An immediate challenge for the international community, one that dominated discussions at the G20 summit in Hamberg, is North Korea. The dogged pursuit of a nuclear weapons by the rogue nation illustrates the repercussions and security dilemma of any nation’s quest for absolute security, heightens...
Securing insecurity: World leaders like French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Donald Trump struggle in search for agreement; leaders of Shanghai Cooperation Organization meet in Astana
WASHINGTON: The G20 summit in...
The purpose of some alliances is to counter a rival’s power. Both China and Pakistani have long aimed to contain India’s power. Now “Pakistan seems keen to foster the impression that new tensions with America might nudge it even closer towards China,” suggests an essay in the Economist. Yet a...
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The disappearance of Malaysian Flight MH370 over the Indian Ocean has ignited resentment between China and Malaysia. Most passengers were Chinese. Around the globe, researchers and technicians have volunteered hours to figure out why the flight went off course, and volunteers studied satellite...
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The United States withdrew from an international deal that contained Iran’s nuclear program and then reimposed sanctions. Oil traders rely on US dollars. “The role of the greenback in the international financial system is the reason why the U.S. can prevent much of the world from buying oil from...
The Venezuelan president announced plans to increase oil exports to China tenfold over the next five years, with the expectation that China will invest in the nation’s oil infrastructure, particularly in developing the reserves of the Orinoco Belt. The heavy tar-like reserves, which require special...
Thumbs up for oil power: Venzuela's President Hugo Chavez signed a deal to get Chinese investment in developing his country's oil resource
NEW YORK AND CARACAS: Hugo Chávez ended his recent visit to Beijing with...
Governments preparing for climate change already assess which communities can be saved and which cannot. Christopher Flavelle compares Newtok and other remote communities in Alaska with Isle de Jean Charles in Louisiana, all trying to escape rising waters. The US Department of Housing and Urban...
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Support for strong US-Israel relations crossed party lines from the 1970s to the start of this century. More recently, though, a rift has opened between the two major parties as surveys show that the least pro-Israel demographics – among black, Hispanic, the young and nonreligious voters –...
Individuals increasingly expect the right to be informed and make their own decisions about health care, including control over the timing of death. Close to 800,000 people commit suicide every year, nearly 80 percent in low- and middle-income nations, reports the World Health Organization. As a...
Life and death: All forms of cancer combined are why most patients seek assisted suicide; surgeons use a robot to treat a patient's prostate cancer, and David Goodall, 104, leaves Australia to die in Switzerland with the help of Exit International (...
