NEW YORK – In the shadow of the euro crisis and America’s fiscal cliff, it is easy to ignore the global economy’s long-term problems. But, while we focus on immediate concerns, they continue to fester, and we overlook them at our peril. The most serious is global warming. While the global economy’s weak performance has led to a corresponding slowdown in the increase in carbon emissions, it amounts to only a short respite. And we are far behind the curve: Because we have been so slow to respond...
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will nominate former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary, a senior administration official said Sunday. The selection of the decorated Vietnam combat veteran sets up a potentially contentious confirmation hearing because Hagel has come under...
Syrian PresidentBashar al-Assad, sounding defiant, confident, and, to critics, out of touch with the magnitude of his peoples grievances, proposed on Sunday what he called a peace plan to resolve the countrys 21-month uprising with a new constitution and cabinet. The first part...
ISLAMABAD - The Pakistani military is accusing forces from neighboring India of crossing the boundary between the two sides' forces in Kashmir and attacking a Pakistani border post, killing a soldier. The military's public relations office said in a statement Sunday that another Pakistani soldier...
LONDON -- They have barely 3,000 inhabitants and far more sheep than people. They are more than 8,700 miles from London. For much of the year, they are bitterly cold and wind-swept, with only open sea and ice between them and Antarctica. President Ronald Reagan, who tussled with Margaret Thatcher...
The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to establish a demilitarized zone along their disputed border. The deal opens the way for the two countries to resume oil exports. Sudan PresidentOmar al-Bashir and South Sudan President Salva Kiir agreed to the deal Saturday,...
ISE, Mie Pref. — Prime MinisterShinzo Abe has renewed his pressure on the Bank of Japan to play a more assertive role in the economy's recovery, raising the adoption of his proposed 2 percent inflation target by the central bank yet again. "As the BOJ's monetary policy is vitally important to...
Syrian government forces have bombarded several rebel strongholds in the suburbs of Damascus to quell the fighters battling the regime of PresidentBashar al-Assad from reaching the capital. Activists on Saturday said troops leveled their bombardment campaign on the districts of Hajar al-Aswad and...
WASHINGTON — Google chief Eric Schmidt's plan to visit North Korea has put the Obama administration in the awkward position of opposing a champion of Internet freedom engaging with one of the most intensely censored countries. But the Obama administration is wary for a reason: It fears...
