The Guardian and the New York Times recently reported that the London-based consulting firm Cambridge Analytica harvested more than 50 million Facebook profiles and assessed them for targeting with political advertising. Days later, Donald Trump fired his national security adviser and selected John...
The United States invaded Afghanistan soon after the September 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, DC. After more than 17 years of war, Donald Trump signals that the war’s end is near. The “timing appears to be based on electoral calculations rather than the security situation on the ground,...
The trade war between the world’s two largest economies is escalating, even as talks continue in Washington, DC, and neither China nor the United States wants to back down. The US is raising tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese imports from 10 to 25 percent, and China promised to retaliate. Leaders...
Representatives of the American fashion industry are protesting a stipulation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement that would reduce imports from China and require Vietnam to source textile materials from the United States and Mexico: “U.S. fashion brands oppose this approach, which...
HANOI – The U.S., aiming to bolster American exporters, is stipulating that countries joining its new Pacific trade zone cut back on imports from China – a proposal that is meeting resistance from businesses and officials who say it will disrupt...
Indian courts tried blocking “India’s Daughter,” the BBC film on the 2012 gang rape and murder of a physiotherapy student on a city bus, from a global showing. “As Indian government officials drummed up publicity for the film in a way that was beyond the wildest imagination of any marketing...
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The stories about two people ‘meeting’ over the internet (and later falling in love) are countless and even old. Scandals and tragedies over personal information being disclosed without one’s approval, however, are beginning to alarm people. Search engines like Google and Altavista, portals through...
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Global challenges – including North Korea’s nuclear ambitions or climate change – require global leadership and partners. US citizens express less confidence in their government to lead global partnerships, with near 70 percent suggesting that the country is less respected by others, according to...
Plunging influence, rising anger: US President Donald Trump has succeeded in alienating many citizens of the world, but remains a favorite of the Israelis.
WASHINGTON: As the Trump administration embarks on a new course in foreign policy within its...
Recent allegations of US forces' mishandling of the Quran have further inflamed Muslims worldwide. Pakistani reaction in this regard is of particular concern – in view of the country's nuclear arsenal and centrality to the US war on terror. As Paula R. Newberg explains, while the...
Rising wrath: Pakistani protesters denounce the US and politicians question the alliance
WASHINGTON: "How can a country whose soldiers have no respect for the holy Quran be the most important ally of the Islamic...
