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How does the U.S. minimum wage compare to those around the world?

In his State of the Union address last night, President Barack Obama announced that he would seek to raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour, a measure that would form the centerpiece of an agenda aimed at reducing incoming inequality in the United...

Published Wed, Feb 13 2013 11:39 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Syrian troops bombard rebel strongholds in Damascus

Syrian troops bombard rebel strongholds in Damascus Top news: Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad intensified their bombardment of Sunni Muslim districts in and around Damascus Wednesday in an attempt to reverse recent rebel gains. Syrian...

Published Thu, Feb 14 2013 5:41 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Russian meteor gets meme-ified

It didn't take long for Friday's Chelyabinsk meteor explosion to turn into a meme. Russians pounced on the opportunity, and jokes about the event began appearing on the Internet nearly as soon as the news broke this morning. Of course, there's...

Published Fri, Feb 15 2013 1:50 PM by FP Passport

Indian F-16s, Cuban terrorists and Chilean retirement plans: Foreign-policy highlights of the Fox News-Google debate

In the last few presidential debates, the audiences seem to have provoked more controversy than the candidates. Two weeks ago we heard cheering for Rick Perry's prodigious record of executions, a week ago, cries of "Let him die!" were heard...

Published Fri, Sep 23 2011 8:09 AM by FP Passport

North Korean TV releases image of Dennis Rodman bowing to Kim Jong Un

As if Dennis Rodman calling Kim Jong Un an "awesome guy" whose people "love him" wasn't enough to stoke outrage about the former NBA star's utterly bizarre visit to North Korea this week, North Korean television is now running...

Published Fri, Mar 01 2013 9:24 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Kerry heads to Turkey for Syria talks

Kerry heads to Turkey for Syria talks Top News: Syria will be on the agenda as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Ankara, though the meeting has been overshadowed by recent comments about Israel made by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan....

Published Fri, Mar 01 2013 5:43 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: Egypt's constitutional crisis deepens

Egypt's constitutional crisis deepens Top news: Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court suspended its operations on Sunday, delaying a ruling on the legitimacy of two Islamist-dominated bodies: the constituent assembly that recently drafted a controversial...

Published Mon, Dec 03 2012 5:35 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

What did Vladimir Putin just call the United States?

In the run-up to yesterday's debt ceiling deal between Congress and the White House, there was a lot of frustrated reaction from world leaders fearful of what a U.S. debt crisis could mean for their own economies. But Russian Prime Minister Vladimir...

Published Mon, Aug 01 2011 1:21 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Russia, Eastern Europe

Brazilian prison gang holds 10-hour conference call

And you thought your company's meetings were too long. Jack Davis of InsightCrime writes : A Federal Police recording recently heard by Folha de Sao Paulo involves a 10-hour discussion between five members of the PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital Read...

Published Wed, Dec 05 2012 10:59 AM by FP Passport

Was there a conflict of interest behind the Nobel literature prize?

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Last week's decision to award the Nobel Prize in literature to Mo Yan was national news in China as state broadcasters broke into the regularly scheduled evening news to make...

Published Thu, Oct 18 2012 9:18 AM by FP Passport

Did China's economy overtake the U.S. in 2010?

Just in time for Hu Jintao's visit to Washington next week, economist Arvind Subramanian of the Peterson Institute for International Economics is coming out with a new set of GDP estimates showing that the Chinese economy may have actually surpassed...

Published Fri, Jan 14 2011 8:48 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: China, Economics

For Tunisia, many questions linger

Events are still moving quickly in Tunisia, where word has just come out that 87-year-old Fouad Mebaza, the speaker of the lower house of parliament, is now the n ew interim president after someone (we don't know who) determined that yesterday's...

Published Sat, Jan 15 2011 3:22 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East, North Africa

Court strikes down Berlusconi immunity

As expected, Italy's constitutional court has ammended the law protecting Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi from prosecution on bribery and tax fraud charges: Quoting "qualified sources", the Italian news agency Ansa said the court...

Published Thu, Jan 13 2011 9:44 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: NSA Technology Can Breach Computers Isolated From Web

NSA Technology Can Breach Computers Isolated From Web Top news: The U.S. National Security Agency has placed software on some 100,000 computers around the world that allow the agency to carry out surveillance and use those machines for cyber attacks,...

Published Wed, Jan 15 2014 6:02 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: Obama Set to Announce NSA Reforms

Obama Set to Announce NSA Reforms Top News : President Obama is set to reveal curbs on NSA spying. Obama is expected to establish a public advocate that would be present at the secret court that approves intelligence collection efforts. His announcement...

Published Fri, Jan 17 2014 5:47 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

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How does the U.S. minimum wage compare to those around the world?

Morning Brief: Syrian troops bombard rebel strongholds in Damascus

Russian meteor gets meme-ified

Indian F-16s, Cuban terrorists and Chilean retirement plans: Foreign-policy highlights of the Fox News-Google debate

North Korean TV releases image of Dennis Rodman bowing to Kim Jong Un

Morning Brief: Kerry heads to Turkey for Syria talks

Morning Brief: Egypt's constitutional crisis deepens

What did Vladimir Putin just call the United States?

Brazilian prison gang holds 10-hour conference call

Was there a conflict of interest behind the Nobel literature prize?

Did China's economy overtake the U.S. in 2010?

For Tunisia, many questions linger

Court strikes down Berlusconi immunity

Morning Brief: NSA Technology Can Breach Computers Isolated From Web

Morning Brief: Obama Set to Announce NSA Reforms