Desperation reigns amid the 380,000 refugees in Dadaab, a sprawling “tent city” in northeastern Kenya. Africa’s biggest refugee camp is home to more than 250,000 people who have fled the ongoing conflict in Somalia I am tying my shoelaces when the early morning call to prayer begins to sound over […]
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 […]
GRIM number of the week: 14,087,000. Fourteen million, in round numbers — that is how many Americans are now officially out of work. Word came Friday from the Labor Department that, despite all the optimistic talk of an economic recovery, unemployment is going up, not down. The jobless rate rose […]
The financial crisis “almost certainly” led to an increase in suicides across Europe, health experts say. The analysis by US and UK researchers found a rise in suicides was recorded among working age people from 2007 to 2009 in nine of the 10 nations studied. The increases varied between 5% […]
For the second month in a row, employers added barely any jobs in June, showing that the economic recovery has hit a serious speed bump. With all levels of government laying off workers, the Labor Department reported that employers eked out just 18,000 new nonfarm payroll jobs in June. The […]
ABENGOUROU, Ivory Coast—President Alassane Ouattara is trying to restore the economy of the world’s largest cocoa producer, but many farmers here continue to smuggle beans out of the West African […]
Singapore. UBS, Switzerland’s largest bank, hired primatologist Jane Goodall’s services last week to give lessons in conservation and philanthropy to children of its clients in Singapore. Goodall, 77, who has studied chimpanzees since 1960 in Tanzania, gave a talk on getting involved with animal welfare, human rights and other causes […]
By Hani Hazaimeh AMMAN – His Majesty King Abdullah’s visit to Saudi Arabia was successful as the Saudis expressed their understanding of the economic challenges facing Jordan and pledged support for the Kingdom in the face of these challenges, Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Judeh said on Tuesday. In an […]
PARIS (Reuters) – Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn inched closer on Tuesday to having U.S. sex assault charges against him dropped although a complaint of assault in France could pose a further hurdle to any political comeback. The New York Post cited an unnamed senior investigator as saying prosecutors would […]
By IBRAHIM NAFFEE | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: A financial expert has warned of the possibility of foreign workers withdrawing their funds from Saudi banks over concerns about future job prospects in the Kingdom under the Nitaqat system. Fearing their inability to continue working in the Kingdom, many of the estimated […]
By ARAB NEWS Published: Jul 4, 2011 23:42 Updated: Jul 4, 2011 23:54 JEDDAH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah instructed the private and public sectors in the Kingdom to provide more employment opportunities to all graduates and other employment seekers. The king also congratulated graduates of all […]
Unknown attackers blow up Sinai pipeline that supplies gas to Jordan and Israel. A pipeline carrying gas from Egypt to Israel and Jordan has been hit by an explosion in the Sinai peninsula. The explosion on Monday sent flames into the sky, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. […]
By Omar Obeidat AMMAN – Qatar Electricity and Water Company (QEWC) is about to finalise a deal to purchase a stake in one of Jordan’s electricity generation plants based in Amman, according to the firm’s top executive. Fahd Hamad Al Mohannadi, QEWC general manager, told The Jordan Times through an […]
Two of the foreign ships experienced similar forms of sabotage, creating allegations of Israeli responsibility. The reports that two of the foreign flagged ships planning to be part of the ten vessel Freedom Flotilla II experienced similar forms of disabling sabotage creates strong circumstantial evidence of Israeli responsibility. It stretches […]
(CNN) — Iraq took control Friday of billions of dollars in oil revenues set aside by the United Nations following the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, money intended to be used build up the country’s economy. The U.N. Security Council hand over of the Development Fund for Iraq […]
By BADEA ABU AL-NAJA | ARAB NEWS MAKKAH: The practice of forcing children to beg and hawk goods is continuing unabated in the Kingdom despite the efforts of authorities to put an end to it. Child slavery rings have continued to evade the authorities, helped in no small part by […]
At least 100 overseas Filipino workers, most of them distressed household service workers, are due to arrive home from Jordan this month. Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said most of the workers are now sheltered at the Filipino Workers Resource Center (FWRC) at the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Amman. […]
Oil dipped below $95 per barrel Friday after China reported that manufacturing rose at the slowest pace in over two years in June, pointing to a possible slowdown in energy demand. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for August delivery was down 69 cents to $94.73 a barrel on […]
By ARAB NEWS MADINAH: Local livestock traders say there is a possibility that the price of sheep in the local market will increase dramatically in the near future. They attributed this mainly to the current political turmoil in some Arab countries, especially Syria which is regarded as a major exporter […]
PARIS — The biggest financial institutions in Germany followed the lead of their French counterparts Thursday by agreeing to roll over some of their holdings of Greek debt — a crucial step toward obtaining international agreement on a second bailout for the crippled Greek economy. The German finance minister, Wolfgang […]