The Kyoto Protocol to combat global climate change goes into effect today, February 16. This treaty, signed on December 11, 1997, is an international effort to protect the earth's climate and slow down global warming. Today, 141 countries have ratified the agreement, and 34 economically...
Los Angeles behind the smog: California's progressive vehicle regulations could help lift it and join the fight against global warming
NEW HAVEN: "Climate change is the most severe problem that we are facing today...
As violence continues in Iraq, Egypt is organizing an international conference with the hope of uniting the world behind a plan to bring the country peace. Nations participating in the conference will affirm their commitment to the sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity of Iraq....
Against a backdrop of increased violence in Iraq, Egypt is stepping up its preparations for an international conference on the war-torn country. This week, President Hosni Mubarak was in Amman for talks with Jordan's...
The demand to be constantly connected is growing, and so is the market for wireless technology and other mobile applications. This trend, coupled with increased business spending on IT technology, has some analysts predicting a rebound in the sector. Singapore alone is expected to see a 5 percent...
IN A few years, it will be almost impossible to find any devices that do not come equipped with wireless technology, because of growing demand to be always connected.
This, coupled with flourishing mobile applications like picture messaging...
Global corporate social responsibility (CSR) is often agreed about in theory, and has informed the policy of some governments. However, its implementation is still far from ideal. While some countries make no effort to promote CSR, even the ones that do have left the terms of compliance uncertain....
WASHINGTON: After the flush days of the late 20th century, 2002 was not the best year for global capitalism. Global trade and investment declined dramatically. 2003 also looks to be a difficult year. As stock markets...
US President Bush and Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong met in Washington to sign a bilateral free trade agreement between the two countries. This will contribute to the opening up of barriers to economic globalization and, as Franklin Lavin, US ambassador to Singapore, points out, improve...
Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong meets U.S. President George W. Bush in Washington today to sign the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement. But the two leaders will also discuss three trends in globalization that...
China is North Korea's close neighbor and strongest ally in Asia. But the Chinese government joins the US and others in wanting to keep the Korean peninsula free of nuclear weapons. As Jiang Zemin prepares for a US trip, Beijing is advocating diplomacy and dialog between North Korea and the...
China today echoed Washington's concerns about North Korea's nuclear weaponisation programme, even as the Chinese President, Jiang Zemin, left Beijing for the United States on a "working visit'', which will climax in a...
Museums around the US are attempting to move their collections into cyberspace. Once completed, digitization projects such as that at the American Museum of Natural History will allow anyone around the globe with a connection to the internet to browse and study images and notes on millions of...
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The Russian island of Sakhalin will soon be home to the largest energy project in the world, and there is fear, possibly the largest disaster. The oil rich island borders Japan and lies directly on top of an active seismic fault line, a fact that has environmentalists up in arms. They fear that...
It will be the largest energy project in the world, but ecologists fear that a huge pipeline and three drilling platforms on and around the Russian island of Sakhalin, which borders Japan, may spell environmental...