Section: The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
World Economic Forum warns over international conflicts
Following a year that’s seen the conflict in Ukraine and the rise of the Islamic State, geopolitical issues are considered to be the biggest threat to global stability over the coming decade, according to experts polled by the World Economic Forum. In its 2015 Global Risks Report, published Thursday, the WEF found “interstate conflict...
Toxic leak at International Space Station
A leak of a toxic substance on Wednesday forced astronauts to evacuate the American section of the International Space Station, Russia’s space agency said Wednesday. The “toxic substance was emitted from a cooling system into the station’s atmosphere” in the US segment of the station, the agency said in a statement....
Del Potro wins again in Sydney injury comeback
Juan Martin Del Potro continued his promising return from an 11 months injury layoff by beating top seed Fabio Fognini 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Sydney International.The second-round triumph over Fognini further demonstrated the Argentine’s return to top form ahead of next week’s Australian Open.The...
World Bank cuts 2015 forecast for global economy
The World Bank, citing stagnation in Europe and Japan and a slowdown in China, downgraded its forecast for the global economy this year. It also reported that world economic growth came in below expectations in 2014.The bank predicts the world economy will expand 3 percent this year, up from 2.6 percent in 2014. Last June, World Bank economists...
Foreign ministers plan Ukraine peace summit in heat of battle
Foreign ministers from Moscow and Kiev meet their French and German counterparts in Berlin on Monday to arrange a Ukrainian peace summit that the Europeans fear is premature because of festering fighting. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko hopes to stage the leadership meeting in the Kazakh capital Astana on Thursday so that two of his closest...
Millions rally for unity against terrorism in France
Paying tribute: (From the left) Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, France’s President Francois Hollande, Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, EU President Donald Tusk, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas march during a rally in Paris, France, on Sunday. A rally of...
France hunts suspect, prepares for mass anti-terrorism rally
France vowed to combat terrorism with “a cry for freedom” in a giant rally for unity Sunday after three days of bloodshed that horrified the world. Police searched for a woman linked to the three al-Qaida-inspired attackers, but a Turkish official said she appears to have already slipped into Syria.The rally Sunday is also a huge...
Worst year in Asia? Not Obama, or airlines, but an entire people
As 2015 unfolds with Southeast Asia reeling from yet another airlines tragedy, we take one last look at the year we left behind. A year ago, taking a page from Washington Post columnist Chris Cillizza’s awarding US President Barack Obama the dubious distinction of “Worst year in Washington,” we took to the digital pages of Fortune Magazine....
For some Russians, mortgage costs soaring due to ruble slide
When they took out a mortgage on a small two-room apartment seven years ago, Oksana Li and her husband hoped to make a new home for themselves and their young son.Now, like thousands of other Russians, they are seeing that dream unravel as they are unable to make payments — even by working longer hours and a second job.That’s because they...
Beijing, Almaty submit bid files for ’22 Winter Games to IOC
The two cities left in the depleted field for the 2022 Winter Games have submitted their bid files to the International Olympic Committee.Bid leaders from Beijing and Almaty, Kazakhstan, handed over their documents Tuesday at IOC headquarters in Lausanne, a day ahead of the deadline.The so-called bid books include details of each city’s...
