Global investors study a series of events in Saudi Arabia and how those may disrupt global oil prices. The crown prince announced a modernization drive, Vision 2030, with plans to create a new city. He also launched an anti-corruption drive, quickly followed by arrests of princes and ministers who...
One out of every six people in the world is from China, and as a result, Chinese immigrants are increasingly visible around the globe. The movement of people begins in China: As the economy booms, many rural Chinese migrate to cities seeking good jobs, but instead find tough conditions and crowds...
Chasing dreams: Chinese immigrants work at a textile factory in Bacau,
abandoned by Romanians who seek opportunity in Western Europe
NEW YORK: Since the end of the Cold War, some 181 million people have left their...
Theresa May resigned as Britain’s prime minister after a turbulent three years and failure to ensure a smooth exit from the European Union. “Given that Brexit passed by narrow margins –51.89 percent leave, 48.1 percent remain – regardless of what a leader proposed, around half the British people...
Women power and conflict: British Prime Minister Theresa May announces her resignation, and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern met with first responders and members of the Muslim community soon after an attack on a Christchurch mosque...
Almost a decade ago half a million Tutsis and moderate Hutus were massacred in Rwanda through a "state-sponsored genocide." Recent reports of ethnic killings in the northeastern part of Congo have international observers fearing a repeat of Rwanda. But this time the UN seems determined...
As reports of ethnic killings in Bunia circulated in United Nations corridors this month, there was a chilling sense of déjà vu. Once again, an increasing number of officials warned, the world body risked standing...
Debate by US government officials over specific techniques of torture has stirred youthful curiosity. One technique in particular is under scrutiny: forcibly holding an interview subject in place and bringing him or her close to drowning, otherwise known as waterboarding. Policymakers and...
RIO RANCHO, N.M. – One night last month, Jean-Pierre Larroque drove into the desert here, lay down in the road and waited for one of his best friends to waterboard him.
Just a few hours earlier, the 26-year-old...
IBM is unmatched in taking advantage of the technology talent-pool in India and providing global services on a grand scale. While US and European workers have faced repeated layoffs over the past several years, the number of IBM’s Indian employees grows at a staggering rate. IBM’s growth in India...
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Manufacturing and IT firms slice their work into parts, much like the chop shops that collect old cars, breaking them down into parts for resale and higher profits. Mangers divide tasks, sending work to points of the globe where costs and skills are most efficient for each task at hand. Farok J....
Not a sweatshop: A solar cell research lab in China opens path to profit
NEWARK: Recently New York Senator Charles Schumer raised ire by calling Indian outsourcing companies “chop shops,” yet he unwittingly offered an accurate description of how...
Big data, artificial intelligence and robotics are revolutionizing business, both increasing efficiency and reducing labor requirements. Japan, the world’s third largest economy, confronts two challenges, slow government response for labor and other reforms and the need for stronger corporate...
JAPAN TIMES: There was one major common feature in the speeches given by top-class government leaders from 70 countries and regions who attended the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this year. The leaders devoted a large portion of their...
