Russia conducted a failed missile test on a platform in the White Sea near Severodvinsk in northern Russia, killing seven workers and injuring others, but the world knows little more. Analysts suspect the test was relate to a nuclear-powered ballistic missile. “A deadly nuclear mishap with a yet-...
Nicolas Sarkozy, the son of a Hungarian immigrant to France, campaigned for the French presidency on promises to restrict immigration. Sarkozy policies would limit benefits for immigrants and discourage applicants who cannot provide “qualified labor,” reports this editorial from the Daily Trust in...
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Fast-shifting currency rates, a result of countries injecting more money into their economies, pose volatility and risk, yet could boost the global economy, in particular Japan and Europe, reports the International Monetary Fund. The IMF “cautioned that the economic recovery remains "moderate...
(Reuters) - Recent shifts in exchange rates should help the global economy, boosting Japan and Europe in particular, amid increasing divergence in the growth paths of the world's major economies, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.
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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...
Newspapers printed leaked diplomatic correspondence describing the Trump administration as “dysfunctional” and “diplomatically clumsy and inept.” The initial news report, acknowledging the US president is “notoriously thin-skinned, exposes concerns about the reliability of the United States as an...
Kazakhstan’s president abruptly resigned after three decades of authoritarian rule, with the next elections scheduled in 2020. Energy-rich Kazakhstan is a former Soviet republic that continues to host key military and strategic facilities for Russia. The gross domestic product of Kazakhstan...
Time for balancing: Kazakhstan’s former President Nursultan Nazarbayev meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping – the new era requires diplomatic skill
WASHINGTON, DC: President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s resignation...
A feminist movement is expanding globally with collective actions like #MeToo and #TimesUp, yet predictably runs into challenges in conservative authoritarian regimes. In Turkey, the women’s rights movement has roots in the 19th century, and legal reforms were achieved in the early part of this...
Feminist threat: Turkish police disperse a march marking International Women's Day, left, and the Turkish government funds its own non-government organization – a GONGO – to support traditional roles for women
NEW HAVEN: As a new form of feminism...
Though the interdependency inherent in globalization renders all member nations of ASEAN increasingly vulnerable to external threats, this same inter-dependency must be drawn upon if these challenges are to be met effectively, says this article in The Singapore Times. The author, deputy director...
IN RAPID succession, South-east Asia has faced three critical challenges in the past six years: the 1997 regional economic crisis, the Al-Qaeda terrorist threat and the outbreak of Sars. Although the three challenges...