Historically, only the wealthy could afford to eat meat daily. Meat production has increased with population growth and global poverty reduction, yet consumers in the wealthiest nations question health benefits of meat and environmental impacts associated with intensive agriculture, including...
Hungry world: A growing, wealthier population has a taste for meat, driving efficiency and shifting production away from pastoral settings to intensive farms (Source: David Cantillo and Pablo Vidal; Trident Feeds)
NEW HAVEN: Historically, meat...
Had the government proposal not run into a buzzsaw of opposition, foreign investors might have given India’s retail industry a jumpstart. The government tried to limit the potential impact on at least 20 million traders by limiting the big-box stores to cities with more than 1 million people,...
Critics of globalisation in India have long complained how it has left rural India where the vast majority of population live, mired in poverty. Indeed, rural poverty is underlined by the fact that agriculture employs 52 per cent of the country’s...
The warm welcome accorded to South Korean President Lee Myung-bak in Washington this week reaffirmed the close alliance. Since the end of the Korean War in 1953, South Korea has relied on the US to deter threats from North Korea. But with the US in economic decline and China as a rising power in...
SEOUL: Talk of a nuclear option was anathema in South Korea only a decade ago. Any official expression of nuclear-weapons development in South Korea was once viewed as political and diplomatic suicide, and the policy was long welcomed by American...
The Non-Aligned Movement was formed in 1961 by developing nations as a buffer from the tangle of Cold War machinations and legacies of colonialism. Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s prime minister at the time, was a co-founder of the movement, and non-alignment has since been an integral part of the nation...
Fading NAM: Once a powerful presence on the world scene, the Non-Aligned Movement gathered for its 17th summit, attended by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, top left, and host Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro; India's Prime Minister Narendra...
The increasing interconnectedness of different societies and ease of travel has produced many interesting opportunities for the innovative entrepreneur. This article describes the dealings of a company that, for a hefty sum, will bring Singaporean men to Vietnam for a week-long trip in which they...
FOR $12,800, Singaporean men can visit Vietnam, pick a virgin bride among 200 young women, and round off their week-long trip with a celebratory wedding feast.
The quickie matchmaking service was spawned by...
The public is indifferent to trade negotiations, according to Edward Graham, because most people take trade for granted. Politicians have led the way in promoting a massive lie to the public – that the benefits of expanded trade come from expanded exports. Graham points out that import expansion...
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When TV manufacturers outsource their products along a global supply chain, they create a win-win-win situation. The manufacturers have lower costs, the consumers have cheaper TV sets, and the sets are better made. Standardization of parts, economies of scale and lower transportation costs have...
Evolution of the TV
Let's say a belated Happy Birthday to a dear, valuable friend: Sept. 7 marked the 75th anniversary of the invention of television by American scientist Philo Farnsworth. In the three-quarters of a century that it has been...
Today, languages are becoming extinct faster than species. One estimate predicts 90% of the 6,000 languages will cease to be spoken in the next century. Though lamenting such a loss, linguist and Columbia University Professor John McWhorter challenges the notion that language death equates to...
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