Vietnam communists meet in secrecy to pick nation's leaders
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam's ruling Communist Party began an eight-day congress Thursday that starts an orchestrated transfer of power to new leaders who will face myriad challenges including...
View ArticleThree steps to building a successful student campaign
As a student you’re in a strong position to campaign, but it can be hard to know where to begin. Follow these tips to successfully build pressure for change...
View ArticleAnalysis: How can war-torn Yemen find peace?
Few things are more damaging and futile than a war without clear goals or clear enemies. This is one reason why the war in Yemen still continues, and why the recent UN-sponsored talks in Switzerland...
View ArticleAn early obsession with tech leadership drives Rajat Teotia to excel
In an exclusive Q&A with Renée Ward, Rajat Teotia, Co-Founder and CTO of LogicQuad Technologies, shares how he began his career in computer science in his teens. Self-taught, today he is one of the...
View ArticleDEWA and Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University organise lecture on Positive...
(Source: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority) Thu, 21 Jan 2016 Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) and Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University (HBMSU) have organised a lecture about positive...
View Article28th Ship for World Youth, Next Generation Global Leaders Programme 2016 (The...
(Source: The Office of Ethnic Communities of New Zealand) Naomi Simon-Kumar, a recent grad from our Youth Leaders programme, is heading off to Japan as part of the Ship for World Youth programme. 'A...
View ArticleShip for World Youth, Next Generation Global Leaders Programme 2016 (The...
(Source: The Office of Ethnic Communities of New Zealand) Naomi Simon-Kumar, a recent grad from our Youth Leaders programme, is heading off to Japan as part of the Ship for World Youth programme. 'A...
View ArticleBook Excerpt: Robert M. Gates on “A Passion for Leadership” (National...
(Source: National Constitution Center) Robert M. Gates, our 2011 Liberty Medal recipient, discusses valuable lessons in leadership he learned from four decades of personal experience. Gates is...
View ArticleOn a mission to create future Omani leaders
My motivation is to create leaders in Oman; those who are capable of making a desired change in the country. Every student member in the organisation has given me the motivation to apply for the...
View ArticleVanuatu General Election Interim Statement (Commonwealth Secretariat)
(Source: Commonwealth Secretariat) 'We congratulate the citizens of Vanuatu for participating peacefully and orderly in their 2016 General Election.' The Commonwealth Observer Group was invited here by...
View ArticleLimann Not A Weak Leader Prof. Addae-Mensah
Former President Hilla Limann was not a weak leader as he was perceived by his critics, a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof. Ivan Addae-Mensah, has said. “…Many people were saying...
View ArticleA CMO Super Hero
The IDC 2016 CMO FutureScape predicts CMO turnover continuing at 25 percent per year or higher through 2018. This is not surprising, because marketing is being disrupted and reinvented. The CMO must...
View ArticleOoredoo Appoints New Deputy Chief Financial Officer (Omani Qatari...
(Source: Omani Qatari Telecommunications Company SAOG) Muscat, 25 January 2016 - Ooredoo has welcomed Abdul Razzaq Al Balushi as its new Deputy Chief Finance Officer in the top layer of the...
View ArticleStudents Encouraged at Martin Luther King Jr. Day Luncheon to Pave the Way...
(Source: Point Park University) Tuesday, January 26, 2016 At the University's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Leadership Luncheon Jan. 18., Point Park Trustee Rep. Jake Wheatley Jr., D-Allegheny,...
View ArticleA Phenomenal Man Driven to See Children Succeed
Ron Clark the founder of Atlanta's Ron Clark Academy recently made yahoo news after his dance routine with his students went viral. The East Carolina native never intended on becoming a teacher nor did...
View ArticleLawrence establishing leadership position for spiritual and religious life...
(Source: Lawrence University) Tom and Julie Hurvis met in the late 1950s as undergraduates at Lawrence University. She devoted her life to people, especially those in need, and enthusiastic advocacy of...
View ArticleVietnam's Communist party meets to elect new leaders – Q&A
Communist party holds 12th congress this week to appoint the country’s new leaders, who will rule for next five years...
View ArticlePM Lee Hsien Loong at the debate on President's Address on 27 January 2016...
(Source: Prime Minister's Office of Singapore) Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the Motion. The President and many members of this House have spoken about the bracing challenges that we face in the...
View ArticleChasing appointees out of the classroom
A lot of questions rise to my mind on reading this, but the statement goes further and asks regional ministers to inform all MMDCES in their regions to strictly comply with the directive. Ridiculous...
View ArticleThe Leader as Global Citizen
Leaders are global citizens who recognize the reality of our shared humanity and common destiny. This realization is motivation to embark on a journey to create a more just world. On this journey,...
View ArticleLife Prep Should Include Problem-Based Learning, Failure & Leadership
John Buxton The students of today are different. They plan for the future at a young age. At Culver Academies, we see middle-school students initiating the admissions process to prepare for a desired...
View ArticleAtrocities against Dalits have increased since Modi came to power
BSP Chief Mayawati BSP president Mayawati on Thursday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi claiming that incidents of atrocities on Dalits have risen during his tenure. “After the formation of...
View ArticleOne-party rule best for Vietnam, says its leader
Newly re-elected Communist party general secretary Nguyen Phu Trong defends political system against ‘chaotic and unstable’ alternative...
View ArticleMayawati slams move to strip AMU, Jamia of minority status
BSP supremo Mayawati on Thursday charged the Narendra Modi government with attempting to strip AMU and Jamia Millia Islamia of their minority status and termed the move as “communally and politically...
View Article‘I Heard Russian People Don't Like to Smile. That's a Misunderstanding’...
(Source: Higher School of Economics) Sophia Cao is an international student taking a semester at HSE Moscow. She attends courses at the World Economy and International Affairs Faculty and at the Public...
