Section: Time (USA)
International Migration Has Surged 41% Since 2000, U.N. Says
(UNITED NATIONS) — The number of people who migrated to foreign countries surged by 41% in the last 15 years to reach 244 million in 2015, according to a United Nations study released Tuesday. Of those people, 20 million are refugees. The U.N. is planning a series of meetings in 2016 to address migration, including a March 30 gathering in Geneva...
Athletics Body Considered Cover-Up of Russia Doping, Report Says
(Paris, France) — Six years before the IAAF banned Russia, track and field’s governing body knew of doping so out of control it feared Russian athletes could die from abuse of blood-boosting drugs and transfusions, and officials considered collaborating with Russians to hide the full extent of the cheating before the 2012 London Olympics,...
There Were More Deaths From Deliberate Plane Crashes Than Accidental Ones in 2015
The number of accidental airline plane crashes dropped to a historic low in 2015, which meant that for the second year in a row, the number of people intentionally killed in airline planes exceeded the number of people killed in plane accidents. There were eight accidental airline plane crashes last year, the fewest since 1946, according to...
These Are the Top 10 Risks to the World in 2016
At the beginning of each year Eurasia Group, the political risk consultancy I founded and oversee, publishes a list of the top 10 political risk stories for the 12 months ahead. These are the risks and trends we believe are most likely to move markets in 2016. We’ve opened the year with a serious spat between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and a...
U.S. Expands Sanctions Over Russian Activity in Ukraine
(WASHINGTON) — The Obama administration has imposed financial restrictions on 34 people and entities for helping Russian and Ukrainian companies evade U.S. penalties and other infractions. The Treasury Department says the action helps “maintain the efficacy of existing sanctions” established after Russia’s annexation of Crimea last year and...
The Absence of Global Leadership Will Shape a Tumultuous 2016
During the annual Asia-Pacific leaders’ summit in Manila in November, President Obama sought out two people for a pressing conversation. Not Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose forces were busy changing facts on the ground in Syria, nor Chinese President Xi Jinping, whose global economic strategy is paying off for China. Instead, he...
Ukraine Says It Won’t Repay $3 Billion Russian Debt Due This Weekend
(MOSCOW) — Ukraine won’t make a $3 billion debt repayment due to Russia this weekend because of Moscow’s refusal to accept terms already offered to other international creditors, its prime minister said Friday. The “moratorium” on outstanding debt repayments to Russia announced by Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk effectively...
Putin Says Russia Wants to Improve Relations With the U.S.
MOSCOW — Russia is ready to improve ties with the United States and work with whomever is elected its next president, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday. He said his talks with U.S. Secretary John Kerry earlier this week showed that Washington is ready to “move toward settling the issues that can only be settled through joint efforts.”...
TIME’s Best Photojournalism of 2015
In 2015, TIME sent photographers to Chechnya, Croatia, Cuba, the Democratic Republic of Congo, El Salvador, France, Gaza, Germany, Greece, Iran, Malaysia, Nepal, Syria, Turkey and Vietnam, as well as across the U.S. to cover the world’s biggest stories. Those photographers brought back an impressive array of heart-wrenching, surprising and...
Ukrainian and NATO Officials Sign Defense Agreement Pledging Greater Cooperation
Officials from NATO and Ukraine agreed on a roadmap Wednesday for greater cooperation between the organization and the troubled country. NATO’s Assistant Secretary General for Defense Investment Patrick Auroy and First Deputy Secretary of the Defense Council of Ukraine Oleg Gladkovskyi were present to sign off on the NATO-Ukraine...
