A journalist's murder in a Saudi diplomatic consulate raises questions about the country’s leadership, goals and methods in all areas. The Brookings Institution’s Daniel Byman and Michael O’Hanlon question how the United States might punish Saudi Arabia as both countries are “locked in a...
Valve, the developer of the popular video game “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive,” announced that players wouldn’t be allowed to trade the in-game currency that could be used for buying virtual knives, guns and skins. That was an abrupt action against the rising trend of money laundering by video...
European society once was organized according to religion. People headed to neighborhoods, schools, hospitals and even jobs based on religious affiliation and word of mouth from fellow congregants. Muslims began immigrating into European communities after secularization took hold, and secular...
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US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick said yesterday that the European Union's position on genetically modified (GM) foods was "immoral" and caused greater suffering in starving African nations. The EU has banned imports of GM foods, and earlier last year several African nations...
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Honey bees contribute much to agriculture and the delicious variety of foods we eat. But the social insects are under stress. The reasons could be many: Mites that attack bees increasingly become resistant to pesticides; researchers have also theorized about modern society’s reliance on cell phones...
Whodunnit? British beekeeper tends to bees; disappearance of honey bees
in parts of the world raises questions about how modern life influences the environment. Inset: Honey bee collecting pollen
HENFIELD, UK: A flurry...
Despite India's relative abundance of water, the majority of Indians wonder from where and for how much longer their water is coming. With farmers seeking more for their crops and villages demanding more for drinking, the central government is deferring to the states to regulate the available...
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Severe weather threatens livelihoods and increases despair. A study from University of California, Berkeley, connects rising temperatures with suicides among Indian farmers. Other studies demonstrate that aggression increases with hot temperatures. “As global temperatures rise and droughts become...
Inequality has many forms, most with insidious and tragic consequences for children. This two-part series examines the opportunity gap for children of wealthy urbanites in China and those of the rural poor. In the second and final article, Karen Eggleston and a team of faculty members and...
Poor education mortgaging the future? Students in a Gansu province school, where many are anemic (top); another class room in Loess Plateau. (Top Photo: Adam Gorlick)
DINGXI PREFECTURE: Wang Hongli, 8 years old, lives in a remote rural village on...