All Global News Blog
Parisian etiquette, for shorts-wearing tourists and waiters alikeOn tourism and snobbery in the French capital.
Singapore to Indonesia: Stop sending us your smog.Air pollution in Singapore rose to unhealthy levels this week because of illegal forest clearing in Indonesia, prompting Singapore to urge Indonesia to do something to end the haze.
Chinese astronaut teaches 60 million kids from spaceA Chinese astronaut gave China its first physics lesson by video from space today, a required lesson for middle schools across the country.
A year in asylum, Assange digs in for the long haulThe Wikileaks founder says even if the Swedish investigation against him were dropped, he would not leave his 'space station' existence in the Ecuadorean embassy in London.
- It's scrap, not trash, and it's also one of America's top exports
International scrap dealers educate our reporter on the language of our leftovers.
New poll shows growing Arab trust in regional pressA poll by Northwestern in Qatar, due out tomorrow, shows growing trust in regional news outlets across the Arab world.
Will new British surveillance revelations fuel another hacking backlash?British agency GCHQ's involvement in the NSA's global surveillance have some drawing parallels with the phone-hacking scandal that rocked the British media.
Poll: Hong Kongers would not back extradition of Edward SnowdenAbout 50 percent say the NSA whistle-blower should not be surrendered, 17.6 percent said he should be turned over, and a third aren't sure yet, according to poll published today.
Erdogan quiets Istanbul with softer tone, but calm is likely to be briefPrime Minister Erdogan temporarily placated Turkish protesters by pausing development of Gezi Park, but their grievances run deeper. It will take more to stop demonstrations for good.
Is a two-track Europe already here?European leaders have long rejected the idea that the EU is developing into a region of haves and have-nots. But a look at the news today suggests it's happening just the same.
Turkish street vendors turn on a dime to make a lira off Taksim protestsSwimming goggles and 'V for Vendetta' masks cropped up in street vendors' hands within days of the first demonstrations in Taksim Square.
US-bashing TV station gives interview to its benefactor, Vladimir PutinThe Kremlin reportedly gives Russia Today about $300 million annually. The satellite channel finds the decline of the West lurking in almost every daily headline.
Good Reads: From teens and Facebook to the culinary tastes of ‘Dear Leader’ to a new 5G cellphoneThis week's round-up of Good Reads includes Facebook losing favor among teens, the first menial jobs of the rich and famous, reminiscences by Kim Jong-il's sushi chef, new campuses for the headquarters of tech giants, and the world's fastest cellphone.
French anti-immigrant pol says Edward Snowden should immigrate to FranceMarine Le Pen of the National Front is vocally opposed to letting foreigners into France. But she says her country should welcome 'courageous' American whistleblower Edward Snowden.
- Four teens arrested for Islamic school fire in apparent Woolwich murder fallout
The fire, which caused only minor damage and injuries, is just the latest in a spate of anti-Muslim incidents in Britain that have followed the May 22 killing of soldier Lee Rigby.
Is it jail time for genocide deniers in Cambodia?Prime Minister Hun Sen's new law criminalizing denial of the Khmer Rouge genocide is a barely disguised political move, not a gesture of goodwill, say analysts.
- French lessons, and lessons about the French
An impromptu offer from an officer manager to practice French helped reshape the Monitor bureau chief's initial notions about life in France.
China's Xi Jinping meets with Obama: Will it be a 'Nixon goes to China' moment?Some hope that it could be.
Other than that, Mrs. Putin, how did you enjoy the ballet?Within hours of Vladimir and Lyudmila Putin's surprise divorce announcement after a night at the ballet, Russian wags and satirists were flooding the Web with jokes.
Why Jordan orders ban on 263 news sitesThe Jordanian government ordered that a controversial media law go into effect on Sunday, in a sudden erosion of online press freedom just days after King Abdullah promised human rights reforms.
