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By Lawrence O. Gostin - Dec 10, 2014 - Last updated at Dec 10, 2014 23:22
The United States and Europe have grossly overreacted to a few isolated cases of the Ebola virus within their borders.
These panicked respo ...
By Ricardo Lagos - Dec 10, 2014 - Last updated at Dec 10, 2014 23:20
Latin America may have weathered the global economic slowdown, but for many, the potential impact of global warming, and the measures requir ...
By Stéphane Dion - Dec 09, 2014 - Last updated at Dec 09, 2014 23:40
This year will be one of the warmest on record. ...
By Ian Goldin - Dec 08, 2014 - Last updated at Dec 08, 2014 23:02
The last few decades of globalisation and innovation have resulted in the most rapid progress that the world has ever known.
Poverty has be ...
By Jonathan Woetzel - Dec 08, 2014 - Last updated at Dec 08, 2014 23:01
Providing decent, affordable housing is a growing challenge in developing and developed economies alike.
With demand far exceeding supply, ...
By Lassina Zerbo - Dec 08, 2014 - Last updated at Dec 08, 2014 22:59
In these days of economic woe, potential pandemic disease and widespread civil unrest, it may come as a surprise that so many people around ...
By Eva Hoffman - Dec 06, 2014 - Last updated at Dec 06, 2014 23:12
Among the most chilling developments in the rise of the Islamic State (IS) is that so many citizens of Western countries have joined the gro ...
By Anthony B. Miller - Dec 04, 2014 - Last updated at Dec 04, 2014 22:54
Breast cancer screening has long been viewed as one of the most important tools for reducing mortality from the disease.
That is why recent ...
By Amartya Sen - Nov 30, 2014 - Last updated at Nov 30, 2014 22:54
Human beings have always lived in groups, and their individual lives have invariably depended on group decisions.
But the challenges of gro ...
By Ivan Krastev - Nov 19, 2014 - Last updated at Nov 19, 2014 22:58
Global temperatures are rising, but the former Soviet Union’s frozen conflicts show no sign of a thaw. ...