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The share of employees in total employment varies across the world. In most developed economies, employees represent about 85% of total employment. However, in developing countries this is much less….
In America, traditional schooling has frequently drawn inspiration from the trusty “three Rs”: writing, reading and arithmetic. But as the technology sector continues to boom, educators have realized that this…
Do you ever dream of quitting your job, throwing caution to the wind and beginning a business venture of your own? Aside from the whole ‘throwing caution to the wind’…
Citing Healthcare.gov’s many technology glitches, they wrote: “This new information is extremely concerning, not only because it violates the privacy of millions of Americans, but because it may potentially compromise…
The announcement by the Attorney General’s office came as Yingluck, who was ousted in May last year shortly before the military swept to power in a coup, faces an impeachment…
Now two of the biggest boosters of the virtual currency, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, are trying to firm up support by creating the first regulated Bitcoin exchange for American customers…
Novak acknowledged that the decision was driven in part by financial considerations. “As a media enterprise, it’s incumbent upon us to manage our business in a way that delivers the…
Someone give this young man a medal… and a bag of ice. – (h/t Deadspin)
It wasn’t a coincidence that the Academy Awards nominations were announced a day earlierCooper was nominated for best actor and the movie was nominated for best picture, giving “Sniper” even…
Calls to modernize his kingdom were constant. So, too, were objections from hard-line conservatives who chafed at change. Supporters hailed Abdullah, who died Friday at age 90, as a reformer….
Sophie Turner, aka Sansa Stark on “Game of Thrones,” will play Jean Grey in “X-Men: Apocalypse.” Director Bryan Singer made the announcement through his Twitter account on Thursday, while also…
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AL JIB, West Bank — After the raid by Israeli security forces, details of the young Palestinian man’s life had been strewn haphazardly on the floor of one room of…
Martin Scorsese has tackled the mob, the Dalai Lama and the real-life Wolf of Wall Street. But he appears to have met his match in Bill Clinton. Mr. Scorsese’s partly…
BANGKOK, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Thailand’s Attorney General will indict former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra for negligence over a controversial rice subsidy scheme, the Attorney General’s Office said on Friday….
That, anyway, is the basic idea behind “Discover Thainess,” a newly launched marketing campaign that includes the promotion of 12 of the country’s lesser visited areas. “We’re introducing new destinations…
WASHINGTON — The White House said on Thursday that President Obama would not meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel when he comes here in March to speak to a…
Martin Scorsese has tackled the mob, the Dalai Lama and the real-life Wolf of Wall Street. But Mr. Scorsese appears to have met his match in Bill Clinton.
Madoff once again asserted that his sons were never involved in his massive, long-running Ponzi scheme, a claim that he has made since his arrest in Dec. 11, 2008. He…
Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney did not emerge from a Salt Lake City meeting on Thursday with a proposal about how to reconcile their competing plans to run for the…
Seth Rogen has provided further context and explanation for a joke he made about “American Sniper.” “I truly hope this clears things up,” Rogen wrote in a tweet on Thursday,…
SAN ANTONIO — On a Thursday night in December, Brian Morgan stood at the 50-yard line on a community football field as two teams from the Outlaws, a youth organization,…
After more than a year of speculation, Mr. Draghi, the never-predictable head of the European Central Bank, has given global investors what they have clamored for, with an extra twist:…
Several fraternities and sororities at the University of Michigan stand accused of wreaking havoc by destroying hallways and hotel rooms at two ski resorts. The total in damages is estimated…
NEW YORK — Gov. Andrew Cuomo wasn’t the one in custody on Thursday. But the arrest of powerful New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver could spell plenty of trouble…
It’s become cliche (not to mention incorrect) to say that things were easier “back in the day,” but we think that weekend schedules are the exception. Saturdays really used to…
Instead, it’s the strange reality unfolding in the Arctic town of Kiruna, northern Sweden. A nearby iron ore mine — Kiruna’s main source of income and employment for more than…
President Barack Obama said during a YouTube interview Thursday that he believes more states will consider legalizing recreational marijuana, citing his administration’s hands-off approach to prohibition-ending cannabis laws in Colorado…
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) – The United States and Iraq have started preparing for an offensive by summer to recapture the Iraqi city of Mosul, which was taken by Islamic…
As Ebola raged through West Africa last summer, an experimental drug was tried for the first time on two American aid workers in Liberia who were gravely ill with the…