India’s self-inflicted economic catastrophe
Oct 30,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Jayati Ghosh NEW DELHI — Nearly 80 per cent of the estimated 70 million people around the world who fell into extreme poverty at […]
A climate of crime
Opinion ByKamila Hyat October 27, 2022 There has been an extraordinary rise in street crime across major cities in the country, notably Karachi and Lahore. According to official figures and […]
Back to the brink in Iran
Oct 15,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Amin Saikal PERTH — In the 43 years since its founding, Iran’s Islamic Republic has overcome numerous internal and foreign policy challenges. But the […]
Study links coronavirus lockdowns to birth rate drop in Europe
Share Related Topics By George Wright BBC News Europe saw a 14% drop in its birth rate in January 2021 compared to previous years – a decline probably triggered by […]
BioNTech Founder Uğur Şahin: “The Virus Continues To Mutate at a High Speed”
Interview with BioNTech Founder Uğur Şahin“The Virus Continues to Mutate at a High Speed” We were fortunate that Omicron turned out to be as mild as it has been, says […]
Growing numbers of young Africans want to move abroad, survey suggests
Covid, climate, stability and violence contributing to young people feeling pessimistic about future, survey of 15 countries suggests Kaamil Ahmed Mon 13 Jun 2022 African youth have lost confidence in […]
A time to heal, not to hate
Jun 16,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / UN Human Rights Regional Office If the pandemic has taught us anything, it should be that humanity is fragile and life is precious. For […]
The right way to fight global hunger
Jun 13,2022 – JORDAN TIMES . Project Syndicate By Alexander Müller, violet Shivutse and Jes Weigelt BERLIN — The global food system is broken. Although it produces more than enough calories […]
Covid … the surreal ‘exact’ figures
COVID Live – Coronavirus Statistics – Worldometer https://www.worldometers.info › coronavirus Country, Other Total; Cases New; Cases Total; Deaths New; Deaths Total; Recovered Ne… World 425,071,562 +213,092 5,906,496 +483 350,759,806 +3… Europe […]
The Queen tests positive for Covid
By Dulcie LeeBBC New Published4 minutes ago The Queen has tested positive for Covid, Buckingham Palace has said. The palace said the monarch is experiencing “mild cold-like symptoms” but expects […]
Will it ever end? Here is what happened with previous pandemics
BY GERMAN PRESS AGENCY – DPA LOS ANGELES JAN 05, 2022 – Vaccinations are stalled, hospitals keep getting COVID-19 patients and the WHO has announced a new variant of concern: omicron, […]
Iraq’s health system, once envy of the region, is in crisis
Apr 28,2021 – JORDAN TIMES Sanctions kill ordinary folk while elites carry on as usual. This should be the lesson of the US and its Western allies, which impose sanctions […]
Let’s Not Medicalise Misery?
HEALTH 20th March 2021 Sarah Waseem, UK As we move through 2021 things are beginning to look more hopeful. The Covid19 pandemic which has wreaked havoc on our global economies […]
Vaccine solidarity now
Feb 24,2021 – JORDAN TIMES – Jose Manuel Barroso GENEVA — The arrival of the first COVID-19 vaccines in late 2020 brought fresh hope that the end of the pandemic […]
The Creeping Return of Anti-Semitism to Munich: “We Can Never Again Be Silent”
“We Can Never Again Be Silent” The Creeping Return of Anti-Semitism to Munich The German state of Bavaria has become home to a rising number of anti-Semitic incidents, with many […]
COVID vaccines: Israeli hasbara versus reality
Jan 25,2021 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby Israelis love to use their hasbara machinery to get good press. But, as is the case with propagandists, the stories they […]
Arabs education: Doing well, could do better
Author NIDHAL GUESSOUM January 17, 2021 Zeina Amro attends an online class at home due to the coronavirus in the West Bank village of Dura near Hebron. (File/AFP) Short Url […]
Why many Asia governments are being cautious on Covid-19 vaccines
Governments from Japan and Australia to Hong Kong and South Korea are taking their time before granting regulatory approvals for vaccines. PUBLISHEDJAN 15, 2021 https://www.straitstimes.com/ HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG)- The nations […]
How Israel manipulates suffering of Palestinians
Jan 12,2021 – JORAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD Israel’s decision to exclude Palestinians from its COVID-19 vaccination campaign may have surprised many. Even by Israel’s poor humanitarian standards, denying Palestinians access to life-saving medication seems extremely callous. Amnesty International, among many organisations, condemned the Israeli government’s decision to bar Palestinians […]
Peace and zero hunger go hand in hand
Author PRINCE FAISAL BIN FARHAN & DAVID BEASLEY December 28, 2020 About 300 children gather at Coronationville Secondary School as they wait for a food and goods distribution ahead of […]