On his first official visit to Asia, President Obama has sought to reassure China that the United States does not want to contain its rise, but rather welcomes “a strong and prosperous ... member of the community of nations.”

When Neil Armstrong stepped on the lunar surface and announced, “We came in peace for all mankind,” it marked a fundamental break with the long history of human exploration.

President Barack Obama will have a lot on his agenda when he visits China this week as part of his four-nation Asia trip.

As a founder of Human Rights Watch, Robert L. Bernstein is a distinguished moral voice. So he stunned the human rights community last week when he leveled a devastating attack on the work of the organization he chaired for two decades.

Farming, which many city folk once associated primarily with children's books and distinctive if not entirely flattering tan lines, is suddenly in vogue.

The international climate negotiations that have been grinding on for years may have crossed a Rubicon of sorts. That's because a new model of engagement for some nations is receiving wide attention.

I've just returned home to New York from a week in Los Angeles, where I discovered yet another topic used to fuel the tedious Los Angeles/New York debate.

Politicians love photo ops. So when Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., appeared alongside Hamid Karzai as the beleaguered Afghan president announced that he would agree to a runoff election, it was hardly surprising.

When China releases its third-quarter GDP figures Thursday, it will likely post growth that's the envy of a recession weary globe. Some analysts project the world's third-largest economy will easily surpass the government's 8 percent expansion target.

Recently, I found a US$100 bill on the sidewalk. It was there, outside a store entrance. No one else in sight. Just me and the money. I kept it.