Improvements in transportation have resulted in a physically interconnected world, but it is also now a world more susceptible to the spread of disease. The discovery of a new bird flu causing two human deaths in Hong Kong, although posing "no risk at the moment" has prompted the World...
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Democracies are deeply polarized over worries about migration and loss of culture versus the mass appeal of bigoted leaders who pursue policies by any means necessary including intimidation, insults and lies. “Citizens in democracies repeatedly elect leaders who show scant respect for the law,...
Bigotry and violence: Right-wing leaders from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte resort to populism and violence to consolidate control
GOA, INDIA: “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it,...
The firing of 670 workers employed by Gate Gourmet at London's Heathrow Airport has intensified an already heated labor environment. The company is owned by a US investment firm, and union officials hold "mean-spirited capitalists" responsible. According to this Guardian commentary...
If you ask the managers at Gate Gourmet, they will blame the firm's plight on an inflexible workforce unwilling to change.
The Transport and General Workers Union (T&G), which represents the workers, says...
The global telecommunications industries are potential sutures to wounds in the US economy brought on by corporate outsourcing to countries with low labor costs, according to Rocco Leonard Martino, the CEO of CyberFone Technologies. The technological advances of the internet provide the US with...
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With negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program underway in Vienna, Israel’s prime minister denounced Iran while traveling in Japan. Benjamin Netanyahu labeled Iran as an international threat comparable to North Korea. An interim agreement expires July 20th Netanyahu worries about a rushed resolution...
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Pollution from burning coal has no borders. Yet wealthy developed nations that limit construction of coal-fired plants within their borders do not hesitate to ship loads of coal to China and other nations in Asia, reports Elisabeth Rosenthal for the New York Times. The article lists numerous trade...
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Despite its tough policies on Asian immigration, Mexico hurries to increase economic and cultural exchanges with China. Mexico, late among Latin American nations to sign a free-trade agreement with the rising giant, is now China's second largest Latin American commercial partner and the...
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Voters in Catalonia have scheduled a referendum to decide if they want to break from Spain and become an independent republic. The region of 7.5 million people accounts for 15 percent of Spain’s population and 20 percent of economic output, report David Child and Charlotte Mitchell for Al Jazeera...
