Foreign mining operations in Mozambique displace local families, the E.U. trade chief wants an investment pact with China and …
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Falkland Islanders went to stay under British rule, Spaniards are abandoning their horses as they struggle to make ends meet and China agrees to talks with U.S. over cyber hacking
‘We Did Not Predict This’: Top Algerian Minister Discusses January Hostage Crisis
In his first interview with a Western journalist since last month’s devastating hostage siege—which killed dozens of foreign oil workers, including three Americans—the country’s Minister of Energy and Mines told TIME that …
Must-Reads from Around the World, July 16, 2012
After meeting the generals in Egypt, Hillary Clinton arrives in Israel; Poland wants to frack itself; are women in North Korea now wearing shorter skirts?
Must-Reads from Around the World, June 27, 2012
What you need to know on June 27, 2012: Ahead of elections, scandals and intrigue grows in Mexico; Turkey raises the heat on Syria; Germany digs in its heels ahead of Euro summit; the slow, but steady pace of reforms in Burma continues
A Step Back From the Brink in the South China Sea
China and Vietnam, which traded accusations this summer over rival territorial claims in the South China Sea, signed an agreement Tuesday outlining basic measures to help settle their ongoing dispute. The agreement, reached during a visit to Beijing by Vietnamese leader Nguyen Phu Trong, calls for China and Vietnam to hold biannual …
