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An earthquake in education funding
By Justin W. van Fleet - Jul 01, 2016 - Last updated at Jul 01, 2016 01:12
In mid-April, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador, killing at least 500 people and injuring another 4,000. ...
War and peace, and water
By Laura Tuck - Jun 28, 2016 - Last updated at Jun 28, 2016 23:25
India is currently facing its worst water crisis in years, with an estimated 330 million people — one-quarter of its population — affected b ...
Overcoming Latin America’s skills mismatch
By Martin C. Spicer - Jun 27, 2016 - Last updated at Jun 27, 2016 23:33
Latin America could be on the verge of an epochal transformation.Over the next few years, middle-income jobs — particularly in the services ...
Shared threat, shared response, shared security
By Edward Oakden - Jun 25, 2016 - Last updated at Jun 26, 2016 13:50
On Tuesday, we were all shocked and saddened by the cowardly terrorist attack on Jordan’s brave Border Guards and soldiers near Rakban. ...
Iraq battles should not overshadow grave humanitarian needs
By Fabio Forgione - Jun 13, 2016 - Last updated at Jun 13, 2016 23:38
As Iraqi security forces battle to retake Fallujah, in the western province of Anbar, from Daesh, humanitarian needs in this newest hot spot ...
Saving our drowning humanity
By Peter Sutherland - Jun 13, 2016 - Last updated at Jun 13, 2016 23:37
In the last week of May, at least 1,050 migrants and asylum seekers died in the Mediterranean Sea, victims of the international community’s ...
US financial support to the Red-Dead raises questions
By Mohammad Najjar - Jun 11, 2016 - Last updated at Jun 11, 2016 23:41
The Jordanian economy has been, and will continue to be in the foreseeable future, dependent on foreign aid, particularly from Gulf countrie ...
Harnessing the genomics revolution
By Gerardo Jimenez-Sanchez - Jun 11, 2016 - Last updated at Jun 11, 2016 23:41
Just 13 years after the successful completion of the Human Genome Project, the power of genomics applications to spur innovation is already ...
Why ‘Berniecare’ will not work
By Bert Rürup - Jun 06, 2016 - Last updated at Jun 06, 2016 23:42
You cannot get better healthcare anywhere in the world than in the United States — that is, if you can afford it. ...
Japan’s new business language
By Hiroshi Mikitani - Jun 05, 2016 - Last updated at Jun 05, 2016 23:21
Five years ago, I stood before several thousand mostly native Japanese speakers and addressed them in English.From now on, I told them, Raku ...

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