UNICEF estimates the world has about 650 million females who married under the age of 18. Child marriages not only limit individual human rights, but also perpetuate poverty and inequality for entire communities and countries. Nonyelum A. Ujam, who works with the Central Bank of Nigeria and is a...
Not made in heaven: Nigeria’s child bride with newly married husband; Nigeria’s young girls face a bleak future
ABUJA, NIGERIA: The United Nations International Children’s Education Fund, UNICEF, defines a child as any person below the age of 18...
If American policymakers hope to exercise influence in international affairs, they must recognize that US control wanes as more economic power spreads around the globe. The US can prepare accordingly by recognizing its own deficiencies – high debt, protectionist tendencies and overdependence on...
With Iraq, Afghanistan and the war on terror dominating headlines in Washington these days, there's a real danger that U.S. policymakers will lose sight of the other major war currently being fought around the world --...
Middle East investors and shoppers are bypassing travel, education or health care in the US for friendlier opportunities in Asia and Europe. In March, the US rejected acquisition of operations for six US ports based on security concerns, but even before that, Saudi tourism to the US was down 75...
JIDDA, Saudi Arabia -- The economic rift that opened between the Middle East and U.S. after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has widened into a chasm. While the U.S. was once the first stop for goods and services, Middle...
China’s officials discourage public debate about corruption, regarding it as criticism of Communist Party rule, yet some abuses of power can’t escape attention, notably those associated with Bo Xilai, the popular former party chief of Chongqing, who has received a life sentence for bribery. The...
Crime and punishment : China’s once rising star Bo Xilai given life sentence on charge of corruption (top); former Railway Minister Liu Zhijun was given a death sentence for corruption that was then suspended
NEW HAVEN: One cannot open a Chinese...
Melting polar ice, evaporating oceans and rising temperatures influence global weather patterns in volatile ways. Climate scientists warn that even as winters gradually shrink in length, Earth’s inhabitants can expect heavier rainstorms, snowfalls and flooding. Climate-change skeptics argue that...
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The G-8 summit vows a renewed global push to combat climate change – but declines to set any firm limits for now. The European Union, Japan and Canada promise to halve carbon emissions by 2050, while the US and Russia still balk at setting targets. The Bush administration wants any goals to cover...
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A French school is bucking national traditions in higher education, with group projects and organizers rather than lectures and teachers. The tuition-free technology academy will serve all, regardless of education background, and offers no formal degree. Instead, the three-year program aims to...
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Global commerce depends on an odd combination of desires, the pursuit of profits and a need to please diverse customers. “The search for ever higher returns has driven traders and financiers ever since humans have learned to exchange goods or sought to grow their wealth through investments,”...
Sars is back. Though this time, it is a different sort of pandemic; not one that thrives in the dank wet markets of Guangdong, but rather in the marble corridors of New York and Washington. The Severe Acute Respiratory...
