Fruit and veg goes digital in South America
Source: BBC A Colombian start-up with no former experience in retail is aiming to shake up the way people buy groceries online. Tech firm Grability has developed Rappi, a smartphone […]
Source: BBC A Colombian start-up with no former experience in retail is aiming to shake up the way people buy groceries online. Tech firm Grability has developed Rappi, a smartphone […]
Source: BBC A pin prick in the middle of the Atlantic, Ascension Island is a UK overseas territory and a haven for some of the world’s biggest fish. It recently […]
Source: The Guardian By Archie Bland Even before the Zika virus, mosquitoes were the deadliest creatures on the planet. But gene modification means these blood suckers’ days might be numbered. […]
Rafael Nash | Friday, February 12, 2016 Five years of conflict have killed more than a quarter-million people, created Europe’s biggest refugee crisis since World War II and allowed the Islamic State to carve out its own territory across parts of Syria and neighboring Iraq. They will continue their […]
OTHMAN MOHAMMAD Published — Friday 12 February 2016 It is a hallmark of depressed people that they give up on hope. Life for these people can seem void of color, so mundane that it is not worth living any more. Any energy spent on the face of earth seems such […]
SHEIKH SALMAN AL-OADAH Published — Friday 12 February 2016 A man reviled Abu Bakr in the presence of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). The Prophet remained seated. He looked pleased and smiled. He insulted Abu Bakr twice, but Abu Bakr controlled himself and remained silent. He insulted him for […]
Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman SPA Published — Friday 12 February 2016 Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, on Thursday led the delegation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia taking part in the meeting of the international coalition […]
Feb 11,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – George S. Hishmeh These days, focus on the Middle East, particularly the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, has virtually disappeared. The position of the Palestinians, led by the Palestine Liberation Organisation, hardly makes it into the US media. Americans are nowadays more involved in […]
By Reuters – Feb 11,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev holds a meeting on the situation in banking in the Gorki residence, outside Moscow, Russia, Monday (AP photo) MUNICH — Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev raised the spectre of a permanent or a world war if […]
Feb 11,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – JONATHAN POWER We in the world outside the US do not have a vote in the US presidential election in November. But that does not stop most of us from having a strong opinion on who should win. Very few non-Americans would vote Republican […]
Feb 11,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI Aleppo today is frightening almost beyond description and comprehension. One of the world’s ancient centres of civilisation is bombed and sieged, its inhabitants tortured and starved to death, and hundreds of thousands of fleeing refugees do not know if they will […]
By Reuters – Feb 11,2016 – JORDAN TIMES A Palestinian schoolgirl walks past the remains of a house destroyed during the 2014 Israeli aggression as she returns to her home on a winter day in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday (Reuters photo) GENEVA — The UN human […]
Source: The Guardian Two former international development secretaries have called for an inquiry into the way in which UK counter-terrorism laws are hampering the humanitarian work of Islamic charities, including […]
Source: Crux The day before Pope Francis will arrive in Mexico for the start of a five-day visit that includes a stop along the US-Mexico border, Donald Trump says that Francis […]
The US has backed anti-government rebels and more than a dozen countries are involved in the civil war Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden 29 comments Bashar al-Assad has resisted international calls to step down EPA Bashar al-Assad has vowed to retake the whole of Syria by force, even as diplomats continue increasingly […]
Source: Time Scientists have confirmed Einstein’s theory of gravitational waves more than a century after the concept was first proposed, a dramatic discovery that could change the practice of astronomy, researchers announced Thursday. In September, laser facilities in Washington state and Louisiana both recorded the same distortion in space—measured as […]
Source: Daily Times It is a losing proposition for liberals to engage the clergy, especially given that there are no liberal scholars of Islam grounded in Islamic history and jurisprudence, at least in Pakistan, who can challenge the established sectarian narratives of Barelvis and Deobandis Justice A R Cornelius, being […]
Source: Huffington Post By Atif Rashid Freelance writer, community events organiser, speaker on religious platforms and aspiring journalist One shouldn’t be too surprised over the endless pursuit of issues regarding Muslim […]
Jakarta. International human rights advocacy group Human Rights Watch urged President Joko Widodo’s administration to lift a ban on the Ahmadiyah religious community placed by local authorities in Subang, West Java. The New York-based watchdog said Subang district officials and Muslim clerics issued a letter that bans all Ahmadiyah activities […]
Mosque of Ahmadiyah community is being banned from any religious activities by the Bekasi government. TEMPO/Dian Triyuli Handoko HOMEEDITORIAL WEDNESDAY, 10 FEBRUARY, 2016 | 16:34 WIB TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The expulsion of Ahmadiyah followers from Bangka has shown once again the weakness of the state when it comes to protecting minorities. […]