Covid-19 fails to halt blasphemy allegations in Pakistan
Pakistan Today May 7, 2020 by KK Shahid , (Last Updated 2 days ago) LAHORE: The Covid-19 pandemic might’ve halted the entire world, with almost 3.3 million infections and over […]
A better world can emerge after coronavirus. Or a much worse one
Timothy Garton Ash Most Europeans support a universal basic income, yet young people doubt democracy’s capacity to deliver change @fromTGA Wed 6 May 2020 GUARDIAN The coronavirus crisis seems to […]
Coronavirus means we are getting five years’ worth of structural change in about five months
Some changes, like the plight of the high street, can be anticipated, while others will be surprising, writes Hamish McRae @TheIndyBusiness 1 day ago To travel in one’s own quiet, […]
Science, statistics and society – The story of a modern coup d’état
Source: Al Hakam By Asif M Basit In the last few weeks – now slowly turning into months – everyone around the world has had a set of words and […]
Like hundreds of Lebanese people, I broke lockdown to witness a desperate protest against hunger
For those rallying on the streets of Tripoli, the certainty of dying from starvation is far more pressing than the probability of contracting coronavirus, says Bel Trew @beltrew 14 minutes […]
Exclusive: almost a fifth of UK homes with children go hungry in lockdown
Source: The Guardian New data shows families go without as parents lose income, meal voucher scheme is beset with problems and food banks can’t cope By Nosheen Iqbal; @nosheeniqbal The […]
The Observer view on Britain’s relationship with Saudi Arabia
Observer editorial 3 hrs ago Dramatic falls in global oil prices are the result, primarily, of collapsing demand due to the coronavirus pandemic. Other factors predating the crisis are also […]
Decision regarding this year’s Hajj expected by 15th Ramazan: minister
Source: SAMAA | Zulqarnain Iqbal – Posted: Apr 11, 2020 | Minister for Religious Affairs Noorul Haq Qadri has said that the decision on whether or not this year’s Hajj […]
UK announces fifth round of rescue flights from India
30 Apr 2020 by Mark Caswell The British High Commission has confirmed plans for seven additional rescue flights to bring stranded British nationals home from India. Several phases of rescue […]
There’s only one way the fight against coronavirus resembles the real wars I’ve witnessed
Johnson and his acolytes will announce victory, but this will be untrue. Britons will still be dying with Covid-19, but their deaths will have become normal Robert Fisk @indyvoices 18 […]
It’s not just a second wave of the coronavirus we’re facing, but of unemployment too
If employers know that the government’s payroll support will be suddenly cut off at the end of June it’s inevitable that many will be thinking of starting to shed staff now https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/coronavirus-uk-job-cuts-furlough-unemployment-redundant-treasury-a9489881.html?jwsource=cl (video link) Ben Chu @Benchu_ 12 hours ago The historian AJP Taylor argued that the […]
26 million job losses prove a sad fact about American businesses — and American people
What is remarkable is how quickly the bonds of employer and employee are severed in the American economy, and how quickly businesses — but not their employees — get handouts […]
Curfew partially lifted across Saudi Arabia, except in Makkah city
RIYADH: King Salman has ordered the partial lifting of a curfew across Saudi Arabia, with the exception of the holy city of Makkah and adjacent places previously isolated after a […]
Top economist: US coronavirus response is like ‘third world’ country
Source: The Guardian Joseph Stiglitz attacks Donald Trump, saying US on course for second Great Depression Donald Trump’s botched handling of the Covid-19 crisis has left the US looking like […]
Foreign-born healthcare workers risk their lives in Western countries for victims of a virus that does not discriminate according to colour, religion
Apr 22,2020 -JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN While watching satellite television coverage of the coronavirus pandemic it is impossible to ignore that many doctors and epidemiologists consulted by the US satellite CNN channel and ,to a lesser extent, the BBC are brown or black men and women. White men in […]
Indonesia Bans Public Transports Starting on First Day of Ramadan
BY :HERU ANDRIYANTO APRIL 23, 2020 Jakarta. The Indonesian government bans its citizens in areas severely affected by the coronavirus outbreak from leaving for other cities and limits travels in […]
Coronavirus: President Halimah calls on Muslims to support one another and make adjustments during Ramadan
Source: StraitsTimes By Hariz Baharudin SINGAPORE – President Halimah Yacob has asked Muslims in Singapore to support each other throughout the fasting month of Ramadan, and conveyed her appreciation for […]
The pandemic deepens the sectarian divide in the Middle East
Shahram Akbarzadeh Accusations of biological aggression is distracting the region from working together to defeat Covid-19. The Covid-19 pandemic calls for urgent regional and international coordination to tackle the spread […]
More than a billion Muslims anticipate ‘sad and quiet’ Ramadan in coronavirus isolation
Erwin Renaldi and Max Walden Posted about 2 hours ago Some 1.8 billion Muslims around the globe will celebrate the most important month of the Islamic calendar very differently this […]
World War C Presents A Host Of Challenges For Central Asia
16th April 2020 – ONE WORLD GLOBAL THINK TANK Central Asia is at risk of collapse if the socio-economic consequences of World War C aren’t addressed after much-needed remittance flows from Russia were abruptly cut off as a result of that country’s emergency quarantine measures, which in turn could inadvertently […]