Latin America anticipates China’s rise as the world’s top economy, but is uncertain about the Chinese currency. During the last decade, trade between the two regions increased fivefold and Chinese direct investment into Latin America increased by twentyfold, reports Joe Leahy for the Financial...
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The telephone, satellite television and the Internet have connected the Islamic community of 1.2 billion people across the globe. This connectivity has strengthened Muslims' sense of belonging to one community, which Islamic scholars call ummah. But it has also brought the realization that...
Muslims in Indonesia: One God, many colors.
NEW HAVEN: In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, the effect of globalisation on Islam has emerged as a hotly debated topic. With twenty percent of the world's population professing...
Claims that Islam is incompatible with democracy and modernity are terribly off-base, says Asghar Ali Engineer, a scholar and author at the Institute of Islamic Studies in Mumbai. The observation that science and democracy are not found in contemporary Islamic countries is fair, he says, but the...
Because of certain happenings and because there happens to be monarchy or dictatorships in most of the Muslim countries it has been concluded that Islam is not compatible with democracy and also with modernity. Some...
US Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy had a lead role in sculpting a positive relationship between the United States and international law over his tenure. His replacement promises to be more conservative, with Donald Trump aiming to appoint a successor before midterm elections. “...
The most cost-efficient way to tackle climate crisis – temperature spikes, rising seas, flooding and droughts – is planting more trees. A research team suggests that 1.2 trillion more trees could be added to about 10 percent of Earth’s land without disrupting agriculture. “New research estimates...
在世界范围内，越来越多的人（不论是女性还是男性）选择推迟生育，有些人甚至决定完全不要孩子。经济萧条、失业率高、教育背景和职业追求是导致这一现象的原因。在大部分发达国家，有十分之一的女性在接近五十岁时还没有子女。而在意大利和瑞士，这个比率达到了四分之一。这样的人口趋势会为高福利的民主国家带来麻烦：选民老龄化可能会导致儿童教育基金和社区活动支持的减少；年轻人数量骤减，但是依然要承担老年人口的医疗保健费用。为了鼓励生育，政府尝试了现金奖励、税收抵免等各种方法，甚至还采用了一些惩罚性的措施，如征收“无子女税”、限制避孕及女性的职业和教育机会。当然，意外生育的孩子也是各国政府面临的一大挑战。...
单身女士：因为经济萧条和女性教育水平的提高，不育子女的现象已不再罕见；在意大利（上图），接近五十岁的女性中有四分之一没有子女；在印度，这个比例大约是三十分之一。
纽约：世界人口的数量 将要突破七十亿大关了，这是很多媒体关注的焦点；但是另外一个人口统计学现象却不怎么受关注，即：不愿生育子女的人口数量越来越多。在几乎所有的西方国 家，每名女性生育的孩子的数量都不超过两个，而且越来越多的发展中国家也加入了这一行列——这样的生育率肯定会导致总人口的减少。自主决定不要子女的人数 增多，...
India failed to anticipate China’s aggression along the shared border and now must respond to a deadly clash that left 20 Indian soldiers dead and, by some reports, twice as many Chinese – along with China’s claim to Galwan Valley. Both sides have engaged in road-building and moved troops in the...