The number of people receiving combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV/AIDS is increasing in every region of the world, tripling in the last 12 months in both sub-Saharan Africa and Asia – the two areas most affected by the disease. According to this newly released report by the WHO and...
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After coffee, it’s now turn for diamonds. A worldwide campaign by NGOs brought about a new brand -- Fair-Trade Certified Coffee -- that ensures the coffee beans were bought from growers at fair trade condition. Now a global campaign against the so-called “blood diamond”, the stones mined and...
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Genetically modified (GM) food offered as aid by the US is not simply manna from the heavens for people in famine-stricken countries, says Yale scholar Kathleen McAfee. African nations have refused GM food aid from the US not just because they fear losing access to the European Union market, where...
A Zimbabwean boy in a cornfield: Will the US insistence on sending GM food to Africa bring more disaster? (Photo: CARE)
NEW HAVEN: The dispute over whether countries may decline imports of genetically engineered...
After years of suspense and speculation about the changing of the guard in North Korea, the new leader’s identity has been revealed. But the nuclear-armed nation remains a regional source of anxiety. This YaleGlobal series analyzes the regime’s long-term goals and the challenges they pose to China...
Star appearance: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il's young son Kim Jong-Un is revealed to the world as a four star general. Last known baby photo (inset)
SEOUL: The unveiling of “young general” Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang again gives lie to many past...
The US dollar holds value for more countries than any other world currency and comprises about two thirds of world’s official foreign-exchange holdings. This dependence allows the US to run large trade deficits in purchasing a cornucopia of goods – from Porsches to t-shirts – by distributing paper...
Dollar lust: East Asian countries' export-driven growth gives American consumers a bonanza, but high dollar saps manufacturing export
WASHINGTON: With US Federal Reserve chairman warning about inflation, the US dollar is in the news these days,...
Both China and Vietnam have filed appeals with the United Nations over territorial claims to the Paracel Islands after China placed huge drilling rig in the area. The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea gives countries exclusive economic use 200 miles offshore and the Chinese rig is 120 nautical...
UNITED NATIONS (TRNS) – China and Vietnam took their escalating territorial dispute in the South China Sea to the U.N. last week, as both countries filed appeals to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon over China’s move to place an oil rig near the Paracel...
About 13 million foreigners make up about 70 percent of the workforce in six member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Governments in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Qatar worry about their societies’ over-reliance on foreign help. Increasing unemployment...
The percentage of expatriates in the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries grew from 22.9 in 1975 to 37.1 in 2004, constituting about 70 percent of the workforce. However, a number of changes on the ground during...
The abrupt resignation of Ukraine’s respected minister of economy and trade, his refusal to “serve as a cover-up for covert corruption,” has triggered political crisis and an onslaught of recriminations about inept governance. More resignations may follow, and the crisis comes during a treacherous...
Sinking ship? Ukrainian Economic Development Minister Aivaras Abromavi
KIEV: The idyllic days of the Maidan revolution are over. With the stench of corruption rising from a government that once inspired so much hope, Ukraine is overwhelmed with...
