To stay competitive, more schools are welcoming international students and teachers, promoting bilingual programs of study and encouraging young Japanese to study abroad
Anti-Japan Protests Hit China’s Capital
Tensions over a tiny archipelago contested by China and Japan — the Chinese refer to the spits of land as the Diaoyu Islands, the Japanese as the Senkaku Islands — have heightened in recent months, prompting Japanese …
How to Improve a British Royal Scandal? Add Berlusconi
While the U.K. is in uproar over the publication of topless photos of the Duchess of Cambridge, the homeland of the paparazzi sees it all a bit differently
Venezuelan Video Scandal Fizzles: Can Capriles Still Unseat Chávez?
Hugo Chávez’s campaign may have fired a dud with a video that purportedly shows a top aide of challenger Henrique Capriles taking cash from a wealthy business baron — and that’s largely because the Chávez government itself …
Occupy Wall Street, One Year Later: A History in Masks
On Sept. 17, 2011, members of Occupy Wall Street (OWS) started camping out in Zuccotti Park in Manhattan’s financial district, and since then the movement has spread to 1,500 cities. One of its most enduring icons has been the …
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China: Island Dispute Spurs Anti-Japan Protests
People came out in force to demonstrate against Japanese claims to a group of disputed islands known as Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan.
This Time We Mean It: India Clears the Way for Walmart and Friends
India’s government announced a dramatic suite of reforms on Friday designed to breathe new life into the nation’s flagging economy.
Political Battles in Tunisia Shade Attacks on U.S. Embassy
As hundreds of people swarmed the U.S. embassy in Tunis last Friday afternoon, the phone rang in the office of the country’s President, Moncef Marzouki. It was Hillary Clinton, pleading with him to help secure the American …
The Innocence Protests Expose Deeper Tensions in Yemen
Anger focused on the U.S. obscures political and military problems that remain difficult to untangle in a country emerging from decades of dictatorship
Cairo’s Many Shades of Protests: What They Reveal About How the New Egypt Operates
The response to the Salafi-led Sept. 11 demonstration was as amateurish as the incendiary movie itself. It exposes the inexperience of the Muslim Brotherhood rulers – and how speedy they are (or aren’t) at damage control
Furor in Khartoum: The Siege of the Western Embassies
Muslim anger over the controversial anti-Muhammad video clip spread to Sudan. with a violent focus on the Germans
A Journalist Behind Bars: The Dangers of Reporting in Lebanon
Lebanese-Palestinian journalist Rami Aysha, who works for Time and several other foreign news agencies in Lebanon, has been detained by Lebanese authorities while reporting a story.