by Isobel Leybold in Zurich, swissinfo.ch Insect expert Hans Rudolf Herren’s work in tackling the devastating cassava mealybug crop pest in Africa saved millions of lives and won him the 1995 World Food Prize. Herren, the subject of a new biography, tells swissinfo.ch how he managed to naturally control the bug […]
Polish PM Donald Tusk (R) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (L) The euro debt crisis, Schengen border controls and carbon emission reduction were the key topics of the joint session of the Polish government and the College of EU Commissioners held on Friday in the Chancellery of the […]
By KHALIL HANWARE | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Jeddah has been ranked as one of the top 10 cheapest cities in the world, according to the Worldwide Cost of Living (2011) survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Karachi was the cheapest, while Tokyo was the most expensive. Jeddah came […]
DAMASCUS (Agencies) – Syria opened a “national dialogue” on Sunday that it hailed as a step towards multi-party democracy after five decades of Baath Party rule, but its credibility was undermined by an opposition boycott, Agence France-Presse reported. The foreign ministry, meanwhile, called in the French and US ambassadors to […]
By Omar Obeidat AMMAN –– Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries are aware of the financial and energy challenges facing Jordan and are willing to extend further support to the Kingdom, Minister of Finance Mohammad Abu Hammour said Sunday. “Saudi Arabia and the other brotherly Gulf countries have always supported […]
The Catholic Church in Germany plans to open up a decade of personnel files to criminologist researchers, according to a magazine report, in a bid to facilitate an independent investigation into sexual abuse at Church-run institutions. News magazine Der Spiegel said bishops have decided to allow the Criminological Research Institute […]