Issues revolving around the Kyoto Protocol – its implementation and Japan’s opposition to its extention – have caused a deadlock at the Cancun climate change meeting in Mexico. The Kyoto Protocol is the only legally binding treaty in…
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned that the country would find it necessary to build up its nuclear forces, if the United State’s doesn’t ratify a new arms reduction treaty. That could possibly mean a…
China boasts the third-largest population of millionaires in the world, behind the United States and Japan, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) said in a recent report. The United States still leads with more than 4.7…
Allah Huma Labaik…these words are spread in the surroundings of Mecca, Saudi Arabia at Hajj every year – between the eighth to the thirteenth day of the last month of the Islamic calendar – Dhu’l-Hijjah (Zul-Hijjah). Hajj or…
Many Americans agree on one thing: the current two-party political system is broken. According to the new NBC/WSJ poll, only a tiny minority–15 percent–think the two-party system works fairly well. Fifty-two percent say it has…
China and the U.S are narrowing their differences on the key issue at the Cancun climate change summit – that of monitoring and cutting carbon emissions. Su Wei, China’s chief negotiator said, “maybe the differences…
Alassane Ouattara might be the ideal President for the West African nation – Ivory Coast, following his victory in the runoff poll against incumbent Laurent Gbagbo – as announced by the Independent Electoral Commission in…
Over the past three decades, we have seen China grow, change and develop. We have seen difficult times, and we have seen improvement in the economy. We have seen millions of people lifted out of…
A series of decisions arrived at, by NATO members during last month’s summit in Lisbon signaled a willingness from the organization to change some of its tactics in achieving goals that could largely be of benefit,…
Fears of a terrorist attack in Europe were heightened recently, after the United States, Britain and Japan issued a travel alert for Europe earlier in October, warning of a possible terrorist attacks by al-Qaida or other…