Why it’s time the world stopped dancing to Israel’s tune
ROSS ANDERSON May 16, 2024 You would think, would you not, that after more than 75 years of being in places where it is not wanted, Israel would have grown […]
ROSS ANDERSON May 16, 2024 You would think, would you not, that after more than 75 years of being in places where it is not wanted, Israel would have grown […]
UN Photo/Manuel Elías Results of the General Assembly’s vote on the resolution on the status of the Observer State of Palestine. Facebook Twitter Print Email 10 May 2024Peace and Security The UN General […]
Richard C. CookECONOMICS 7th May 2024 Add Comment ©Shutterstock Richard C. Cook is a retired US government analyst who worked for the US Civil Service Commission, the Food and Drug […]
Professor Amtul Razzaq CarmichaelCONTEMPORARY AND SOCIAL ISSUES•SCIENCE, MEDICINE AND TECHNOLOGY 29th April 2024 Add Comment In the first part of this article, we are briefly introduced to two of the […]
Mar 25,2024 – JORDAN TIMES / Yuen Yuen Ang WASHINGTON, DC — “In an increasingly performance-oriented society, metrics matter. What we measure affects what we do,” argued the 2008 report of the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance. “If we have the wrong metrics, we will strive for the wrong things.” […]
KHALED ABOU ZAHR March 21, 2024 Tensions on the front line in Ukraine continue to grow, bringing forward the possibility — as French President Emmanuel Macron declared last week — […]
EURASIA The European Union’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, admitted that the “era of Western dominance has indeed definitively ended”. He warned that the EU must not divide the world into […]
OpinionRelationships Mandy Len Catron We want our partners to help clean, cook, parent, and remind us to go to the gym. It’s a lot to ask of one person – […]
DR. MAJID RAFIZADEH January 18, 2024 It is unacceptable that the Earth’s oceans — vast expanses of water that have long been considered the heartbeat of our planet — are […]
Oxfam predicts first trillionaire within a decade, with gap between rich and poor likely to increase Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent @RupertNeateMon 15 Jan 2024 Demonstrators in Davos on Sunday. A wealth […]
EHTESHAM SHAHID January 13, 2024 The Asian Development Bank’s 2023 report, “Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific,” explains the persistently relevant subject of poverty as one that “goes beyond […]
MAHA AKEEL January 12, 2024 In a TV interview during the UN General Assembly last September, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said power, especially at the Security Council, was not in his […]
History shows that we are unlikely to accept decline as a permanent state. If our current ruling class won’t stop it, sooner or later, majorities will clamor for someone who […]
“The unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza is the latest example of how the veto powers of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council – China, France, Russia, Britain […]
29th December 2023 As the world immerses itself in festive celebrations, a stark and harrowing contrast unfolds in the Holy Land. Here, there are no holidays, no family gatherings, only the […]
DR. MAJID RAFIZADEH December 21, 2023 As the number of nuclear weapons held by major powers is on the rise, the international community ought to put more effort into preventing […]
18th November 2023 Awwab Saad Hayat, Al Hakam In his Friday Sermon on 17 November 2023, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih Vaa, while urging for continuous prayers for Palestinians, said: “The […]
According to the World Bank’s latest Commodity Markets Outlook, the conflict’s effects on global commodity markets have been limited so far. Overall oil prices have risen about 6 percent since […]
The Economist says former President Trump presents the world’s “biggest danger” in 2024. Why it matters: The respected 180-year-old British newspaper said a “second Trump term would be a watershed in a way the first was not” and the “fate of the world” will depend on the ballots of “tens of thousands of […]
(Image credit: Edouard Taufenbach/Bastien Pourtout) By Hal Hershfield15th November 2023 Imagining a conversation with “future you” has multiple benefits for your wellbeing. There’s a classic short story by Ted Chiang in […]