Conspiracy Theories: The Age of Post-reason
The age of post-reason Source: Jordan Times By Ali Kassay During the revolution against Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi, a highly educated man assured me that the West conspired to instigate […]
The world’s most popular countries
THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE By Food & Travel Desk Published: March 13, 2017 PHOTO: EXCLUSIVEPIX MEDIA Sweden, Canada and Switzerland have made it to the top three most popular countries in the world. The Reputation Institute has taken into consideration a number of markers in order to determine which countries have […]
World’s most powerful countries revealed
By News Desk Published: March 17, 2017 PHOTO: REUTERS US News and World Report released its latest edition of ‘Best Countries‘ study where they evaluated 80 countries on a wide range of criteria including citizenship, quality of life and cultural history. Another major marker was ‘power’, which measured how economically and […]
U.N. Says the World Is Facing the Largest Humanitarian Crisis Since 1945
Source: Time (UNITED NATIONS) — The U.N. humanitarian chief says the world faces the largest humanitarian crisis since 1945 with more than 20 million people in four countries facing starvation […]
Pope Francis, “it’s the start of World War III if there’s no dialogue”
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/pope-francis-declares-that-texting-at-the-dinner-table-will-lead-to-war_us_58adb879e4b03d80af71304d Carly LedbetterLifestyle Editor, The Huffington Post Your family and friends may hate it when you text at the dinner table, but there’s no way they’re as extreme as Pope Francis. The pope decried technology’s prominent seat at the dinner table in a speech to university students in Rome on Friday, […]
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 […]
Why Europe conquered the world
Feb 23,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Jonathan Power Eleven hundred years ago, Europe was a backwater. There were no grand cities, apart from Cordoba, in Spain, which was Muslim. The Middle East was much further ahead, still absorbing the intellectual delights and challenges of Greek science, medicine and architecture that Europeans […]
These will be the 32 most powerful economies in the world by 2050
Will Martin, Business Insider 20 hours ago 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 the […]
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 […]
9 key issues affecting girls and women around the world
Global Citizen: by Hans Glick — Flickr: sandeepachetan I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t always “get” the women in my life quite like I do my male friends and relatives—just ask my girlfriend, who is probably convinced I was raised by a pack of wolves considering how oblivious I […]
Christians Most Persecuted Religious Group In the World, Study Says
Source: Breitbart by NICK HALLETT28 Dec 2016 Christians are the most persecuted religious group in the world, with around 90,000 killed for their faith in 2016, the director of a […]
Religion and Education Around the World
Source: Pew Research Center Large gaps in education levels persist, but all faiths are making gains – particularly among women Jews are more highly educated than any other major religious […]
Muslim educational attainment
1. Muslim educational attainment Among the world’s major religious groups, Muslims have made some of the greatest gains in educational achievement in recent decades. The share of Muslim adults (ages 25 and older) with at least some formal schooling has risen by 25 percentage points in the past three generations, […]
Who Should Be TIME’s Person of the Year for 2016?
Source: Time For every year since 1927, TIME has selected the most influential person of the year. From presidentstoprotesters, astronauts to activists, each selection reflects the person—or idea—who has most influenced the news and our world in the past year, for good or ill. In 2016, the news and our world […]
Growing out of US leadership
Nov 28,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Adair Turner Donald Trump’s election has been greeted around the world with justifiable bewilderment and fear. His victory — following a fact-free, vicious election campaign — has trashed the brand of American democracy. But while Trump is impulsive and occasionally vindictive — a potentially fatal […]
The world’s most generous countries
Source: BBC By Lindsey Galloway 23 November 2016 It seems that lending a helping hand to a stranger can be more than just a good deed. In fact, according to […]
Vital to the planet
Nov 23,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The UN climate change conference, held recently in Morocco as a crucial step for governments looking to build on the Paris Climate Change Agreement adopted last year, was proof that the implementation of the Paris Agreement is under way and that the spirit of […]
India: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Bangalore participates in Walkathon on “World Diabetes Day”
Walkathon – Ahmadiyya Muslim Community ,Bangalore India Report by Muhammed Sharik Saigal, Secretary Dawat Ilallah Bangalore, India. Alhumdullilah, members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Bangalore India participated in Walkathon on the Event of World Diabetes Day on 14th Nov 2016. The event was organised by Davita Medical Center represented by […]