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We apparently must wait another day before learning who will form the working team that will assist President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in implementing his …

It sounds like a contradiction: China’s development needs a cut in the 2015 GDP growth rate. At least this way the economy would be easier to manage: When …

Only 1 1/2 months after the reshuffled cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe began work, two female cabinet members resigned from their posts over …

My husband and I met as classmates at Hwa Chong Junior College, the former incarnation of today’s Hwa Chong Institution. He was from an all-boys school and …

At a casual glance, the recent string of events on the Korean Peninsula is puzzling. However, if we heed the notion that there is a method to North Korea’s …

Nearly 4 out of 5 people who died last year were cremated, reflecting a trend that has caught on as people seek simpler and more convenient funeral procedures. …

ABU DHABI ― “Hedayah” certainly doesn’t look like a global counterterrorism center. It sits in a quiet villa on Fatima bint Mubarak Street here. It has …

The U.S. Department of Education will soon loosen the credit standards for parents looking to borrow to pay for college under the parent PLUS loan program. The …

Recently, the Scottish people have voted on independence from the United Kingdom, and the Catalans have demanded a referendum on the independence of Catalonia …

STOCKHOLM ― When Ukraine’s voters go to the polls on Oct. 26, not only the fate of their country will be at stake; so will the future of a significant part …