China’s polluted waters is drawing attention from environmentalists and investors, the U.N. will not compensate Haiti cholera victims and Japanese Prime Minister visits the U.S.
Why Rich Switzerland Is Livid About Rich-Executive Payouts
The anger over excessive executive pay has finally spilled over to affluent Switzerland, more than a year after igniting the Occupy Wall Street movement in the U.S. The outrage over corporate greed reached a boiling point last …
Hitler, Frankenstein Compete in Indian Local Elections
Adolf Hitler is running for election in a north-east Indian state – and will be competing against Frankenstein.
Search Begins for Famous World War II Submarine
One of the most celebrated submarines of World War II may about to be located 70 years after she was scuttled to avoid falling into enemy hands.
Inside the Secret Operation to Rescue Timbuktu’s Manuscripts
Beyond the reports of beatings, hand-choppings and other grim Shari’a punishments carried out in the ten months Islamists held the historic Malian city of Timbuktu, the fear that gripped many observers in the outside world was of …
Hyderabad Bomb Blasts: Two Deadly Explosions Leave Terror Cloud over India
At least 12 people have been killed and scores injured on Thursday in twin bombings that authorities believe may have been a terrorist attack in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. There has been no official confirmation as to …
CEO of U.S. Tire Company Gets into Fight with All of France
American CEO Maurice “the Grizz” Taylor’s bashing of France’s work ethic generates angry response from a proud and insulted country—whose productivity turns out to be better than conservative detractors admit.
Oscar Pistorius’ Bail Hearing: On Third Day, Lead Detective Pulled Off the Case
Is it possible to imagine a story more bizarre than that of Oscar Pistorius, the Olympic sprinter with no legs who shot his model girlfriend dead on Valentine’s Day only to be charged with premeditated murder by a police officer
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British Member of Parliament Walks Out of Debate Against Israeli Student
The British MP George Galloway walked out of a debate at Oxford University on Wednesday evening when he discovered that his opponent was an Israeli citizen
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Anti-whaling activists clash with a Japanese whaling ship in the Antarctic Ocean, India’s government hopes to pass a long-delayed food security bill and newly declassified documents show that Britain considered allowing …
A King on Exhibition: Herod Is Ready For His Close-Up
The Israel Museum has put together a striking museum on the biblical monarch–monstrous, machiavellian and sybaritic–who built the last great iteration of the Temple in Jerusalem.
China’s Red Hackers: The Tale of One Patriotic Cyberwarrior
In this week’s magazine, TIME profiles Wan Tao, once one of China’s most feared hongke, or red hackers, cyberwarriors motivated by patriotism to attack foreign digital victims.
David Cameron in India: Should U.K. Apologize for Its Imperial Past?
At the Jallianwala Bagh memorial, David Cameron called the 1919 massacre “a deeply shameful event,” but didn’t extend a formal apology on behalf of his government