Science tells us – we are driven by our Unconscious – TechNation Radio Podcast
Moira speaks with Yale psychology professor John Bargh about “Before You Know It – The Unconscious Reasons We Do What We Do”. And on Tech Nation Health, a radical new […]
Fitch revises outlook on Pakistan’s ratings to negative
Source: ET KARACHI: Fitch Ratings has announced that it has revised the outlook on Pakistan’s long-term foreign and local currency issuer default ratings to negative from stable and has affirmed ‘B’ rating for both the categories. In an assessment released on its website on Thursday, Fitch – one of the […]
Muslims should not allow west to ‘dictate’ true meaning of Islam: VP al Azhar University
Source: ET Vice President (VP) of al Azhar University in Egypt, Mahmood Ahmed Hashim, has said that Muslims cannot allow the west to dictate the meaning of Islam to them, according to Express News. Talking to reporters at an invitational event in Karachi Press Club, Hashim sought to inform the local […]
South Korea hospital fire kills at least 37 people
Source: BBC At least 37 people have been killed and more than 70 injured in a fire at a hospital in South Korea. The blaze is thought to have started in the emergency room at Sejong Hospital in the south-eastern city of Miryang. About 200 patients were inside the building […]
Jerusalem is a city of hope that should bring us together — King Abdullah of Jordan
One-state solution will hold challenging obstacles to Israel By JT – Jan 25,2018 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah talks to CNN’s Fareed Zakaria during a WEF session in […]
Blackmail will not work
Jan 25,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh It goes without saying, that we in this part of the world have been largely disappointed with the US stand regarding […]
We don’t have Plan B for Mideast peace at this stage — King Abdullah of Jordan
By JT – Jan 25,2018 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdulah talks to CNN’s Fareed Zakaria during a WEF session in Davos on Thursday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) […]
“Audi man”,
Source: The Local Kim So-Yeon and Gerhard Schröder with South Korean President Moon Jae-in in September. Photo: DPA Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder will marry a South Korean translator 26 years his junior after his fourth marriage fell apart, he said on Thursday. The 73-year-old former German leader – whose […]
‘Verbal attacks have become part of everyday Jewish life in Germany’
Source: The Local People demonstrating against anti-Semitism in Berlin in 2014. Photo: DPA The head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany argued in an interview that much more educational work needs to be done in schools to combat anti-Semitism. Dr. Josef Schuster, head of the Central Council of Jews, […]
On the front line it seems as if Syria’s war against Islamists is far from over
Exclusive: All around Sinjar and its broken villages, there is mud. Tanks and guns always turn soil into brown liquid which quickly becomes bog Robert Fisk Sinjar, Northern Syria @indyvoices […]
Why India Should Be Grateful to Alauddin Khilji
Source: Siasat There is a lot of controversy regarding Alauddin Khilji in the wake of the new Bollywood film, “Padmavati,” which purports to depict Khilji’s conquest of Chittor in 1303 […]
‘Doomsday Clock’ ticked forward 30 seconds to 2 minutes to midnight
Guardian: The risk to global civilisation is as high today as it has ever been in the face of twin threats, nuclear weapons and climate change, a group of leading scientists has announced, putting a significant share of the blame on the Trump administration. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved […]
Quebec opposition parties balk at making mosque shooting
thestar.com The National Council of Canadian Muslims is asking for the Jan. 29 anniversary of the mass shooting one year ago to become a day of action on Islamophobia. But the Parti Quebecois and the Coalition Avenir Quebec say the term Islamophobia is too controversial. MONTREAL—The head of an influential […]