Leaders of the world’s top Group of 20 (G20) economies, who collectively produce over 85 percent of global wealth, meet in Seoul from November 11-12, to coordinate collective efforts aim at redressing world economies following…
Category: Global Issues
After the November 2 congressional elections in the U.S., Democrats suffered their worst electoral defeat in decades, losing more than 50 seats in the House of Representatives, according to the CBS News. For the first…
Former President George W. Bush continues to be beyond shame. Those favored with an advance copy of Bush’s memoir, Decision Points, say it paints a picture of a totally unapologetic Bush bragging, for example, about…
China’s pattern of economic growth is changing. The country is depending more and more on domestic consumption than external demand. Previously, beginning from the 1980’s and 1990’s, when China’s economy first began rapid expansion, economic…
A senior Egyptian source told the London-based Arabic daily Al-Hayat his government was holding talks with several countries to organize an international peace summit shortly, according to Haaretz. “The peace summit is meant to reaffirm…
A human rights watchdog has slammed the U.N. secretary-general for failing to press China’s president to release an imprisoned Nobel Peace laureate, accusing Ban Ki-Moon of caring more about his own re-election than the protection…
Japan has expressed anger over Russian President Dmitri Medvedev’s visit to the Southern Kuril Islands. Japan considers the Kuril Islands to be its Northern territories. Medvedev is the first Russian or Soviet leader to ever…
The letter below to Reporters Without Borders (RSF, Reporters Sans Frontiers) was sent in response to their online biography of literary critic Liu Xiaobo written by translator Jean-Phillipe Beja.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton added a last-minute stop in Hainan province, China to her 13-day Asia-Pacific tour, the Foreign Ministry confirmed on Wednesday, after the US State Department announced the news earlier. She…
A giant offshore crane salvages the Cheonan (Photo: AP) It is now two weeks since an international inquiry blamed North Korea for the sinking of the South Korean warship ROKS Cheonan with the loss of…