Individuals increasingly expect the right to be informed and make their own decisions about health care, including control over the timing of death. Close to 800,000 people commit suicide every year, nearly 80 percent in low- and middle-income nations, reports the World Health Organization. As a...
Life and death: All forms of cancer combined are why most patients seek assisted suicide; surgeons use a robot to treat a patient's prostate cancer, and David Goodall, 104, leaves Australia to die in Switzerland with the help of Exit International (...
Taal Volcano began exploding on January 12, the 12th time since the year 1900. “State volcanologists maintained Alert Level 4 for Taal Volcano in the province of Batangas on Saturday, January 18, which means a hazardous eruption could still occur ‘within hours to days,’” reports Rappler. “The...
The state once controlled narratives of memorialization, often confined to specific geographic spaces in museums or archives. The world has more technologies than ever before for gathering and conveying evidence of mass atrocities – from the internet and social media to holograms, artificial...
Global grieving; New technologies help museums and individual gather evidence and relay history – Holocaust survivor Sam Harris answered hundreds of questions to help create a hologram; global movement Together We Remember relies on social media to...
The Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons seeks to prevent the spread of such weapons and ultimately achieve global nuclear disarmament. Only a handful of states have not ratified the treaty, among them historical rivals Pakistan and India, which amassed nuclear arsenals after the...
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Some hoped that the recent East Asian Summit (EAS)—which included China, India, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)—would be the first step towards building an East Asian Community. Instead, EAS brought historical rivalries and...
You may borrow my pen, but not influence: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi caused hilarity by borrowing Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's pen, but it did not hide serious tension under the surface. (Photo: Reuters)...
There was a time when what was good for US companies was good for America. But, the US government and US-based multinational firms may no longer share the same formula for the good life. President Obama appointed a 26-member jobs council, including corporate leaders from General Electric, Intel...
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To keep their economies rolling, nations race to secure more energy, including that fueled by nuclear sources. Countries like Myanmar, Indonesia and Vietnam have announced ambitions to secure nuclear power with help from countries like China, Russia, South Korea and India. As a result, a growing...
The energy race currently led by China and India has not only created new waves in the existing geopolitical order but also exposed new dimensions to global nuclear power politics.
While US Congress debates...
In Mumbai, India this week, the annual meeting of the World Social Forum was full-on with speeches, music, and people blasting the ills of 'rapacious imperialism' and globalization. This report from India's Economic Times notes that a variety of ideas for reforming the capitalist...
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