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What might a world citizen look like while there is still no world government?

January 25, 2014 ,Last year we consumed total of 245 billion kW-hours of electricity in Turkey.

The NATO chiefs of defense “talked a little bit about today, a little bit about tomorrow, and a little bit about 10 years from now,” the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said as he returned to Washington today…

A small atoll state, Maldives witnessed numerous events in 2013 on the political, socio-economic and diplomatic fronts.

The Indian debate on Afghanistan, particularly on issues post-2014, has centred on security concerns regarding influx of militants from Afghanistan into Kashmir, the Pakistani agenda in Kabul, opening of an alternate trade route with Afghanistan through the Iranian port of…

The World Resources Institute (WRI) has greeted the European Commission’s announcement of a climate and energy package, which the 28-nation European Union (EU) heads of state would consider at their meeting on March 20-21. But the Institute points out that…

In what way is the oil wealth of the Arab countries being spent?

So, what was all that about? A few days after new year’s Indian media had a blast reporting the ‘facts’ of the 7PL, ostensibly a brainchild of Indian skipper M.S.Dhoni offered as a sort of ‘leg up’ gift to his…

The 85 richest people on Earth have the same amount of wealth as the bottom half of the population, according to a new report that highlights growing income inequality as political and business leaders gather for the annual World Economic…

An award-winning chip capable of being powered just from surrounding energy sources, such as light, vibrations and even temperature variations, has been developed by researchers at the Public University of Navarre (NUP/UPNA).

The first step in General Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s roadmap to “democracy” has been implemented.

US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden may have collaborated with Russia, the chairman of the US House Intelligence Committee has alleged.

Change has come to India.

A debate is under way in Libya about the best form of government for the country.

As Israel buried Ariel Sharon amid eulogies from world figures, Tony Blair, a Butcher of Baghdad, paid a tribute to the Butcher of Beirut which included the line that Sharon: “didn’t think of peace as a dreamer, but did dream…

Getting a bit drowsy at work? You’re in luck. Previously taboo, sleeping in the workplace is becoming much more acceptable.

You’ve seen the pictures. Dust exploding as thousands of wildebeest thunder across the plains.

The fire in the Chaman e Babrak camp began in Nadiai’s home shortly after noon. She had rushed her son, who had a severe chest infection, to the hospital.

Imagine a technician in a war zone sending an e-mail along with a digital scan of an unserviceable part of an armoured fighting vehicle which then gets printed at the nearest available 3D printer and delivered to him in no…

Bangladesh is in deep political crisis.

Aoung authors of fiction from Gaza, some of whom say they are finding Palestine on the internet while unable to see it exist in reality, have just published a collection of stories, written in English, marking the five-year anniversary of…

Many people can recall reading at least one cherished story that they say changed their life.

Scientists have found a genomic deletion that affects fertility and milk yield in dairy cattle at the same time.

In a little noted initiative the General Assembly on November 26, 2013 voted to proclaim 2014 the International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.

A former Israeli army Chief of Staff, a man of limited intelligence, was told that a certain individual was an atheist. “Yes,” he asked, “but a Jewish atheist or a Christian atheist?”

One of the completely unexpected outcomes of the recently concluded Colombo Commonwealth Summit was the ignition of a dialogue on the setting up of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in Sri Lanka.

Your nose is not the only organ in your body that can sense cigarette smoke wafting through the air. Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Iowa have shown that your lungs have odor receptors as…

Does the celebration of Mao Zedong’s 120th birth anniversary (Dec. 25) led by President and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Chief, Xi Jinping reflect a silent message from the Third plenum of the 18th Central Committee held from November 9 to…