This is a rapid sequence of excellent animal & wildlife photos. Don’t blink because you might miss something special. In the last picture, you come “eyeball-to-eyeball” with a Tiger. Enjoy!
Source: BBC Overpopulation. It is a word that makes politicians wince, and is often described as the “elephant in the room” in discussions about the future of the planet. You […]
Source: BBC The most alluring things in life are often those that are off-limits. And as travellers, this means that we’re fascinated by places that we’re not allowed to visit. […]
Feb 23,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Kailash Satyarthi It is a blot on the face of humanity that we have yet to eradicate slavery — of children, no less. Not only does child slavery persist; the number of child slaves, 5.5 million, has remained constant in the last two decades. They […]
SAAD AL-DOSARI Published — Tuesday 23 February 2016 As the world governments and security agencies are stepping up their efforts to fight online terrorism, terrorist groups are actively changing and upgrading their tactics. Social media platforms have become their open playgrounds they use to recruit fighters, to communicate between cells, […]
BY BETHAN MCKERNAN Warning: Some people may find some of the photos in this article distressing An image of a man passing a baby under a barbed wire fence […]
A new study has suggested that belief in all-powerful Gods is absolutely vital for the development of civilisation Divine: amateur photographer Jeremy Fletcher took the image of a God-like cloud as he strolled beside The Wash at sunset Photo: KNS Group By Sarah Knapton, Science Editor 7:27PM GMT 10 Feb 2016 […]
Feb 08,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – JIM AL KHALILI Muslim governments know that economic growth, military power and national security benefit greatly from technological advances. Many of them have sharply increased funding for science and education in recent years. And yet, in the view of many — especially in the […]
Source: The Guardian Seven years after the global financial crisis erupted in 2008, the world economy continued to stumble in 2015. According to the United Nations’ report World Economic Situation […]
Feb 07,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – HAROLD JAMES The price of oil is often regarded as a sort of thermometer to measure the health of the world economy. What is less often noted is that it can also serve as a barometer — warning of approaching geopolitical storms. Indeed, the […]
Feb 06,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Jacek Rostowski The first challenge to the Western hegemony that followed the collapse of communism in Europe was the emergence of the so-called BRICS countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — in the 2000s. Rapidly growing and collectively accounting for nearly […]
Source: CNN CNN)The arc of history is bending backward, away from freedom and justice. It’s not what was supposed to happen, but it’s the troubling reality revealed in a new […]
Delegates to the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos were reportedly very interested in the ‘killer robots’ issue Doug Bolton @DougieBolton Monday 25 January 2016 6 comments A robot owned by the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots distributes promotional literature calling for a ban on fully autonomous weapons in Parliament […]
Source: BBC Sometimes it’s difficult to fathom that the world could actually become even more crowded than it is today – especially when elbowing through a teeming Delhi market, hustling […]
Source: Arab News By Bill Gates and Melinda Gates We live in extraordinary times. Each day seems to bring fresh headlines about an unfolding crisis — whether it is migration, […]
Source: BBC Stock markets worldwide have tumbled with investors unsettled by the continued slide in oil prices and fears about the impact on global growth. Europe’s main markets closed sharply […]
Forecast DECEMBER 28, 2015 | 12:56 GMT With old geopolitical realities resurfacing across Eurasia and commodity prices stuck in a slump, 2016 is shaping up to be an unsettling year for much of the world. A logical place to begin is the country that bridges Europe and Asia: Turkey. […]
More information on other programs: http://www.newdelhiworldbookfair.gov.in/events-2016/World-Book-Fair-Events-2016.html PICTURES FROM THE EVENT ABOUT NDWBF: KNOW THE NEW DELHI WORLD BOOK FAIR New Delhi World Book Fair (NDWBF) held for the past 41 years, […]
Source: BBC With their awe-inspiring architecture, magnificent facades and sheer size, places of worship are often some of the most beautiful buildings in the world. No matter the religion, travellers […]
Source: Huffington Post By Rose Deighton is a PhD student in the program for West and South Asian Religions at Emory University. She holds an M.A. from the University of […]