Japan Times: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe skipped a visit to Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Wednesday, the 73rd anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II in 1945. Abe has not visited the shrine for six consecutive years on Aug. 15, one of the most emotional and politically sensitive days for the people of Japan….
Michael Schuman/ The Atlantic The Trump administration views China’s economy as “unfair.” It will probably stay that way. As trade talks between the United States and China resume this week, there is optimism that the world’s two largest economies can reach a deal to end their destabilizing dispute: With the Chinese economy slowing and President…
UNB The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child on the Fifth Periodic Report of Bangladesh has expressed concern over the minimum age of marriage and violence against children. The Committee recommended establishing a Children’s Ombudsperson aiming to ensure rights and justice to children in Bangladesh. In its concluding observation report,…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT : With some politicians still facing trouble getting their walls built, Russia announced having finished a border between Ukraine and Crimea that took over a year and cost less than $3 million. Efforts for building the two-meter tall, 60-kilometer long fence separating the peninsula from Ukraine opened in September 2017, reports…
Marilyn Thipthorpe What if a flower vase could be something more than just a static decorative element? What if it could…move? Japanese designer Keisuke Fujiwara created one like that. He designed a series of drop-shaped vases that swing! These delicate vases are made from steel, and make subtle movements when you put a flower in…
BSS The world’s 20 top economies will agree to use all policy tools to lift sluggish global growth, according to a draft communique obtained by Bloomberg News on Saturday, despite German disquiet over fiscal and monetary stimulus. The G20 finance ministers and central bank chiefs meeting in Shanghai agreed to use those methods, as well…
We all want to make the perfect choice. Although it is not easy, there are many ways to improve our chances and one particularly effective technique is critical thinking. This is a way of approcahing a question that allows us to carefully deconstruct a situation, reveal its hidden issues, such as bias and manipulation, and…
Science Alert: Almost half of all Canadians regularly take at least one nutritional supplement such as vitamins, minerals, fibre supplements, antacids and fish oils. Many of these individuals are healthy and hoping to improve general well-being or prevent chronic disease. Scientific evidence, however, suggests that some high-dose nutritional supplements – such as beta carotene, vitamin…
Arab News: Iran’s supreme leader on Monday accused President Hassan Rouhani’s government of mismanagement, after a string of angry public protests over the dire state of the economy. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s statement was an apparent attempt to deflect public anger over the plunging worth of the rial — the currency has lost about half of…
AP Thousands of Taiwanese people, taking a page from France’s yellow vest movement, have protested on Thursday for the third time in a week to demand lower taxes and the fair handling of tax disputes. Wearing yellow vests, they shouted slogans and blared air horns outside the Ministry of Finance in Taipei, the capital city,…