Asia’s population of millionaires outpaced that of North America for the first time last year, but the total net worth of the world’s wealthiest people declined in the face of global economic uncertainty. The newest World Wealth Report says the Asia-Pacific region was home to 3.37 million people having $1 million or more to invest, […]
Asia Number One Home of World’s Millionaires
Posted June 20th, 2012 at 2:20 am (UTC-5)
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Aung San Suu Kyi Thanks Britain for Years of Support
Posted June 19th, 2012 at 6:45 pm (UTC-5)
Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi thanked the British people for two-and-a-half decades of support during the start of her visit to Britain Tuesday, on her 67th birthday. She left the country and her husband and sons there 24 years ago when she returned to Burma to take care of her sick mother. She […]
Aung San Suu Kyi Returns to Oxford After 24 Years
Posted June 19th, 2012 at 3:10 pm (UTC-5)
Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has visited her alma mater, Oxford University, for the first time since she left to return to Burma and care for her sick mother 24 years ago. The opposition leader attended Oxford in the 1960s and raised her family in the British university town until 1988. She did […]
Report: Asians Pass Hispanics as Largest Wave of New Immigrants to US
Posted June 19th, 2012 at 1:45 pm (UTC-5)
A new study says Asian Americans have overtaken Hispanics as the largest group of new immigrants arriving in the United States each year. The report released Tuesday by a U.S.-based think tank, the Pew Research Center, also found that Asian Americans are the “highest-income, best-educated and fastest growing racial group in the United States.” The […]
Burma President Promises ‘Second Wave’ of Reforms
Posted June 19th, 2012 at 6:15 am (UTC-5)
Burmese President Thein Sein has promised what he calls a “second wave of reforms” aimed at developing the impoverished country’s long-stagnant economy. Since taking office last year, the former army general has already presided over several political reforms, including the release of hundreds of political prisoners and allowing opposition groups back into politics. He said […]
24 Years Later, Aung San Suu Kyi Returns to Britain
Posted June 19th, 2012 at 4:15 am (UTC-5)
Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi continues her European tour Tuesday in Britain, where she will reunite with family after leaving the country nearly a quarter century ago. The Nobel laureate, who turns 67 Tuesday, will participate in a panel discussion at the London School of Economics before attending a family reunion in Oxford. […]
Burma: Two Sentenced to Death for Rape-Murder That Sparked Clashes
Posted June 19th, 2012 at 3:35 am (UTC-5)
Burmese state media say two men have been sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a woman in a case that helped trigger deadly clashes between Buddhists and Muslims. The state-run New Light of Myanmar said Tuesday the verdict was delivered by a court in western Rakhine state, where officials say over 50 […]
Report: Asians Pass Hispanics as Largest Wave of New Immigrants to US
Posted June 19th, 2012 at 2:45 am (UTC-5)
A new study says Asian Americans have overtaken Hispanics as the largest group of new immigrants arriving in the United States each year. The report released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center also found that Asian Americans were the “highest-income, best-educated and fastest growing racial group in the United States.” The study, entitled “The Rise […]
Twenty-four Years Later, Aung San Suu Kyi Returns to Britain
Posted June 19th, 2012 at 1:30 am (UTC-5)
Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi continues her whirlwind European tour Tuesday in Britain, where she will reunite with family after leaving the country nearly a quarter century ago. The Nobel laureate, who turns 67 on Tuesday, will participate in a panel discussion at the London School of Economics before attending a family reunion […]
Twenty-four Years Later, Aung San Suu Kyi Returns to Britain
Posted June 19th, 2012 at 1:07 am (UTC-5)
Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi continues her whirlwind European tour Tuesday in Britain, where she will reunite with family after leaving the country nearly a quarter century ago. The Nobel laureate, who turns 67 on Tuesday, will participate in a panel discussion at the London School of Economics before attending a family reunion […]
