Bill Gates On His Top 5 Books For Summer Reading
Noah Kirsch , FORBES STAFF I cover the world’s most successful people. In between board meetings at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation—the world’s largest private charity—Bill Gatesworks to sate […]
One person forced to flee every second in 2016, report says
DAILY SABAH WITH WIRES ISTANBUL Internally displaced people sit at a makeshift camp for IDPs in al-Jarahi, south of the Red Sea port city of Houdieda, Yemen, Feb. 22, 2017. […]
The Silk Road: Glorious Past and Even Brighter Future
By H.E. PANG Sen, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Iran The Silk Road: Glorious Past and Even Brighter Future May 22, 2017 Over 2,000 years ago, an official delegation sent by the Chinese Emperor arrived in this piece of land after an arduous long journey. The road he […]
An untold economic success story in Syria
May 19,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Hidden almost literally under the rubble of war in Syria is an economic success story that is rarely told. Hanan Odah is a 30-year-old Palestinian refugee living in Jaramana refugee camp in Damascus. She supports her family of three, displaced several times, from a thriving […]
A guide to all you need to know about Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia
ARAB NEWS | Published — Wednesday 17 May 2017 JEDDAH: US President Donald Trump’s first official foreign trip since taking office will include three key summits on May 20-21, attended […]
The insecurity of inequality
May 16,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Kaushik Basu Global inequality today is at a level last seen in the late nineteenth century — and it is continuing to rise. With it has come a surging sense of disenfranchisement that has fuelled alienation and anger, and even bred nationalism and xenophobia. As […]
These will be the 32 most powerful economies in the world by 2050
Will Martin, Business Insider Saturday 18 February 2017 By 2050, the world is likely to have changed drastically from what we know now, and the planet’s economic and financial landscape will be no exception. A report from professional services giant PwC looks at which economies around the world will be […]
Women’s Contribution to Classical Islamic Civilisation: Science, Medicine and Politics
Source: Muslim Heritage By Salim Al-Hassani While there are numerous works on the role of Muslim women in jurisprudence (fiqh) and literature and there are also studies on Muslim women in […]
SWISS SALARIES: PASTORS: Why do Swiss clergy earn so much?
By Veronica DeVore APR 10, 2017 A Catholic priest and a Protestant pastor blessed the new Gotthard rail tunnel at its opening in June 2016(Keystone) Are Swiss pastors really […]
TWO NEIGHBORS: PALESTINIAN AND ISRAELI SEAMSTRESSES BROUGHT TOGETHER BY FASHION BRAND IN BID FOR PEACE
INDYSTYLE TWO NEIGHBORS: PALESTINIAN AND ISRAELI SEAMSTRESSES BROUGHT TOGETHER BY FASHION BRAND IN BID FOR PEACE Seamstresses and embroiders at Two Neighbours meet bi-annually / Two Neighbors The clothing brand […]
More Evidence Supporting the House of Debt
AUGUST 8, 2014 BY ATIF MIAN AND AMIR SUFI Economists of all stripes are baffled by continued economic weakness in the United States. The easiest way to see the weakness is to compare where we are in terms of GDP today relative to historical trend growth, something we did in […]
Immigration: To be or not to be
The great immigration debate has to become the great rethinking and restructuring debate. Charlie Brown is right when he says: “No problem is too big and complicated that it can’t be run away from.” In both the US and EU, the focus is increasingly on the problem of immigration. President […]
Exclusive – After Islamic State defeat, broken Iraqi farmers weigh heavy losses
Reuters International FEB 13, 2017 – Parts of a bulldozer are seen at a farm in the town of Basheeqa, Iraq, February 8, 2017. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad (reuters_tickers) By Michael Georgy and Maha El Dahan QARAQOSH, Iraq/ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Sami Yuhanna was making a decent living as a wheat […]
Egyptian exports to Gaza signal better ties with Hamas
Reuters International FEB 8, 2017 By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) – Egypt has eased restrictions at a tightly-controlled border with the Gaza trip in a sign of improved relations with the Palestinian territory’s Islamist rulers. Truckloads of goods ranging from steel to fish have rolled into the enclave in […]
Starbucks to hire 10,000 refugees worldwide over next 5 years after Trump ban
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL In this Dec. 7, 2016, file photo, Starbucks Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz speaks during the Starbucks 2016 Investor Day meeting in New York. (AP […]
Tumultuous Times’Political Uncertainty Has Doubled the Around World’
In an interview, Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom, 43, discusses the era of political uncertainty that has been unleashed with Donald Trump’s presidency and Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. Interview Conducted by Peter Müller Standford economist Nicholas Bloom January 23, 2017 SPIEGEL: Professor Bloom, Donald Trump was sworn in […]
Muslim job-seekers ARE disadvantaged, Government admits
KATE PROCTOR Friday 13 January 2017 The Government has admitted Muslims are held back in the jobs market Shutterstock Muslims are held back in the jobs market, the Government admits — saying universities and job centres could play a big role in tackling inequality. Britain’s 2.7 million Muslims were found […]
World’s eight richest as wealthy as half humanity, Oxfam tells Davos
Reuters International JAN 16, 2017 – The logo of the World Economic Forum is seen through a wooden sculpture in the congress center of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland January 15, 2017. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich (reuters_tickers) By Ben Hirschler DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Just […]
This year’s World Economic Forum in Davos will focus on the threat of right-wing populism for the first time ever
Anyone can see why people believe the WEF is out of touch – only 20 per cent of attendees are women, and most argue that poverty has ‘already been solved’. But it’s interesting that they are now concerned about populism, which threatens their own power Satyajit Das Each year in […]
When global leaders meet: WEF’s biggest moments
TOUGH ISSUES, TOP LEADERS JAN 9, 2017 – How did a remote Swiss mountain resort, and the highest town in Europe, become the site for the most important leaders from around the world to meet and debate pressing global challenges? (SRF, swissinfo.ch, cp) Born in Germany, Klaus Schwab became a […]