Davos guide: what you need to know about the World Economic Forum The Guardian | Our A-Z analysis unpicks the significance of the talkfest taking place in Switzerland this week The Swiss resort of Davos hosts the World Economic Forum in the final week of January. Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images | Heavy snow is forecast for the high Alps this week when the global ...
Completely dotty Sydney Morning Herald | Art world star Damien Hirst doesn't change his spots, writes CAROL VOGEL. | Just as the financial markets were heading for disaster in 2008, the British artist Damien Hirst snubbed his dealers and persuaded Sotheby's in London to sell 223 primarily new artworks. There were dead animals - sharks, z...
Tweeters, Media Protest Twitter's New Censorship Rules The Wrap | It was only two weeks ago that Twitter was protesting online censorship in the form of anti-piracy bills SOPA and PIPA. Now now the social networking site faces a surge of opposition to its own censorship practices. | Twitter announced in a blog po...
Protesters Sour on Apple Over Working Conditions in China The Wrap | Protesters are taking Apple to task for recent reports about inhumane working conditions at its Chinese suppliers in a growing number of online petitions | Petitions at www.change.org range from having a couple of signees to a few thousand. T...
All's Well Ends Well 2011 London Evening Standard This Hong Kong Chinese-language romcom, obviously put out in time for the Chinese New Year, doesn't translate to a Western audience. It's dismally unfunny and about as romantic as an overdone kipper. It has a would-be photographer and a worker on a b...
'Outraged' Apple CEO Deems N.Y. Times' Expose 'Offensive' The Wrap | Apple CEO Tim Cook defended the company's human rights record and indirectly lambasted recent stories in the New York Times and other outlets that brought that record into question, according to an internal e-mail leaked to 9 to 5 Mac. | Neithe...
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Chinese artist Ai Weiwei brings work to Washington Austin American Statesman | WASHINGTON — Sculptures by an outspoken Chinese artist are going on display at Smithsonian museums in Washington. | Chinese artist Ai Weiwei (EYE' WAY'-way) was detained fo...
Eight Strategic Factors to Consider in 2012 Pakalert Press Share | by Strategic Studies | Rarely in the past six decades has global context counted for as much in strategic forecasting — trend analysis — as it does at the dawn of 20...
`Internet in India is growing, but it's early days' The Times Of India The Indian internet user base crossed the 100 million mark in November. In 2012, the internet user growth is expected to accelerate as more users get online on an array of devices ...
Christian Bale leaves the cape behind for an 'adventure' a Chinese historical epic The Charlotte Observer | ORLANDO, Fla. - "I don't analyze myself, or what people think about me," Christian Bale says, pretty much any time any conversation with him even hints at turning "personal." | He doesn't know how much his profile changed after he landed the lead i...
Chinese Artist Fung Ming Chip at the Mandarin Oriental The Examiner Last night at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel on Brickell Key, Crimson Gate Fine Art presented Chinese artist Fung Ming Chip with a special event dinner party at Cafe Sambal and a presentation hosted at the Mandarin's atrium lobby. Coinciding with...
Beezy makes his mark in China Independent online Tanya Farber | Local artist Beezy Bailey has returned from his critically acclaimed retrospective in China, and says that South Africa holds the key to bridging the cultural divide between East and West. | The retrospective, launched in celebration o...
UN to discuss action on Syria Irish Times | France's UN mission said the Security Council would meet behind closed doors today to discuss the next steps regarding Syria, with council envoys saying the 15-nation body would likely get a new Western-Arab draft resolution. | "The UN Security Council will meet in closed consultations this Friday (at) 3pm (8pm Irish time) in New York to discuss ...
Twitter may censor tweets in individual countries The Guardian | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | AP Technology Writer= SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter has refined its technology so it can censor messages on a country-by-country basis. | The additional flexibility announced Thursday is likely to raise fears that Twitter's commitment to free speech may be weakening as the short-messaging company expands into new countries in a...
