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The enigma of artificial intelligence was on display at a UN Conference as experts looked at diametrically opposeing prospects that the use of new technology holds for the coming generations. Although the AI has great potential...

KUKA robot for flat glass handling Credit: KUKA Roboter GmbH, Bachmann/Wikimedia Commons As advances in artificial intelligence and robotics throw up a range of prospective socio-economic changes in the years ahead, Americans express concerns over implications...

Oakland, California, Photo: Basil D Soufi/Wikimedia Commons A decade after the global financial crisis, the prospects for a sustained economic recovery remain at risk due to a widespread failure on the part of leaders and policy-makers...

Photo I, Laslovarga/Wikimedia Commons The cloud hanging over the future of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program – which allows nearly 800,000 Dreamers to study and work in the United States – has touched off a...

Photo: Views and News EDITORIAL The Trump Administration’s announcement on ending Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) has challenged Congress to enact long-delayed but badly needed immigration reform that helps all Americans. But the Republican-controlled...

Green Peace March in Madrid 2015 Photo: OsvaldoGago/Wikimedia Young people all over the world feel climate change, conflicts and corruption pose serious challenges but they also believe in the power of technology for well-being of humanity....

American Muslim Institution, a Washington D.C.-based organization devoted to fostering interfaith dialogue, will host next month a conversation with some of the top journalists on challenges facing America’s diverse communities. The event on September 9 in...

The world is likely to live with trust and privacy issues in the years ahead as the dependence on the Internet is set to grow, according to a new report. Pew Research Center, which conducted with...

Does human activity – especially the burning of coal, oil, and natural gas – cause global warning?  The debate continues. In the meantime, threats posed by the Earth’s changing climate have been spelled out in newly...

Into its third longest expansion since 1850, the United States’ economy looks robust but it must also take steps to overcome new challenges for its sustained growth, a new report said Thursday. The U.S. economy has...