Two books translated to English with lectures and speeches from the former-president’s Jiang Zemin are among the official releases in the Frankfurt Book Fair. The largest commercial event of the literary world has China as the honored country, what already provokes enough controversy _ China censures about 600 books a year, foreign publications are forbidden [...]

The dumping of nuclear waste in the blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea that surround the Italian Peninsula and its islands has been going on for the past 20 years, little did most people know. The destructive phenomenon is now coming to light, and has been putting the whole world under environmental and health alert. [...]

According to recent calculated predictions, there will be ‘a sharp drop in projected future world oil output,’ alarmingly revising former calculations. This means that there is today a shrinking world supply of oil. Also projected is an attendant ‘increase in reliance on what are called “unconventional fuels” — oil sands, ultra-deep oil, shale oil and [...]

The dividing line with China, which extends along 1.400 kilometers, it is one of those most watched of the world, but, also, one of the most permeable and capitalist, in spite of the thousands of soldiers parked in their proximities, due to the tremendous economical differences between both the sides.
Smuggling of every type of goods, [...]

An earthquake of 6,9 degrees in the Richter scale reached the area of Tokyo and the neighboring provinces today, but there are no information on victims or material damages, nor the tsunami alert was activated.
The epicenter of the earthquake was located in the Pacific Ocean, to the south of the area of Tokaido and it [...]

In a couple of hours from now Total Solar Eclipse will be visible from Asian countries. This will be the longest total solar eclipse of this century which will last for nearly five minutes and more than six minutes at maximum visibility point.
The stage is all set for astronomers and enthusiasts keen to watch amazing [...]

Those over 65 years of age will comprise 14 percent of world population, according to a study by the U.S. Census Bureau, published on July 2009. By statistical projection and extrapolation, the number of people of the age group in the world will double by 2040, from 506 million in 2008 to 1.3 billion people.
In [...]

Three local political leaders were kidnapped in a small legal office in April, handcuffed, blindfolded and played in a truck that was waiting for them, in front of his/her lawyer and of local merchants. Their bodies, full of candies and in advanced state of decomposition because of the burning heat, were found later at a [...]

A group of young people met recently in a park, in the evening, in Tokyo. Holding banners and megaphones, they shout against the Japanese government and because of the lack of employment and opportunities.
The scene is repeating often in the busy district called Koenji in Tokyo. This protest is not even close to those in [...]

As the world economy – indeed the world – is going to look like after the financial crisis? This will prove to be a mere change or something more fundamental?
Much of the answer is provided by the performance of the two Asian giants, China and India. So right or wrong, it is widely accepted that [...]