Rangers No Long-Term Solution
The Karachi operation that has gone on under the current government has so far reaped fruits however experts fear that the peace will only persevere while the rangers remain deployed…
As states tighten belts, Brazil edges closer to recession
Brazilian states and cities are scrambling to raise taxes and cut spending after years of excesses, nudging an already weak national economy closer to recession. Growing budget deficits, the biggest…
Brazil autoworkers fearful of future amid sales slump
Manuel Domingos constantly fears being placed on mandatory leave, like thousands of fellow workers at an auto factory outside Sao Paulo, proof of the major downturn in Brazil's once powerful…
South Korea grabs Google’s first Asian ‘campus’
Google formally opened its first Asian start-up "campus" in Seoul on Friday - a marquee-name nod to South Korea's aspirations as a regional hub for a new generation of tech…
World Cup boosts Brazil economy, but what comes next?
With a goofy sales pitch, piercing vuvuzela solos and giant green and yellow hat, Brazilian entrepreneur Josimar Barbosa was wooing customers and raking in a World Cup windfall. "You too…
Brazil probes Texas refinery, has bigger problems at home
The purchase of a Texas oil refinery by Brazil's state-run oil company has become a campaign issue as opponents of President Dilma Rousseff use it to attack her reputation as…
Reasserting the Pakistani state
In the last couple of weeks, I’ve come across two particularly intriguing accounts by intrepid reporters from different parts of the world. Both deal with human suffering, but the critical…
Brazil 2014 to be run by ally of former dictatorship
Next year's World Cup in Brazil is in the hands of an octogenarian politician of fiery temperament closely tied to the former military dictatorship. Jose Maria Marin, 82, assumed control…
