In March, a team of physicists announced that data from the BICEP2 telescope, at the South Pole, offered evidence for cosmic inflation, thus confirming the Big Bang Theory. The event went viral online. Scientists around the globe weighed in, pointing out that the team may have underestimated the...
Big bang science: From left, Clem Pryke, Jamie Bock, Chao-Lin Kuo and John Kovac give a press conference at Cambridge, Massachusetts, on their discovery (top); their tool, background-imaging cosmic extragalactic polarization telescope at the South...
A proposal to build an Islamic center two blocks away from the target of the 9/11 attacks steadily moved through New York City’s planning process, meeting regulations and winning approval each step of the way. The World Trade Center attacks united the United States for a short while, whereas almost...
Ground zero of emotion: Islamic center project in Lower Manhattan brings out supporters and opponents
NEW DELHI: After hovering over Danish cartoons, Swiss minarets and French burqas, the epicenter of the ongoing culture clash between Islam and the...
Falling transportation and telecommunications costs have taken the world from a "size large" to a "size small," according to New York Times Foreign Affairs Columnist Thomas Friedman. But the most recent globalization phenomenon, he argues, has shrunk the world to a "size...
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The United States and the United Kingdom – intent on attracting foreign investment and jobs – may “begin stretching, undermining or completely redefining the internationally established tax framework,” reports Christian Reiermann for Spiegel Online. Finance ministers of the world’s 20 largest...
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Despite a period of cooperation immediately following the Sept. 11 attacks on the US, in recent weeks Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir has been one of US Pres. George Bush's harshest critics over the war on Iraq. But official criticism should not deter American investors from Malaysia...
DON'T expect United States President George W Bush to invite Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad to Washington again.
The chief spokesman for Malaysia has not endeared himself to Washington following the...
Archeological discoveries and scientific analysis of materials continue to provide new insights on the transformation of the Chinese ceramic industry, in particular the development of porcelain during the Tang Dynasty, from 618 to 907. “During this period, China was the epicenter of Eurasian trade...
Art, science, history lessons combine: Museums reassess the history of Chinese art with the help of archeological discoveries like the Belitung shipwreck, laden with thousands of pieces of porcelain, as well as materials testing in art conservation...
Global recessions are rare, but the world may have dodged one in 2019. The world posted GDP growth of 2.9 percent that year, far below the average 3.5 percent posted since 1980. Deviations from the trend signal a warning even for strong economies and corporations, suggests economist Stephen S....
The foiled bombing of Northwest flight 253 brings to light the global nature of terrorist expansion. Many would have thought it unlikely that ill-governed and little-considered Yemen would be the source of an attack on the United States. But as regional expert Bruce Riedel relates, Yemen has long...
Supporters of Al Qaeda are being tried in Yemen: Their leader Shaykh Anwar Al-Awlaki (inset) inspired terrorist attacks against the US
WASHINGTON: Nigerian Omar al Farooq Abdulmutallab’s failed attempt to blow up Northwest flight 253 near Detroit...
