World

Pope demands accountability from corporate leaders meeting in Davos

January 27, 2014 By Press Associates And Workday

As corporate and government leaders gathered for the World Economic Forum, a new poll showed that workers worldwide are struggling to survive on low wages.

In Okinawa, anti-base mayor’s re-election sends a message

January 24, 2014 By Akahata

In Okinawa's Nago City mayoral election, which centered on the plan to construct a new U.S. military base in the city, anti-base incumbent Inamine Susumu won with a wide margin.

South Africa hits “genocidal” plan of pharmaceutical industry

January 21, 2014 By Emile Schepers

South Africa is working to create its own generic pharmaceuticals industry. Its success depends on being able to be independent of big pharma companies.

Poverty fuels the Dominican-Haitian conflict

January 21, 2014 By Emile Schepers

The dispute on the status of descendants of Haitian immigrants in the Dominican Republic is now the subject of negotiations hosted by Nicolas Maduro.

“GroKo” Politics – No real change for Germany

January 15, 2014 By Victor Grossman

Some have suggested the German "Word of the Year" should be "whistleblower" - in the escalating Denglish language here breezily called "Neu-Deutsch" ("New German").