View ArticleHow Change Happens
The last thing America needs is another "realist" or liberal compromiser as President. You never know what is possible until you fight for what is desirable. The realists are almost always wrong. The...
View ArticleAfter decades of struggle, Suu Kyi allies form Myanmar ruling party
Naypyidaw // Hundreds of lawmakers from Aung San Suu Kyi's National League of Democracy were sworn into Myanmar's parliament on Monday, with enough seats to choose the country's first democratically...
View ArticleHistoric moment: Suu Kyi’s allies form Myanmar’s ruling party after decades...
Hundreds of lawmakers from Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League of Democracy were sworn into Myanmar’s parliament on Monday, with enough seats to choose the country’s first democratically elected...
View ArticleMyanmar house begins new session dominated by Suu Kyi party
Myanmar’s National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrives for the opening of the new parliament in Naypyitaw on February 1, 2016. (Source: Reuters) Hundreds of lawmakers from Aung San Suu...
View ArticleDevelopment Asset of the Month - February (City of Morgan Hill, CA)
(Source: City of Morgan Hill, CA) Asset #8 YOUTH AS RESOURCES: Young people are given useful roles in the community. The Importance of Youth as Resources People of all ages want to feel that that they...
View ArticleQ&A: Fifa presidential candidate Gianni Infantino
How can Fifa possibly be redeemed? Surely we should scrap it and start again? I believe in a positive future for Fifa and world football. Details about how this positive future can be achieved are...
View ArticleYork University President’s message: A commitment to inclusive communities...
(Source: The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs) In the wake of the controversial York Student Centre painting, York University reaffirms its commitment to inclusion and announces a review of...
View ArticleMancham honoured with Africa Peace Award 2016
01-February-2016 Sir James R. Mancham, KBE, founding President of the Republic of Seychelles, has announced his acceptance of the Africa Peace Award, which the United Religions Initiative (URI) has...
View ArticleYisrayl Hawkins Proposes Plan to Educate Children in Peace Instead of War in...
ABILENE, Texas, Jan. 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Yisrayl Hawkins, Pastor and Overseer at The House of Yahweh in Abilene, Texas, has proposed a plan to educate children worldwide in peaceful living....
View ArticleUAE's challenge to turn youths into leaders
If all of the business and strategic leadership positions in the UAE are to be filled by Emiratis, then 64 per cent of Emiratis need to be leaders, according to research by Oxford Strategic Consulting....
View ArticleManagement can drive a firm forward
There are three common qualities that I have noticed in all leaders that, in my view, make them great. Great leaders want to change the world: A great leader is someone who desires to do something...
View ArticlePresident's message: A commitment to inclusive communities (York University)
(Source: York University) Mamdouh Shoukri, president and vice-chancellor of York University, has issued the following message to the University community: On Jan. 22, members of the York community...
View ArticleWant To Know Who Will Win The Election? Ask Our Students Channel One News...
NEW YORK, Feb. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Channel One News, a Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) company, today announced the launch of OneVote 2016, its celebrated student election that brings a year-long,...
View ArticleWant to Know Who Will Win the Election? Ask Our Students (Houghton Mifflin...
(Source: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company) Channel One News launches 2016's OneVote, the student election with a perfect record predicting our next president Feb 04, 2016 NEW YORK - Channel...
View ArticleGold standards Investors in People accreditation for First Shared Services...
(Source: Firstgroup plc) 04 Feb 2016 First Shared Services have been awarded Gold Level accreditation against the new Investors in People standard, demonstrating their commitment to realising the...
View ArticleWhy Europe Can't Create Leaders
The European Council's presidency, which rotates among the Union's member states every six months, is not in any capacity an executive post. Nor, however, is it a merely ceremonial office. One of those...
View ArticleTranscript of on-board media interaction with Vice President, en route from...
(Source: Ministry of External Affairs of the Republic of India) Opening Statement (Vice President Hamid Ansari): I hope everyone enjoyed the two very brief stopovers in Brunei and Bangkok. Brunei may...
View ArticleHaiti leaders agree to interim government amid protests
Port-au-Prince: Haitian leaders have agreed to install a caretaker government to take over from President Michel Martelly when he leaves power this weekend without an elected successor, a move that...
View ArticleDPJ holds 2016 party convention (The Democratic Party of Japan)
(Source: The Democratic Party of Japan) On January 30, the DPJ held its annual party convention for 2016 at a Tokyo venue. Following a guest speaker's address, President Katsuya Okada took to the...
View ArticleABA leaders address House delegates on progress diversifying profession,...
(Source: ABA - American Bar Association) ABA President Paulette Brown addresses the House of Delegates at the ABA Midyear Meeting in San Diego Referring to her address last August at the Annual Meeting...
View ArticleA family feud looms large over Iran's political future
Campaigning is in full swing for Iran's February 26 elections for both the parliament and the Council of Experts. They will be conducted amid the euphoria that has followed the nuclear deal with the...
View ArticleSuu Kyi allies form Myanmar rulling party after decades of struggle
Naypitaw (ANTARA News) - Hundreds of lawmakers from Aung San Suu Kyis National League of Democracy were sworn into Myanmars parliament on Monday, with enough seats to choose the countrys first...
View ArticleGovernment changes will bring about brighter future for UAE, FNC says
ABU DHABI // The youngest FNC member has praised the decision to appoint a young Cabinet member as a way to produce great leaders and encourage educated Emirati youths to take part in politics and...
View ArticleModi divided Hindu and Muslims and created anger in the country: Rahul Gandhi
Gandhi began his two-day visit to Kerala on Tuesday, during which he is set to meet party leaders to discuss strategies for the upcoming Assembly polls in the state. Asserting on the need to strike a...
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