Moscow’s ambassador to the United Nations told an emergency meeting of the Security Council on Thursday that Russia does not want to go to war over the Ukraine crisis. “Russia does not […]
Russia seeks peaceful solution to Ukrainian crisis
Native Americans and Russians share the same language
Using a technique called linguistic phylogeny, scientists from Georgetown University have made an intriguing discovery: languages of the North American Na-Dene family (traditionally spoken in Alaska, Canada and parts of the US) […]
Prince Charles letters to ministers to be made public
Alan Rusbridger, the editor-in-chief of the Guardian, discusses the government’s attempts to block publication of letters the Prince of Wales wrote to ministers. Rusbridger says the public has a right to know […]
EU suspends U.S. trade talks
The European Parliament has just voted on a comprehensive bill to express its massive disapproval of U.S. mass spying on ordinary citizens. In the bill, it calls for suspension of trade talks, […]
The EU voted no to giving Edward Snowden protection
239 MEPs voted yes to giving Edward Snowden protection, 399 voted no, 31 abstained today in the EU parliament. The final vote was therefore a no. View more details about the vote […]
Remembering Japan’s Tsunami lost lives
March 11 marks three years since a magnitude-nine earthquake and a giant Tsunami struck northeastern Japan. More than 20,000 people were killed in the disaster. For many who survived, the loss of […]
What Tokyo Looked Like in 1945
Media near and far will be focused this week on the three-year anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster that shook Japan on March 11, 2011. Without diminishing the conversation in […]
The Africa You Need To Know
By Gbemisola Olujobi, Pulitzer Fellow, Annenberg School for Communication. What is disaster pornography? Africans define it as the Western media’s habit of blacking out Africa’s stock markets, high rises, internet cafes, cell […]
Japan gets its first female bank CEO
Japan’s biggest brokerage Nomura Holdings says it has chosen a woman to head its banking arm, in what is believed to be a first for the country’s male-dominated financial sector. The executive, […]
NATO airstrike kills 5 Afghan soldiers
The strike occurred in the province’s Chakh district, according to the Afghan spokesman, Gen. Zahir Azimi, who said eight Afghan National Army troops were also wounded in the incident. Azimi said an […]
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