Nearly all the projected increase in world population will occur in developing countries, the population in India is set to rise to 1.8 billion people by 2050, outstripping even that of China. 9 billion people (a ninefold rise in world population is just over a century), are expected to be competing for dwindling resources in [...]

The bright and freshly washed Miliband has not excelled himself so far in his new role as British Foreign secretary. His knowledge of international affairs came rather unstuck following his interview by Newsnight’s Jeremy Paxman.
David revealed a brittle side to his nature when pushed by Paxman. Now after pledging support to South Africa, Japan, Brazil and India [...]

The recent smash of a heavy object into the earth in a remote part of Peru has left locals of the nearby small town of Puno flumoxed as to what actually took place. The media has flooded the area to cover the story. Was it an airplane crash? Was it a meteorite? The stinking crater left by the [...]

To the shame of neighboring countries India and China, (there have already been calls in the EU parliament for the boycott of the 2008 China Olympic Games), the Burma Military junta once again murders its own citizens to sustain a bejewelled lifestyle for itself, without a murmor from its neighbours. 
At a hastily convened UN meeting [...]

PM Brown’s first Labour conference speech as leader has been blasted by critics as nothing more than cut and pasted segments of previous speeches given by Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Democrat advisor Bob Shrum has produced evidence that the major import and structure of Gordon Brown’s earnest address was taken hook line and sinker from old US [...]

The $20bn showpiece of Chinese engineering, involving huge amounts of earth moving around the infamous Yangtze river area, and costing thousands of people their homes could be a disaster, warns official Communist news agency Xinhua.
At first all went well, however massive landslips and ecological devastation is following the construction project like an albatross. New measures [...]