by Matthew Allen, swissinfo.ch April 25, 2014 – 11:01 The mind-boggling $100 trillion (CHF88 trillion) of debt racked up by governments, central banks and companies worldwide has turned some heads towards Switzerland’s successful track record of reducing its own debt burden. But is it a sustainable approach? Swiss voters approved […]
Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has stressed the need for moral uprightness to contribute to the growth of the country’s economy. He said the nation will progress if the structures put […]
Source: NY Times: Student supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood blocked a road in Cairo on Wednesday. CAIRO — The architects of the military takeover in Egypt promised a new era of tolerance and pluralism when they deposed President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood last summer. Nine months later, though, Egypt’s freethinkers and religious minorities are […]
TORY SUMMARY by David Ignatius As the Iran nuclear talks reach roughly the halfway point in the six-month timetable for negotiating a comprehensive agreement, both sides report slow, steady progress in closing gaps – but no deal yet. Second, Iran continues to mix its pragmatic stance in the negotiations with […]
STORY SUMMARY by Rami G. Khouri This week, the Israeli Transportation Ministry announced that it would establish designated bus routes for Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, allowing Jewish Israelis to travel on buses without Palestinians. The creation of bus routes for Palestinians alongside other routes that Jewish Israelis and […]
Source: The Local Britain, he says, is what the rest of Europe should aspire to. “This is the only country left in Brussels where representatives have maintained a certain common sense.” A ‘frustrated’ liberal A long time supporter of the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP), Henkel says he became “frustrated” […]
By Laura Smith-Spark, Gul Tuysuz and Victoria Butenko, CNN Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) — U.S. President Barack Obama threatened Russia on Friday with new sanctions over its actions in Ukraine as the Ukrainian Prime Minister […]
Source: NY Times: LONDON — Hearing an Indian official talk the other day about Delhi’s booming arms trade and ever-closer relationship with Israel, I had a thought that also struck me while listening to Israeli businessmen in Beijing. The idea may be summed up in three words: It is sustainable. […]
Source: NY Times: President Obama offered a toast to Empress Michiko and Emperor Akihito of Japan during a state dinner at the Imperial Palace. CreditStephen Crowley/The New York Times TOKYO — President Obama encountered setbacks to two of his most cherished foreign-policy projects on Thursday, as he failed to achieve a […]
Source: Korea Herald Government offices remained closed on Friday except to conduct search operations and support the Sewol victims and their families.Private companies have also temporary held off or scaled down both internal and external events as the country mourns the latest tragedy, which has brought Korea to a standstill.As […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — Three of the best-loved leaders in the history of the Roman Catholic church will be united this weekend when Pope Francis makes his predecessors, Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II, saints in a special ceremony in St Peter’s Square. The two canonization candidates share an […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — Three of the best-loved leaders in the history of the Roman Catholic church will be united this weekend when Pope Francis makes his predecessors, Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II, saints in a special ceremony in St Peter’s Square. The two canonization candidates share an […]
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed in […]
Immigration Watch, which published the flyers, insists the “from this … to this” message, with photos of white Canadians and Sikh protesters, isn’t racist. Share on Facebook NICHOLAS KEUNG / TORONTO STAR Order this photo, April 25, 2014 Brampton resident Jamal Jones holds an anti-immigration flyer that was delivered to […]
Telegraph: The Ministry of Defence says RAF Typhoon jets were scrambled when Russian aircraft came close to UK airspace. The MoD confirmed that Typhoon jets were dispatched from Scottish base RAF Leuchars after the Russian presence was detected on Wednesday. The two Russian planes were identified as Tu-95 Bear H […]
Telegraph: The Royal Navy’s HMS Tireless has been stood down from the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet. A Royal Navy submarine has ended its search for the missing Malaysia Airlines passenger jet as a senior US defence official conceded the hunt for MH370 may now take years. The […]
Epigraph: Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. (Matthews 5:7-9) Extremism is bad whether Muslim, Christian or Jewish Lead post collected by Dr. Abdul Alim, the Muslim […]
Reuters) – Credit agency Standard & Poor’s cut Russia’s foreign currency ratings on Friday, saying further downgrades were possible if the West imposed tighter sanctions against Moscow in response to the crisis in Ukraine. Moscow said politics had played a role in the downgrade, the first by a major agency […]
theguardian: by Seumas Milne — In Britain, the campaign against Islamist “extremism” is once again in full flow. In fact, it is open season on the Muslim community. For the past few weeks reports have multiplied about an alleged “Islamic plot”, code-named Operation Trojan Horse, to take control of 25 […]
kristianebacker.com: From MTV to Mecca’ is the truly inspiring story of Kristiane Backer, who at the height of her career as one of Europe’s leading pop culture icons, converted to […]