{"id":2914,"date":"2014-03-18T07:00:09","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T22:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.irken.jp\/gn\/?p=2914"},"modified":"2014-05-23T18:36:03","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T09:36:03","slug":"318-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.irken.jp\/gn\/?p=2914","title":{"rendered":"3\/18 Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

For bellwether Japan and the rest of the world, the Wall Street Journal<\/a> <\/em>writes the key to growth amid graying demographics \u201cwill be finding new solutions to engage older Americans in the workforce.\u201d According to the Chicago Tribune<\/em><\/a>, the missing Malaysia Airlines flight should provide another clear call to action. Authorities everywhere should be availing themselves of Interpol\u2019s passport database to verify each passenger\u2019s identity.<\/p>\n

Euromoney<\/em><\/a> notes that just about everybody was wrong-footed at the beginning of 2014 \u201cas new depths of pessimism about emerging markets were plumbed.\u201d Sensing another debacle, Forbes<\/em> <\/a>sounds the alert that Singapore is Iceland in the making. It may just be a matter of time before \u201cits economic bubble is punctured.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also looking to the future, the Financial Times<\/a> writes that with Germany on board, there is now \u201ca better chance of EU nations supporting tough sanctions if Mr Putin\u2019s aggression escalates.\u201d USA Today<\/a> cautions that nobody should mislead themselves about Putin. \u201cIt would be foolish to think that Putin\u2026will do anything other than press the objective he has pursued for years: restoring the historic subjugation of Ukraine to Russia\u2019s will.\u201d<\/p>\n

Putin was not the only autocrat being called out for behaving poorly. The Wall Street Journal<\/em> <\/a>asserts that the U.N.\u2019s report on human rights abuse in North Korea \u201cdemands action,\u201d lauding the quality and objectivity of the report.<\/p>\n

While the likes of Putting and Kim Jong-un might have to contend with sanctions, the LA Times<\/a> reports that vulnerabilities in the nation\u2019s electricity grid could leave the golden state, indeed the entire nation, without electricity for a year or more. And that\u2019s just some of the illumination found in the news last week.<\/p>\n

…..<\/p>\n

Last week\u2019s Global News highlights appear below and also at http:\/\/www.irken.jp\/gn\/<\/a> where stories for this week will soon appear. As always, links are provided to the original source so you can get further detail, but please note these are frequently updated and links that were valid at publication may later be broken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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