By Reuters – May 09,2016 -JORDAN TIMES Russian S-400 Triumph medium-range and long-range surface-to-air missile systems are seen during the Victory Day parade at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on Monday (Reuters photo) MOSCOW — Russia rolled out an air defence missile system of the kind used to […]
May 09,2016 – Jordan Times – Yanis Varoufakis The financial meltdown of 2008 prompted calls for a global financial system that curtails trade imbalances, moderates speculative capital flows and prevents systemic contagion. That, of course, was the goal of the original Bretton Woods system. But such a system today would […]
Arab News | Published — Tuesday 3 May 2016 RIYADH: Saudi Binladin Group has lost billions since the government refused to grant it additional contracts after last year’s crane crash in Makkah that killed 107 people, for which the firm was found partially responsible, according to a local media report […]
For years, oil analysts have suggested that Saudi reserves are nothing like the kingdom claims them to be Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 28 April 2016 Just like his adventure in Yemen, Saudi Arabia’s young Deputy Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman got it all wrong this week. It’s not Saudi Arabia […]
During the financial crisis, the central banks of the United States, United Kingdom and Japan created $3.7 trillion in order to buy assets and encourage investors to do the same. […]
ALPINE RESEARCH Iron Age man was a fan of Swiss cheese APR 26, 2016 – 19:25 Dominique Yersin produces Etivaz cheese on the Le Grin alpine pasture at Chateau d’Oex […]
By AFP – Apr 21,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Photo courtesy of ecologikol.com WASHINGTON — Global warming could make the planet far hotter than currently projected because today’s scientific models do not correctly account for the influence of clouds, researchers recently said. The study in the journal Science was […]
By Agencies – Apr 18,2016 – JORDAN TIMES In this July 23, 2015, photo, two Palestinian boys stand outside a tent (background) watching workers rebuild a house which was destroyed during the 2014 summer war between Israel and Hamas, as the long-awaited reconstruction began in Shijaiyah neighbourhood, eastern Gaza […]
Round the World flight Apr 14, 2016 – 17:47 Solar Impulse 2 during a maintenance flight over Hawaii in March 2016 (Keystone) The Swiss solar plane Solar Impulse 2 is now in ‘mission mode’ in anticipation of taking off for North America from Hawaii where it had been grounded […]
By Jacopo Ottaviani Photography and design: Isacco Chiaf Over 40 million tonnes of electric and electronic waste (also known as e-waste) are produced worldwide every year. That is boundless heaps of refrigerators, computers, television sets, ovens, telephones, air conditioning units, lamps, toasters and other electric and electronic devices, with a […]
Social April 6, 2016 TEHRAN – The Golden Eagle Danube Express luxury train, carrying 74 tourists from the U.S., the Netherlands, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Australia, arrived in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz on Tuesday. The tourists paid visits to Azarbaijan Museum, Blue Mosque, and Grand Bazaar and […]
CHOCOLATE MONEY Where is Swiss chocolate most popular? By Jo Fahy, Filipa Cordeiro and Thomas Stephens MAR 29, 2016 – 16:41 Switzerland has a longstanding reputation for making exquisite chocolate, […]
By Agencies – Mar 28,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – Yossi Abu, chief executive of Delek’s subsidiaries Delek Drilling and Avner Oil, reads the ruling of Israel’s supreme court decision to temporarily block a landmark natural gas agreement, announced late on Sunday (Reuters photo) TEL AVIV — Israel’s top court […]
By AFP – Mar 27,2016 – JORDAN TIMES A picture taken on March 9, 2016, shows towers under construction at the King Abdullah Financial District in the Saudi capital Riyadh. Towers in the complex are being built by the Saudi Oger Company and other constructors (AFP photo) RIYADH — […]
HALAL PRODUCTS Swiss firms look to profit from halal market By Abdelhafidh Abdeleli MAR 25, 2016 – 08:00 A Bern-based company operating for more than two decades has provided halal certificates to over 200 companies around the world (Keystone) Swiss and European food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic firms must tread carefully […]
Source: Pew Research Center A majority of Americans predict that within 50 years, robots and computers will do much of the work currently done by humans – but few workers expect their own jobs or professions to experience substantial impacts BY AARON SMITH From self-driving vehicles and semi-autonomous robots to […]
By Syed Muhammad Saleh Nasser & Syed Muhammad Tahir Nasser Economic inequality is bad news for both rich and poor, as economists are slowly realising. House of Debt, acclaimed by the Financial Times as the “most important economics book” of 2015, by Princeton’s Professors of Economics, Atif Mian and Amir Sufi, demonstrated […]
By Veronica DeVore swissinfo.ch FEB 19, 2016 – 11:00 Two participants in a food service apprenticeship for refugees show off their creations. Launched in 2006 on a national level, the programme now continues to be run by canton Lucerne. (Hotel & Gastro Formation) After first testing the waters […]
BalazsPenz February 8, 2016 Slumping crude prices drain reserves, prompt devaluations President Aliyev faces worst unrest in a decade as prices jump For Azerbaijan, plunging foreign reserves and two currency devaluations last year provided a stern test for the energy-reliant nation. For its long-time leader, the economic and political challenges […]
By AP – Feb 04,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Aerial view of the solar plant of Ouarzazate, central Morocco, on Thursday (AP photo) OUARZAZATE, Morocco — Morocco’s King Mohammed VI […]