Investing billions in a range of soft-power endeavors, China leads on Asian trade and infrastructure initiatives and is active in a variety of global forums. “While China’s economic prowess impresses much of the world, its repressive political system and mercantilist business practices tarnish its...
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If current demographic trends continue, the ranks of religious believers in the world could rise through 2050, reports a Pew Research Report. Islam would show the fastest rate of growth, and the unaffiliated would decline in proportion to other religious categories. Riaz Hassan, director of the...
Statistical threat: India's Muslim population is projected to increase 76 percent by 2050, adding to tensions between Hindu militant groups like Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Muslims
SINGAPORE: In the next three and half decades, the demography of...
The Netherlands, a country long known for its tolerance and openness to outsiders, has found itself in the center of an EU-wide debate between protectionism and consolidation of industry. Luxembourg steelmaker Arcelor SA recently formed a “stichting” in the Netherlands in an attempt to keep its...
AMSTERDAM -- When Italian fashion icon Gucci and Luxembourg steelmaker Arcelor SA faced hostile takeover bids, both turned to the same place for their defense -- the Netherlands.
Unlike other European...
One the paradoxes of the call-center industry in India is that it requires English-speaking university graduates to answer questions from US customers but offers little in the way of advancement and intellectual stimulation. High turn-over rates are inevitable if the economy keeps expanding and...
NEW DELHI -- India's call centers are finding it harder to retain workers, and some in the industry fear it will get tougher to attract the country's English-speaking college graduates amid a strengthening economy...
While the Balfour Declaration was not as strong as Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann had hoped when ratified in 1917 as it turns out, the public statement of support issued by the British government during World War I for the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people" in...
Despite US deficits with China, cross-border trade contributes numerous benefits: more total of jobs for each country along with low-cost goods and higher standards of living. With trade boosting economic growth, governments must enact policies that distribute the wealth with a mixture of social...
In this New York Times op-ed article, controversial novelist Salman Rushdie rejects the official US stance that the war against terrorism is not about Islam. The US dissociates terrorism from Islam to maintain the global coalition against terrorism that necessarily includes Muslim countries....
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After the 2008 global recession, Americans understandably tightened their purse strings for charitable giving. Yet giving to international causes rose by about 15 percent in 2010 – the largest percentage increase of all categories, including religion, health or education, according to Giving USA...
Global earning, global giving: Microsoft founder Bill Gates and wife, Melinda, chat with African beneficiaries of their donation
WASHINGTON: After the 2008 financial crisis, economic growth took a tumble, and amid anemic indicators since, charitable...
