May Day, or International Worker’s Day – the global counterpart of our beloved Labor Day holiday – proves to be a heated platform for protests and remonstrations again this year as workers lashed out to lament growing economic unrest this past Wednesday. Although global ‘Labor Day’ movements seemed to start off ‘quietly’ on May 1st [...]
Weekly Newsmakers – A Bitter Aftertaste on International Workers’ Day
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Weekly Newsmakers – Hong Kong: Stalled Ships Underlie Larger Problems
April 27, 2013 By 2 Comments
We are all familiar with strikes. Sometimes a strike will take a few days to resolve – sometimes much longer. In Hong Kong’s Hongkong International Terminals port, a strike has stalled global business and commerce since March 28th of this year. Due to the strike, some cargo ships face delays upwards of 60 hours (whereas [...]
Weekly Newsmakers – Australia Strengthens Ties with China
April 19, 2013 By 4 Comments
Julia Gillard, Australia’s Prime Minister, visited China last week to negotiate a currency conversion agreement with China and to reassure China that its expanding military ties with the U.S. should not pose a problem to China’s interests. The agreement would help position the Chinese yuan on a more focused path towards full convertibility on global [...]
Weekly Newsmakers – U.N. First: Desires to Draft Treaty to Regulate Global Arms Deals
April 8, 2013 By 2 Comments
Beginning this week, our Weekly Newsmakers will focus on one news headline we believe you should know about. We hope you like the change! Like (or dislike) what you see? Please be sure to give us feedback in the comments area below on what you think! How are human rights and the sale of arms [...]
Weekly Newsmakers: St. Patrick’s Day Edition
March 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Welcome to another edition of Weekly Newsmakers – your source for summaries of fascinating news and events. With St. Patrick’s Day approaching, our Newsmaker this week and the Free in NYC events below are appropriately themed as such. Enjoy! U.S. Demands China Block Cyberattacks and Agree to Rules – New York Times (Editor’s Pick) The [...]
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