Puerto Rico has a terminal case of the Blue Social Model. The island’s highest court has ruled that recent reforms of teachers’ pensions are unconstitutional.

On the heels of Japan’s recent apology to the Philippines for wartime brutality, the Japanese PM will meet with South Korea’s President to discuss the “comfort women” dispute.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott leaves Asia in triumph. He signed two free-trade agreements—one with Japan and the other with South Korea—and laid the groundwork for a third with China.

Two attacks by India’s Maoist rebels have left 14 dead. As national elections head into their second week, security forces will be on alert for more threats to millions of voters heading to the polls.

When it comes to explaining Russia’s Ukrainian adventurism, the West has attempted to hide behind a wall of myths and hope its problems will just go away.

Is the pillory making a comeback in the United States? It would actually be a more humane response to crime than the grotesque prison system we’ve built.

Good evening, TAI readers! We hope you’ve had a restful weekend. As you gear up for the week ahead, take the time to look back on what you may have missed over the last seven days:

Japan is officially turning its nuclear reactors back on after shunning the energy source in the wake of the Fukushima disaster. It’s a difficult decision, but one that’s expected to give a much-needed boost to the country’s fragile economy.

Millions of Chinese citizens were left without safe drinking water over the weekend after an oil pipeline ruptured.

Multiemployer pension plans were long considered some of the safest defined-benefit plans in the business, but more and more of them are collapsing.