What does America's effort to clamp down on Iraq mean for the Middle East as a whole? According to historian and Islamic scholar Basheer M Nafi, the US-led, UN-sanctioned weapons inspection project is simply another attack on the already brittle sovereignty of Arab nation-states. Writing in...
With the adoption of UN Security Council resolution 1441 on Iraq, the countdown for war has begun. No one wants this war -- not the United States's allies or its opponents; and neither governments nor peoples. Even...
Globalization seems to be receding in the world of banking not because the banks themselves have turned inward, but because governments are now more local in focus. Moreover, the desire or need to find a scapegoat for the crisis has also chipped away at globalization’s edifice: the Federal Reserve...
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The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in China has climbed to more than 60,000 cases with more than 1,300 dead. Chinese authorities early on took steps to curtail crowds, resulting in an economic slowdown and “firms faced with tough decision whether to reduce staff levels and wages to be able to...
Since late October, a natural gas storage well in California has been leaking 100,000 pounds of methane per hour. The colorless and odorless gas is hazardous to health and the environment. The Aliso Canyon leak is accidental but many companies deliberately burn off excess natural gas at energy...
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Iran launched more than 10 ballistic missiles at two Iraqi bases with US military personnel, described as retaliation for the death of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani at US hands. Analysts describe the missile attack as restrained, though Iran warned it would meet a US response with additional...
Conventional economics suggests that the retirement of the baby boomers in the US will reverse the decline of wages and job benefits throughout the US. But the emergence of China, India and the former Soviet bloc as modern capitalist economies could prolong the agony, suggests journalist David...
There are two strikingly different ways of looking at prospects for American workers.
One view, often heard from business organizations, is that the looming retirement of the huge baby-boom generation will...
Researchers have had some success in protecting some species once on the brink of extinction like condors, gray wolves, pandas or elephant seals. “But with dozens of new species going extinct every day – scientists say that more than 20,000 plants and animals are on the brink of disappearing...
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Brazilians, in electing Jair Bolsonaro as president, yearn for order and economic prosperity. The military is the country’s most trusted public institution. But Bolsonaro has dismissed human rights and opposed limits on Brazilian police to rely on firepower. He had a troubled record in the military...