Commentary / World Sep 11, 2018
What wild sheep can teach humans about leadership
by Faye Flam
Do certain bighorns pioneer migrations? Or do herds tap into crowd wisdom?
NEWSWORTHY
World Aug 28, 2018
Millionaires jumping ship yet another symptom of Brazil's woes
Two thousand Brazilian millionaires left the country in 2017, according to the New World Wealth, a global market research group based in Johannesburg. For the third year in a row, Latin America's largest economy featured in the top ten of countries ranked by the outflow ...
National Jul 20, 2018
Princess Mako's visit marks 110 years of Japanese migration to Brazil
When 8-year-old Eiki Shimabukuro left Japan in 1959 with his parents and five siblings for the two-month sea voyage to Brazil, passengers were given ribbons linking them to those who stayed behind. As the ship pulled away, the ribbons unraveled, stretched, and finally broke. "It was ...
World Jul 3, 2018
Merkel dodges political bullet with controversial migrant deal
German Chancellor Angela Merkel survived a bruising challenge to her authority with a compromise deal on immigration but faced charges Tuesday that it spelled a final farewell to her welcoming stance toward refugees. In high-stakes crisis talks overnight, Merkel had put to rest for now ...
World / Politics Jul 2, 2018
Chaos in Merkel's coalition after minister dangles resignation
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday will make a last-ditch effort to end a migration row with her conservative allies by holding more talks with her interior minister, whose offer to resign cast doubt over whether her fragile government can survive. Horst Seehofer offered to ...
Commentary / World Jun 25, 2018
Migrant misery, from Europe to the U.S.
by John Lloyd
Poor immigrants are finding the welcome mat missing almost everywhere they go.
World / Science & Health Mar 20, 2018
Migration due to climate to surge by 2050 unless emissions are curbed: World Bank
More than 140 million people in Africa, Latin America and South Asia could move to another part of their country by 2050 to escape the worsening impacts of climate change — unless urgent action is taken to curb global warming and help people adapt, ...
World / Science & Health Mar 13, 2018
Elongated skulls show women also migrated across medieval Europe, not just men
The newcomers who arrived in the little farming villages of medieval Germany would have stood out: They had dark hair and tawny skin, spoke a different language and had remarkably tall heads. Now scientists who investigated the unusually shaped skulls say they provide evidence that ...
Commentary / World Jan 29, 2018
by Michael Spence
The U.N. is right to underscore the benefits of broad-based international cooperation on migration, but to be politically acceptable in virtually any country, such cooperation must respect national sovereignty.
National Dec 14, 2017
Malaysia's second-home program losing its allure with Japanese after 3/11
by Teo Boon Kiat
Fewer Japanese are migrating to Malaysia under the Southeast Asian nation's second-home scheme now that Japan has made progress recovering from the 2011 mega-quake, tsunami and nuclear crisis. Immigrants who left under the Malaysia My Second Home Program (MM2H) peaked at 816 in 2012 before ...
World / Science & Health Nov 28, 2017
Canada mice seen adapting to warming by mutating and moving north about 11 km per year
Mice in Canada are mutating and migrating farther north in response to climate change, according to McGill University research released Monday. The study, published in the journal Evolutionary Ecology, found that "milder winters have led to physical alterations in two species of mice in southern ...
Commentary / World Sep 18, 2017
Is there a solution to the problem of mass migration?
by David Howell
Much more than economic theory and cash aid is required to create prosperity and make life tolerable for millions in poorer areas.