The New York Times
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Kara Swisher
– Nov 15, 9:06 AM
When I flew into San Francisco last Sunday, the haze shrouding the city was not the usual charming fog, and there was an acrid smell, like a barbecue on steroids. California was on fire. In the past week, towns have been burned out of existence…
Silence. No hammering from construction sites. No planes taking off. Even the banks stay shut on the most important day of the year for South Korea's students. But crowds cheered and beat drums at the gates of some 1,190 test sites where more than…
In this arid part of northern Kenya, water can be hard to find, particularly in the dry season. But a centre run by the Samburu Girls Foundation - which rescues girls facing early marriage and female genital mutilation - has a new high-tech source…
The smiles on their faces and squeals of excitement said it all - a young brother and sister from Eritrea were seeing snow for the first time ever, in their adoptive new home of Canada. With more than three million views, the video of them…
The global financial crisis a decade ago and the resulting recession left long-lasting scars on future growth in more ways than one. Our October World Economic Outlook points to signs that the crisis may have had lasting effects on potential…
