fifth Democracy Forum in Bali...
Globalization may prompt some to question the need for specific and diverse language, literature and regional studies programs in higher education. As a result, scholars respond with innovative and interdisciplinary approaches, collaborating with history, politics and other disciplines. "...
Connections: Students bridge cultural divides with multidisciplinary studies in language classrooms and summer travel programs, including study of social action through theater at Centro de Teatro do Oprimido, or Theater of the Oppressed, in Rio de...
Up until this month, Singaporean women living overseas could not pass citizenship rights onto their children born out-of-country – only men were given this privilege. Children of expatriate women were forced to apply for citizenship. Yet as more Singaporean men and women leave the country to work...
CHILDREN born to Singaporean women overseas from May 15, 2004, will now be able to obtain Singaporean citizenship by descent.
As it stands now, only Singaporean men can pass on their citizenship to their...
The World Health Organization declared a global emergency on the new coronavirus. “The concern is that it could spread to countries with weaker health systems,” reports BBC News. Low-income nations lack public health personnel and resources to identify and contain the fast-spreading virus. Public...
The global economy is in flux. Emerging economies await signals of an improving US economy and for Federal Reserve plans to pull back from bond purchases on the order of $85 billion per month. Anticipating an end to those capital flows, investors began withdrawing capital from emerging markets,...
Exporting problems: Indian citizens complain about falling rupee (top); Indonesia hopes to strengthen rupiah by ramping up exports
DAEJEON: Amidst the gloom over rising capital outflow and falling currencies, some emerging economies see a silver...
A new coronavirus emerged in 2019, attacking populations in multiple ways. One mystery is the high Covid-19 mortality rates among some of the world’s wealthiest nations. Five nations account about for two-thirds of global deaths, and the United States, with 4 percent of the world’s population...
Mystery of discrepancies: Belgium defends the transparency of its health care system, left, in posting the world’s highest Covid-19 mortality rate while US protesters reject economic lockdowns, with many shrugging about need for social distancing or...
