2016-06-22
Many politicians continue to spin the facts even after they have left office. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill once boasted that, History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it
The conflict does not involve direct military confrontation between the main rivals, at least not yet
2016-06-20
Iraqi special forces recaptured the city’s main hospital, which had been used as a base by the enemy, storming it in the afternoon, but the fight here is not over
Some 240 million people today are living outside their country of birth – enough to form the world’s fifth most populous country
? In Saudi Arabia, foreign nationals account for roughly one-third of the population. In Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, nine out of every ten residents is an expatriate
2016-06-17
Carelessness is another culprit. Half of the Arab world’s modern cities are, in effect, unplanned
People with the genetic disorder, which is characterised by an absence of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes, have long suffered from discrimination in Malawi, where superstition about the condition runs deep
2016-06-13
Raid on home of Nabeel Rajab coincides with UN meeting in Geneva that other activists were barred from attending
Technological diffusion can be constrained on both the demand and supply sides of the economy
The prospect of a President Donald Trump has gone from preposterous speculation to terrifying possibility
2016-06-07
World’s top universities teach computer science and engineering classes online
Assuming that interest rates on the national debt eventually rise, taxes will need to go up, urgently on the wealthy but some day on the middle class
The backlash against globalization has been with us for two decades. In the late twentieth century, it looked as if the world was moving toward convergence, with people everywhere consuming the same products
2016-06-05
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2016-05-31
Opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman was given 4-year term for inciting hatred, but will now serve 9 years after appeals court decision
2016-05-29
Bilingual education facilitates connections beyond the confines of a classroom