The United States is number one in math after 21 years. A six-person team of young adult Americans Team USA led by Carnegie Mellon professor Po-Shen Loh bested teams from China, South Korea, and more to win the […]
SEOUL (TIP): Four workers were killed and two others were missing July 3 when a waste water storage tank exploded at a chemical plant in the South Korean industrial city of Ulsan, authorities said. The […]
ISTANBUL (TIP): An influential group of business leaders have urged the G20 to improve the global trade system for the emerging digital economy as well as focus on reforms to ensure strong and sustainable growth. […]
Prime Minister Modi has surprised his own people and, no doubt, external observers, by his foreign policy activism since he took office. In his year in power he has travelled abroad 16 times- and 19 if […]
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (TIP): South Korea said on June 18 that 23 people have died and more than 6,700 are isolated at homes and medical facilities as officials continue their efforts to put the MERS […]
SEOUL (TIP): South Korea‘s health ministry on June 13 reported 12 new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), bringing the total to 138, and said a 14th person has died in the outbreak. The […]
SINGAPORE (TIP): Crude oil futures fell on Thursday as the World Bank cut its global economic growth forecast, ending a two-day rally triggered by a sharp US inventory drawdown. In its twice-yearly Global Economic Prospects […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Bill Gates is something of a model for education skeptics. Gates — like Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and Oprah Winfrey — dropped out of college. If they didn’t need a college degree, the […]
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, scored most in foreign policy in his first year in power. No one anticipated Modi’s natural flair for diplomacy, to which he has brought imagination and self-assurance. Modi has been more […]
For the first time in decades, the number of immigrants coming to the United States from China and India outnumbers those coming from Mexico. It’s a historic shift that has caught the attention of service providers across […]
At least five flights were targeted by phoned-in bomb threats Tuesday, June 2, government sources told NBC News. The threats weren’t considered credible. Four of the five flights — among them one from San Diego to […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it is investigating what the Pentagon called an inadvertent shipment of live anthrax spores to government and commercial laboratories in as many as nine states, […]
LONDON (TIP): No Indian university has made it to the list of the world’s top 100 which are under 50 years old. Institutes from 28 countries are present in the list of rising global higher […]
SEOUL (TIP): The US ambassador to South Korea, Mark Lippert, was recovering from surgery on Thursday after having his face and arm slashed by a knife-wielding activist in an attack applauded by North Korean state […]
LONDON/SYDNEY (tip): European and Chinese factories slashed prices in January as production flatlined, heightening global deflation risks that point to another wave of central bank stimulus in the coming year. While the pulse of […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Secretary general Ban Kimoon said that a trust fund he launched to provide fast and flexible funding for the fight against Ebola has only $100,000 in the bank. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela won coveted seats at the UN security council on October 16, but Turkey suffered a humbling defeat in its bid to join the world’s “top […]
New Delhi (TIP): In a move to boost tourism, nine airports equipped with e-visa facilities will be operational for 13 countries including USA and South Korea and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to launch […]
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