Pirates are not confined to history or storybooks alone, as modern-day ships also face uncertainty on the high seas. According to a new report released by the International Maritime Bureau, violent pirate attacks have reached an all-time high. Some 234 incidents have been reported so far this...
SHIPS have been warned by the London-based International Maritime Bureau to 'take extra precautions' against pirates when sailing off Bintan, after a series of 'serious and brutal incidents' in the area.
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US presidential candidates are promising new directions on trade relations with Asia. Varying levels of concern have emerged in China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, suggests “America’s 2016 Election Debate on Asia Policy and Asian Reactions,” a report prepared by Robert Sutter and Satu Limaye for...
United against trade? Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for US president, top, gained traction with opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and now Hillary Clinton, former US Secretary of State and Democratic nominee, also critiques the...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi received an enthusiastic welcome from members of the US Indian diaspora at Madison Square Garden, perhaps previewing strategic cooperation between the world’s largest democracy and the United States. In his regular column for the Times of India, Nayan Chanda reviews how...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s maiden visit to the US could not have been more glittering. He lands in Manhattan to a rock star reception by tens of thousands of Indian-Americans only a few days after an Indian satellite has gone into orbit around...
Newspapers throughout the United States are imploring voters to think twice before casting a vote for real estate mogul and reality-TV star Donald Trump. Many voters are distraught over stagnation, the lack of fulfilling jobs and opportunities. Many hope a forceful personality can deliver change. “...
Read the article from The Philadelphia Inquirer.Trudy Rubin is an opinion columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Also read “An Open Letter to Super Tuesday Voters” by David French in the National Review.
China’s political and economic transformations should be compared with that of Mexico, suggests Jorge Guajardo, a former Mexican ambassador to China, in an essay for Zócalo Public Square. In the 1990s, during the negotiations for the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement, analysts cheered Mexico’s...
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Great Britain has reached a draft agreement on how it will proceed in exiting its European Union membership. Key players are unhappy, and the Irish – both the nation and Northern Ireland – quarrel whether no deal actually means a hard border. WTO rules require border checks between different...
Companies could save money by trying a four-day workweek, sharpening employee focus while providing more time for home life. Microsoft tested a four-day workweek for one month in Japan and discovered that productivity increased among sales staff by 40 percent. The experiment did not reduce pay, and...
Nations that manage to satisfy a large population politically, economically, socially can become beacons of hope for the rest of the world. The US is the world’s third most populated country, trailing China and India, but could aim to become most populated by the end of the century: An eightfold...
Let them come: Tourists at the feet of the Statue of Liberty (top); Latino demonstrators rally for immigration reform
NEW YORK: The United States could aim to have largest population in the world before the end of the century, thus ensuring its...
