What have climate activists learned?
COPENHAGEN: Advocates of drastic cuts in carbon-dioxide emissions now speak a lot…
Floods reveal political opportunities in Pakistan
BERLIN: Pakistan’s floods have probably been the biggest natural calamity ever faced…
How to prevent a currency war
BERKELEY: Three years into the financial crisis, one might think that the…
Heartbreak museum is Croatia’s latest attraction
An iron used for a wedding suit, a rear-view mirror broken in…
Howard Jacobson wins Booker Prize
British writer Howard Jacobson won the prestigious Booker Prize Tuesday with his…
Opera live in HD: For the masses or the elite?
On Oct. 9, the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Richard Wagner’s legendary…
Palestinians call on US, Israel to set borders
RAMALLAH: The Palestinians on Wednesday called on the US administration and Israel…
World Food conference looks at subsistence farming
DES MOINES: About 1 billion small farmers worldwide, many of them women,…
Seventh of 33 men rescued from Chilean mine
SAN JOSE MINE: To hugs, cheers and tears, rescuers using a missile-like…
Rules for a frugal superpower
WASHINGTON, DC: American foreign policy stands on the brink of substantial belt-tightening.…