- By Chrisella Sagers Welcome to Around the World! In our very last review of 2011, we bring you our predictions for the world in 2012, as well as a few preview articles from our December issue on Global Cities. … Continue reading →

- By Chrisella Sagers This is the third in a series on winter holiday traditions from around the world. Tune in through New Year’s! In parts of Austria and Hungary, jolly old St. Nicholas is not the only one who … Continue reading →

- By Chrisella Sagers This is the second in a series on winter holiday traditions from around the world. Tune in through New Year’s! Approximately 3500 years ago, a religion emerged that would have, perhaps, a greater influence on mankind … Continue reading →

- By Chrisella Sagers This is the first in a series on winter holiday traditions from around the world. Tune in through New Year’s to see more! Trivia question: where is the only kosher McDonald’s outside of Israel? The answer: … Continue reading →

- By Anil Giri Kathmandu, Nepal In a significant departure which would strengthen Nepal-U.S. relations, Nepal has been selected as eligible for the threshold programme of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a U.S. foreign aid agency established to help fight … Continue reading →

- By Chrisella Sagers Welcome to Around the World for December 11th to the 17th! From the end of the Iraq war to charitable giving ideas for the holidays, here’s all the top news and ideas from the week. Yemen’s … Continue reading →

- By Chrisella Sagers Today officially marks the end of the United States’ wartime involvement in Iraq. It was a quiet ending, perhaps even anti-climactic when one considers the high emotions that led to the original invasion in March 2003, … Continue reading →

- By Chrisella Sagers Chinese-language news service, China Forbidden News, broadcasted by New Tang Dynasty Television (NTDTV), made viral waves last week when it reported that Major General Zhang Zhouzhong from China’s National Defense University said China would not hesitate … Continue reading →

- By Hanna Trudo Fifteen elementary aged children were killed in China’s Jiangsu province after their bus, which was traveling from school, plowed into an irrigation canal and was quickly submerged in cold water.   According to reports, water flooded … Continue reading →

- By Hanna Trudo Newt Gingrich’s Ph.D., to some, looks like a three letter typo after his latest remarks Friday and Saturday – when he defended his claim that Palestinians are “invented people” – went public during the last Republican … Continue reading →