Volcanic rock rafts could have played a key role in the origins of life on Earth, a team of scientists suggests. Researchers say the buoyant rock pumice has the right properties to have provided the conditions for early life to emerge more than 3.5bn years ago. Pumice “rafts” are found […]
Australia’s economy bounced back in the last quarter as it looked to recover from earlier floods and cyclones. Gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 1.2% in the three months to the end of June from the previous quarter, the statistical bureau said. That compares with a contraction of 0.9% in the […]
By ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: A number of Saudi citizens have started shopping early for sacrificial goats after Eid Al-Fitr when prices are down before they shoot up during Eid Al-Adha, a local daily reported. As a precautionary measure, some citizens began buying little goats to raise them at home and […]
Driving from Cairo to Benghazi by car first of all we drive down the highway towards Alexandria. It was not difficult to guess that Gamal Mubarak, son of the now ‘retired’ President of Egypt. When driving along I was looking forward to see El Alamein. I was wondering whether I […]
Source / Courtesy: CNN Istanbul (CNN) — Turkey’s fiery prime minister ratcheted up rapidly-escalating tensions with Israel on Tuesday, comparing Ankara’s once-close middle eastern ally to a “spoiled boy” and announcing additional sanctions would soon be imposed. “We are completely suspending all of these, trade relations, military relations, related with the defense […]
Source:dailytimes Pakistan As a teenager, when I was supposed to be enjoying life, making friends, watching movies, playing games, socialising and talking about our little dreams, I was thinking of pleasing God and hating His perceived enemies “The only abnormality is the incapacity to love” — Anais Nin. According to […]
source:dailytimes-Pakistan A myriad curses afflict Pakistan. One of them is intolerance of views — religious and other. In this intolerant climate, the news of an innocent Ahmedi’s death at the hands of bigots points at the rot in our society. Naseem Ahmed was assassinated in Faisalabad late night on Saturday. […]
PARIS — As the stock and bond markets seem eerily similar to the dark days of 2008, Jean-Claude Trichet and Mario Draghi, the current and incoming chiefs of the European Central Bank, pointedly urged European leaders to move quickly to ensure that the euro zone’s debt crisis does not become […]
Source. Times of India A four-year-old Chinese girl has been filmed driving along the motorway. The child – who is called Jia Zheng by a man in the vehicle thought to be her father – is shown in control of the wheel as the footage is taken from inside the […]
Plans to create new universities in Mauritius in the coming years highlights the government’s ambition to transform the island into a regional knowledge hub. The country aims to attract about 100,000 foreign students by 2020, and campaigns are now being conducted in India and Tanzania to promote the island as […]
China’s government has released a policy document that lays out its vision for the country’s future. It says it wants to be a rich, strong nation at peace with other countries. China will not repeat the mistakes of other great powers who sought to dominate other nations, the white paper […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Almost 80% of species in Madagascar are unique to the island and are not found else where. As a […]
Source / Courtesy: Rochester Homepage On Saturday, the Ahmadiyya Muslim community set up a blood donation event. There they had the chance to explain the true meaning of Islam. Long time member, Rafiq Ahmad knows first hand how hurtful stereotypes can be. “Unfortunately, we have been pushed through elevators we have been […]
Source. Asiatimes on Line Russia has given Iranians cause for joy as the much-delayed nuclear power plant in Bushehr finally goes online. More nuclear contracts with Tehran may follow along with positive action from Tehran on Moscow’s proposals to end the nuclear impasse. Celebrations are tempered, however, by the “double-edged […]
Source: Asiatimes on Line. As the Libyan Transitional National Council already behaves like a lame duck and as the militias will simply not vanish, it’s not hard to picture Libya as a new Lebanon, with regions carved up between numerous factions. This includes the deadly Islamic temptation – which is […]
Source:Asiatimes on Line The leaked United Nations report on the takeover of a Turkish ship by Israeli commandos last year in which nine people died has sent relations between Ankara and Tel Aviv from cold to icy. In the immediate future, the countries will take their own separate paths navigating […]
source:toi on line The government has begun to look for alternate ways to deal with drug abuse, and little wonder. With an estimated 7.5 crore drug addicts in India at last count – that’s just the formal figure – it isn’t a problem that’s going to go away soon. Neither […]
Source: Nasim Malik of Sweeden through Asian Human Rights Commission About AHRC: The Asian Human Rights Commission is a regional non-governmental organisation that monitors human rights in Asia, documents violations and advocates for justice and institutional reform to ensure the protection and promotion of these rights. The Hong Kong-based group was founded […]
Source: The Associated Press Author: Steven R. Hurst WASHINGTON (AP) — Dick Cheney’s autobiography presents a robust defense of his push for the U.S. invasion of Iraq without critically examining two issues central to America’s near-failure in the war: the Bush administration’s decision to disband the country’s army and banish […]