Overuse of antibiotics and outright abuse have contributed to some bacteria adapting resistance to common drugs. The UN General Assembly is tackling the spread of antibiotic-resistant superbugs as a priority: “The U.N.'s declaration requires countries to come up with a two-year a plan to...
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Russia, trying to restore its great power status, accrues influence in the Middle East. “Both the unrest in Syria and the Arab Spring presented Russia with the opportunity to increase its engagement in the region and were accompanied by a rapid uptick in Russian economic and political activities...
To compete in a global and digital economy, workers cannot afford to stop educating themselves. Technological advancements like artificial intelligence disrupt economies, and businesses struggle to recruit skilled employees. “Part of the problem is that many workers are struggling to take advantage...
The Republican nominee for US president set off alarm bells in Europe by suggesting he might not quickly aid Baltic States against a Russian attack. Defense might depend whether they “have fulfilled their obligations to us,” Donald Trump said in an interview with the New York Times. “During a 45-...
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In the early 15th century, the Chinese Admiral Zheng He made a series of naval expeditions, traveling as far as East Africa, bringing back ivory, gold, and even a few giraffes. Shortly after the expeditions, the Ming Dynasty banned the masted, seagoing craft, initiating a period of voluntary...
IN 1405, the famous Chinese Admiral Zheng He led an impressive armada of warships and merchantmen in the first of seven naval expeditions, through the South China Sea and the Straits of Malacca, and then into the Indian...
Conflict in the Middle East is driving millions of people from their homes: Estimates from the UN Refugee Agency suggest that more than 4 million Syrians are refugees, 50,000 more have sought asylum and at least 7 million more are internally displaced. In Iraq, near 2 million are displaced....
Desperate move: Conflict, repression and poverty displace millions, including refugees from strife-torn Syria who pour into Jordan, top; Africans flee by crossing the Mediterranean
NEW YORK: A complex and troubling humanitarian crisis challenges the...
The US has reasons for hurrying some Arab authoritarian leaders to the exit and not others. Syria and Bahrain are cases in point, explains author Dilip Hiro. Citizens of both nations resist leaders from minority sects and ongoing discrimination. Syria is 68 percent Sunni, run by a president, an...
Many colors of protest: US is uncomfortable with protests in ally Bahrain (top) but supports them against Syria, who allies with Iran
LONDON: Like Themis, the Greek goddess of justice, the Arab awakening has proved to be blindingly evenhanded –...
When Nicolas Sarkozy was elected president of France, there was talk of a big rupture with the past and France’s full embrace of globalization and American-style capitalism. That stance is about to be tested. He has taken on the powerful public-service unions, cut taxes for the rich and tackled...
National champion: President Sarkozy, among the captains of French industry, hopes to keep the French first in a globalized world
PARIS: France has long had a problem with globalization. French companies have made...
