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Category Archives: World Today
U.S. universities with most international students
Guess which US universities host the most international students? Here’s the list of the 25 US universities which had the largest number of international students in 2010-2011. These 25 universities had a total of 144,359 international students – or 20 … Continue reading
What international students students in America
The number of international students in the United States rose from 690,923 in 2009-2010 to 723,277 in 2010-2011, a 4.7 per cent increase, according to the Open Doors Data from the Institute of International Education. But what are the subjects … Continue reading
Top destinations for American students
The United Kingdom continues to attract the largest number of students from the United States, according to the Open Doors Data from the Institute of International Education. The number of American students abroad went up by 3.9 per cent from … Continue reading
Asian students in America
The number of students from Singapore went up from 4,051 in 2009-2010 to 4,356 in 2010-2011, but Singapore is not on the list of 25 countries that send the most number of students to the United States, as we saw … Continue reading
Top 25 countries sending students to USA
The largest number of international students in the United States is from China, and they are a growing band. Their number went up from over 127,800 in 2009-2010 to more than 157,500 in 2010-2011, an increase of more than 23 … Continue reading
Queen Elizabeth’s diamond jubilee
Today marks the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II’s accession to the throne. The queen been on the throne for longer than any other monarch except Queen Victoria, who reigned from 1837 to 1901. Tweet
G-20 countries on Economic Freedom Index
The United States, as we saw earlier, is 10th Canada sixth and Australia third on the Heritage Foundation’s 2012 Economic Freedom Index. Among the other major economies, the United Kingdom is 14th, Japan 22nd, Germany 26th, South Korea 31st, Mexico … Continue reading
Singapore second freest economy: Heritage Foundation
Singapore is the second freest economy in the 2012 Heritage Foundation Economic Freedom Index after Hong Kong. Singapore stands out for having the lowest unemployment rate as well as the lowest government spending as a percentage of the gross domestic … Continue reading
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World’s highest paid leaders and their economies
Singapore’s ministers remain the highest paid in the world even after proposed pay cuts, with even junior ministers getting more than President Barack Obama, as we saw in a previous post yesterday. But then the Singapore economy has been doing … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore, World Today Tagged economy, gini coefficient, GNI, gross national income, per capita, unemployment Comments Off
Obama’s Middle East speech
Here is the text of his speech, from The Telegraph: Tweet
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