Climate change combined with war and a growing population could pose challenges of unimaginable magnitude. “Last summer’s Mediterranean crisis, a migration of Biblical proportions from Syria to Europe, is likely merely a preview of the dislocation to come,” writes Richard D. Lamm, former governor...
Biblical migrations: Syrian refugees stream into Kurdistan region of Iraq, top; Bangladeshi villagers are made homeless by flooding
DENVER: There is an ancient, perhaps apocryphal story in the Christian tradition of Martin of Tours, who was riding...
The encouraging news that Libya is willing to disarm its nuclear weapons program came as a relief to the international community and a promise for increased regional stability. Despite these hopeful signs, the US is wary of lifting economic sanctions on Libya until some definite progress is made...
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Up until this month, Singaporean women living overseas could not pass citizenship rights onto their children born out-of-country – only men were given this privilege. Children of expatriate women were forced to apply for citizenship. Yet as more Singaporean men and women leave the country to work...
CHILDREN born to Singaporean women overseas from May 15, 2004, will now be able to obtain Singaporean citizenship by descent.
As it stands now, only Singaporean men can pass on their citizenship to their...
Governments can set goals to compete in specific industries, and South Korea’s global ambition is to exceed other countries in advanced robotics. Currently the nation ranks fourth in development of industrial robots, after Japan, the United States and the EU. The three nations and Germany represent...
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Alberto Fernández’s began planning to run as Argentina’s president early in 2018 when current President Mauricio Macri was still popular and the economy showed signs of recovery. He set out to unite splintered Peronists who favor workers over business owners and reconcile with former President...
Hoping for assimilation in multi-ethnic China and to curtail protests and unrest, Chinese officials have started paying cash bonuses for interracial marriages, reports Jamil Anderlini for Financial Times – an annual payment of $1600, or the 135 percent of average annual rural incomes, for up to...
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With the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in 2002, nations embarked on a new era of global cooperation, sharing information and partnering on investigations, reporting and prevention strategies. The cooperation continues with outbreaks of the avian flu, according to David L. Heymann,...
Sovereign control: Chinese medical personnel examine civet cat as source of coronavirus, but global solidarity was late in coming
GENEVA: Information about infectious disease outbreaks travels today at speeds and...
Many Indians are wary of starting business on their own. With a poor economy in the West, many are giving up jobs in Silicon Valley to return home and organize their own startups. The emerging economy offers a huge test market along with low costs and dependable workers. The returnees offer “an...
Homeward bound: Entrepreneur Anshuman Bapna (left) with his cofounder in his first home-office (top); greeters wait for arriving passengers in Bangalore airport (below)
BANGALORE: When Rachna Singh returned to India in early 2011 after a successful...
