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Scientists Discover More Gases Attacking Ozone Layer

March 10, 2014
Researchers have detected new manmade gases, chlorofluorocarbon and hydrochlorofluorocarbon, eroding the ozone layer in the Earth’s stratosphere and curtailing its ability to absorb ultraviolet rays and radiation from the sun. “It is thought the gases may be being emitted from chemicals used to...

Competitiveness, Not Offshoring, Is EU Weakness

November 15, 2006
Inexpensive cheap global labor poses fewer problems for the EU than accelerating technological change and the inability to adapt, according to a study from the European Commission. The global outsourcing market grew over the previous decade, from 8 percent of the world GDP in 1990 to 11 percent in...

China's Revolutionary Myth

September 5, 2006
Communism offered little in contributing to China’s status as a rising economic power. Chinese communists won the civil war in 1949, after which leaders experimented with a series of disastrous social policies, including the Cultural Revolution and the Great Leap Forward. Under Deng Xiao-ping in...

The Next Africa?

December 10, 2002
Argentina has preceded its South American neighbors in one of the worst financial crises the continent has ever seen. Its once-prosperous inhabitants are scrounging for food and collecting recyclables to make a living, and Argentina is poised to become the next Africa, Nicholas Kristof writes....

UN Passes Landmark Arms Treaty

April 15, 2013
The United Nations has approved a landmark treaty that sets international standards for trade in conventional weapons, by a vote of 154 to 3, with 23 abstentions. Big traders in arms including the US, Russia, China and India participated in the seven years of negotiations, reports Andre de Nesnera...

El Mundo en la Cancha: El Futbol se Enfrenta a la Globalización

June 15, 2010
El fútbol es el deporte más globalizado. Los propietarios de cualquier equipo deportivo de la demanda y pagar por los mejores talentos en cualquier parte del mundo. Antes de 1995, las reglas del fútbol en Europa limita el número de jugadores extranjeros a un puñado por club. Un jugador belga...

Telegraph: Yemen Death Toll Higher Than Estimated

December 13, 2018
The civil war in Yemen has raged since 2015, and the death toll is difficult to assess due to rough conditions on the ground. “The figure of 10,000 used by the United Nations is outdated and nowhere near the likely true fatality figure of 60,223, according to UK-based independent research group...

Central Banks' Action Hints At US Fears

December 2, 2011
The world’s largest central banks, led by the US Federal Reserve, have united to ease the flow of money and bank loans in the global system. The Wall Street Journal’s Geoffrey Smith compares the defensive measures tried in war, pointing out many analysts worry about what comes next and whether the...
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