Pakistan: Principal shot dead by student for ‘blasphemy’
Source: Reuters By Saad Sayed ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A Pakistani student shot and killed his school principal on Monday, in a dispute over the student skipping classes to attend rallies […]
Mystery of ‘silk king’ Jim Thompson’s disappearance finally solved, filmmakers claim
PUBLISHED : Saturday, 21 October, 2017, Associated Press 0Share 22 Jan 2018 A new documentary is set to stir fresh debate over one of Asia’s most enduring mysteries: what happened […]
Jordan: Reaffirming unwavering conviction
Jan 22,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL His Majesty King Abdullah could not be clearer when he told visiting US Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday in Amman that Jerusalem must […]
Pence and the two-state solution
Jan 22,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Hassan A. Barari In remarks during his talks with King Abdullah, US Vice President Mike Pence said that his country […]
The list of Davos attendees for 2018
Source: Quartz By David Yanofsky January 22, 2018 The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, begins on Jan. 23. While the full roster of attendees was closely guarded […]
What’s World Economic Forum and why does Davos matter?
by David Child Al Jazeera Klaus Schwab created the European Management Forum, which later became the WEF, in 1971 [Markus Schreiber/AP] The four-day 2018 World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting begins […]
Algeria: New Trials Shake Ahmadi Minority
More Than 50 Tried in December on Charges Relating to Religion (Beirut) – Algerian authorities have stepped up trials of members of the Ahmadiyya religious minority on charges related to […]
Davos 2018: what you need to know about Switzerland’s biggest business bash
The Local news@thelocal.ch @thelocalswitzer 18 January 2018 davosbusinesswef File photo: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) will see the rich and famous flying in […]
Trump calls the tune at Davos party
By GIDEON RACHMAN January 22, 2018 The WEF meeting in the Swiss mountain resort and the idea of elite-driven globalisation is much more contested than it was a decade ago(Keystone) When […]
Pope Francis Compares Gossiping Nuns To Terrorists
Source: Huffington Post By Mary Papenfuss He says they’re worse than Shining Path guerrillas. Pope Francis compared gossiping nuns with terrorists during his South American tour stop in Lima on […]
Amazon opens a supermarket with no checkouts
Source: BBC News By Chris Johnston Business reporter, BBC News Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionCustomers enter the store by scanning the Amazon Go app on their smartphone In a move that could revolutionise […]
‘World’s richest 1% get 82% of the wealth’, says Oxfam
Source: BBC News By Katie Hope BBC News, Davos Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES The gap between the super rich and the rest of the world widened last year as wealth continued to […]
Embarrassment makes women avoid smear tests, charity says
Source: BBC news By Katie SilverHealth reporter, BBC News Young women are avoiding getting smear tests because they are embarrassed by the look and smell of their pubic areas, a […]
Persian shallot ‘could help fight TB antibiotic resistance’
Source: BBC News A type of onion could help the fight against antibiotic resistance in cases of tuberculosis, a study has suggested. Researchers believe the antibacterial properties extracted from the […]
India woman fights family over ‘low caste’ husband’s murder
Source: BBC News In March 2016, a 22-year-old man was hacked to death in daylight on a crowded road in southern India for marrying a woman of a higher caste. […]
L’Oreal Paris Makes Historic Hire With Hijab-Wearing Amena Khan In Hair Campaign
Source: Huffington Post By Jenna Amatulli L’Oréal Paris has made tremendous strides toward inclusivity by casting Amena Khan ― a British beauty blogger who wears a hijab ― for its latest […]
Most American Catholic Women Want The Church To Have Female Deacons, Poll Finds
Source: Huffington Post American Catholic women are ready to see female deacons preaching from the pulpit. But it’s not up to them to decide. By Carol Kuruvilla BOSTON GLOBE VIA […]
Trump’s New Ambassador Finally Tells Dutch He Was Wrong About Muslim ‘No-Go’ Zones
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla President Donald Trump’s new ambassador to the Netherlands, Peter Hoekstra, has finally admitted that his 2015 comments claiming there were “no go” violent zones in […]
As Trump heads to Davos, survey points to rising risk of war
Noah Barkinr BERLIN (Reuters) – The risk of political and economic confrontations between major powers, including outright military conflicts, has risen sharply, according to a survey released by the […]
WEF Davos 2018
Visit https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/in-depth/wef-2018 for all updates on the World Economic Forum’s Davos meeting 2018 The biggest names from politics, business and civil society descend on Davos for the 48th WEF annual […]