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UNION

COMMENTARY / World
Jan 25, 2016
Britain facing a watershed year
A vote against EU membership, especially in such a dangerous international environment, would truly be an irrational move for Britain.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 15, 2016
Obama calls for bipartisanship while sabotaging it
In his final State of the Union, President Barack Obama offered a hopeful vision of the future while also expressing little interest in achieving it over the next 12 months.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health / FOCUS
Jan 8, 2016
Tracing the origin of North Korea's nuclear weapons program
The godfathers of North Korea's nuclear weapons program were an elderly trio: a nuclear physicist, a military general and a broker with contacts in Pakistan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 29, 2015
Can the Islamic State threat unify Europe?
If recent events have taught us anything, it is that threats to the EU stem not from inadequate fiscal risk-sharing, but from insufficient coordination on foreign-policy and security challenges.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 20, 2015
FDA gives nod to genetically engineered 'Frankenfish' fast-growing salmon as food
A genetically engineered animal for human consumption was approved by U.S. regulators for the first time, allowing AquaBounty Technologies Inc. to begin marketing its faster-growing salmon — a creation critics have dubbed "Frankenfish."
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 8, 2015
Voting proceeds smoothly in Myanmar's first free election for 25 years
Voting unfolded smoothly in Myanmar on Sunday with no reports of violence to puncture a mood of jubilation marking the Southeast Asian nation's first free nationwide election in 25 years, its biggest stride yet in a journey from dictatorship to democracy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 27, 2015
Europe's messiah complex
Britain's debate over its membership of the European Union is bound to end badly because whatever U.K. voters decide, they'll come to regret it.
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2015
EU slaps DVD drive-makers with €116 fine
Brussels

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