Editorial: South Asia&#39;s global crisis
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The biggest story of 2005 may well turn out to be the last story of the year. The largest earthquake to hit the planet in decades and the tsunamis it created have wreaked destruction across southern Asia on
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By Channel NewsAsia&#39;s Philippines Bureau Chief Twink Macaraig. MANILA : Philippine President Gloria Arroyo is studying the feasibility of declaring a state of fiscal crisis to ease pressure on public finances.
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The war on terror has made the world a more dangerous place, Pakistan&#39;s president has said. General Pervez Musharraf said the world was &quot;absolutely&quot; less safe, because the war was not addressing the causes of terrorism.
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Denver: The high death toll in Asia caused by a massive tsunami might have been reduced had India and Sri Lanka been part of an international warning system designed to warn coastal communities about deadly waves, scientists say.
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The west is stripping the developing world of its talent. The pressures of ageing populations and the need to be at the frontier of technological change has meant skilled labour is in short supply, so raiding
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The world&#39;s biggest earthquake in 40 years hit south Asia Sunday, unleashing a tsunami that crashed into Sri Lanka and India and swamped tourist isles in Thailand
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An unlikely meeting of minds on an issue of global concern.
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The following editorial appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Sunday, June 10:  The world's freshwater supply is stressed like never before.
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Still grappling with how to keep the global economy out of a crippling recession, the World Economic Forum confronted the urgent need to bring peace and stability to global hotspots like Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Middle East.
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Teresita Schaffer, an expert on South Asia, is answering readersâ questions.
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For quite sometime now, global economy has been under a lot of pressure. The war in Iraq, the US current account deficit and resulting falling dollar, oil deficit have all contributed to a slowdown in the global economy.
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Aid organizations say this week&#39;s earthquake and tsunami in South Asia may require the largest relief operation in history. People may want to send food, clothing and other supplies.
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The catastrophic death toll in Asia caused by a massive tsunami might have been reduced had India and Sri Lanka been part of an international warning system designed to warn coastal
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DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 24 (IPS) - The high-profile Davos meeting of the international  political, business, economic and  academic elite began Wednesday  on the sombre note that globalisation is facing major  threats  due to worsening climate change, growing income disparities,  escalating barriers to  movement of people, and global political  and economic instability.
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TORONTO - The disappearance of hundreds of Western tourists in Asia&#39;s tsunami disaster has demonstrated - in a tragic fashion â-ow interconnected the world has become.
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Rising sea levels force millions  of Bangladeshis into India, fueling ethnic and religious  tensions that end in bloody riots.  In Africa, crops wither in the parched landscape of a once-lush  nation, bringing strife to the countryside and leading city  dwellers to clash with the army as they loot shops for food.
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Earth sits between two worlds that have been devastated by climate catastrophes.