Hong Kong Ranks First in Global Economic Freedom Study
A U.S.-based public policy research institute says Hong Kong is the world's freest economy. The former British colony, which became a Chinese territory in 1997, has ranked first in the Cato Institute's...
View ArticleStudy: African Countries Failing to Meet UN Sanitation Goals
A new study by an international charity group says nearly all sub-Saharan countries are failing to meet the U.N. Millennium Development goal of reducing by half the proportion of people without access...
View ArticleReport: Asians Pass Hispanics as Largest Wave of New Immigrants to US
A new study says Asian Americans have overtaken Hispanics as the largest group of new immigrants arriving in the United States each year. The report released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center also...
View ArticleReport: Asians Pass Hispanics as Largest Wave of New Immigrants to US
A new study says Asian Americans have overtaken Hispanics as the largest group of new immigrants arriving in the United States each year. The report released Tuesday by a U.S.-based think tank, the Pew...
View ArticleStudy: YouTube Becoming Major Platform for News
A new report says the video-sharing website YouTube is emerging as a major platform for news. The Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism said Monday a third of the most searched...
View ArticleN. Korean Security Services Would Impede Reforms: Rights Group
As North Korea's young leader Kim Jong Un consolidates power, a Washington-based human rights group warns that the communist country's vast network of internal security services poses a major challenge...
View ArticleSouth China Sea Dispute at ‘Impasse,’ Says Report
An international research organization says the South China Sea territorial dispute has reached an impasse and the prospects of finding a resolution are diminishing. The International Crisis Group said...
View ArticleReport: North Korea’s Kim Has ‘Firm Grip’ on Power; No Signs of Reform
A new report says North Korea's new leader Kim Jong Un faces no serious threat to his rule and is not likely to enact reforms in the impoverished country. The International Crisis Group said Wednesday...
View ArticleNew Evidence Shows Surprising Reach of Eastern US Quake
Last year's 5.8 magnitude earthquake in Mineral, Virginia, was felt over an area much larger than previously thought. In a new study, scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey report landslides...
View ArticleStudy: Black Carbon Second Only to CO2 in Warming Planet
A four-year international study has found the soot produced by diesel engines and wood-burning stoves is the second-greatest human contributor to climate change. That assessment of its effect, by a...
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