The islands are geologically young and famed for their vast number of endemic species, which were studied by Charles Darwin during the voyage of the Beagle. His observations and collections contributed to the inception of Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection. This is where the definitive evidence for […]
Source: Fars News Agency TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran announced on Saturday that it plans to award Nobel-like science and technology prizes to selected Muslim scientists. Iranian Vice-President for Science and Technology […]
Source: Live Mint Central bank asked to examine the possibility of making interest-free model part of India’s Rs.75 trillion banking system Reserve Bank of India governor D. Subbarao said last week that the apex bank was holding talks with the government on how existing laws can be restructured or amended […]
Source: Jakarta Globe: Kuala Lumpur. An Indonesian migrant worker from East Nusa Tenggara was shot dead by an employer who mistook the man for a pig-tailed macaque stealing fruit from his mango tree. According to Antara news agency, 39-year-old Kaniseus Leu from Lembata island died after his 71-year-old employer shot […]
Source: The Local: German employees are more likely than other Europeans to remain loyal to their companies and to stay longer on the job, a new study finds. More:
Since the financial crisis, academics, politicians and even former bank chieftains have called for the nation’s banking behemoths to be broken up or shrunk — calls that appear to have fallen largely on deaf ears among Washington’s policy makers. Now, a powerful insider has suggested a simple tool that could […]
Source: The Local Around 2,000 people were evacuated from their houses on Monday night after a chemical accident in a food factory in Lower Saxony sparked a catastrophe alarm. More:
Source: Asiatimes: Pakistanis are asking how the Taliban, even though long known for their atrocities, could shoot a young girl for pursuing education declared as her right by the Prophet Muhammad – and be allowed to do so by authorities aware of her vulnerability. But the Taliban’s rise has been […]
Source: BBC Mo Ibrahim said only exceptional leaders will get the prize There is no winner this year for the world’s most valuable individual prize – the Mo Ibrahim prize for good governance in Africa. Read More:
Source: BBC The prisoners are said to be of various nationalities and officials say about 60 have so far been recaptured. It is not clear how the breakout happened. Al-Judaida is one of Tripoli’s largest jails. Human rights groups accuse officials of abusing inmates. The mass escape comes less than […]
by Andreas Keiser, swissinfo.ch Switzerland tops all major research and innovation rankings worldwide, largely thanks to generous funding and a clear separation between public and private research, as well as […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit:Dawn.com KARACHI: Interior Minister Rehman Malik has offered a $1 million bounty for Ehsanullah Eshan, the central spokesman for the […]
Christoph Bochinger, a professor of religious studies, sees no countertrend to secularisation, with the result that the churches have lost their role as leaders on matters relating to values and conscience. Interview by Matthias Herren “Swiss review”: The Catholic and Reformed Protestant Churches have steadily been losing members for decades. […]
The Swiss people’s relationship with religion is undergoing significant change. There are twenty times more Swiss with no religious affiliation today than forty years ago. Faith also plays a less […]
Officials say they’re flooded with applications from well-heeled Saudi Arabian men with one or more wives seeking a new life in Canada BY TOM GODFREY,TORONTO SUN Diplomatic officials said they’re […]
Businessinsider.com: This year Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley are splitting the Nobel Prize for Economics, and it’s about time. Each has made a huge impact on both the theory and the real world practice of economics, and have saved thousands of lives in doing so. Shapley is the more senior of the pair, and scores […]
RIA Novosti / Said Tzarnaev A head teacher of a school in Russia’s North Caucasus region banned five Muslim girls from attending classes while wearing a hijab. Indignant parents filed […]