President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year, but he may not announce it until after he consults with key allies and completes a trip to Asia later this...
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How venture philanthropy fund Acumen uses design thinking to help solve real-world problems Travel northeast out of New Delhi, and long after the paved roads have given way to dirt, you'll reach Thathia, a tiny village in...
President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers has prepared an economic analysis of job creation if the federal government takes over the underutilized Thomson Correctional Center in Illinois for the purposes of housing...
Two exit polls indicate that Romania's president has received more votes than any other candidate in the country's presidential election, but not enough to avoid a runoff. If the exit polls are confirmed by official results on...
FORMER US PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER was in Chiang Mai last week to help build houses for the homeless in the Mekong region. The Carter Work Project works with the international housing charity organisation, Habitat for Humanity,...