Analysis: Why flour is now dearer than human life, dignity
Ahmad Fraz Khan Published April 6, 2023 PUNJAB’S free flour scheme has not only been humiliating for the unfortunate; it has, perhaps for the first time, exposed the true scale of […]
Pakistanis reel under skyrocketing inflation — ‘Two-time meal is not possible with what I earn’
By PTI Apr 10, 2023 8:58:44 AM IST (Updated) A Pakistani-American economist based at the prestigious Princeton University, has warned that Pakistan’s economy is in a tailspin, going from crisis to catastrophe and […]
Egyptians cling to Ramadan charity as inflation soars
Inflation hit 32.9 per cent in February By AFP – Mar 28,2023 – In this photo taken on March 22 a young worker stacks trays of freshly-baked bread at a bakery at […]
Kurds to play kingmakers as Turkiye prepares to vote
ZAID M. BELBAGI March 28, 2023 Last month’s earthquake and the subsequent flooding are a somber reflection of the sad state of Turkiye’s Kurds. However, the natural disaster has the […]
Pakistan edges closer to debt default as inflation, political turmoil and unrest collide
Pakistan’s economy is facing total collapse – will it go the same way as Sri Lanka? ByJoe Wallen, SOUTH ASIA CORRESPONDENT13 February 2023 • The morning news updates on the television […]
Countries financing Ukraine war should compensate affected vulnerable nations
Jan 11,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen The Euro-centric Western prosecutors of the Ukraine war care little or nothing for the peoples of this region, Africa and Asia who […]
The US inflation bonanza for sovereign debtors
Oct 11,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Project Syndicate By Gautam Nair and Federico Sturzenegger CAMBRIDGE — As developing countries confront a new era of elevated inflation, rising interest rates, a […]
Amazon’s satanic mills
Sep 28,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Antara Halder HANOI — With Britain suffering through its worst cost-of-living crisis in decades, owing to high inflation and soaring energy prices, hundreds of […]
How the west poisoned its money
Sep 24,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Yanis Varoufakis ATHENS — Capitalism conquered the world by commodifying almost everything that had a value but not a price, thus driving a sharp […]
PAKISTAN. PSO, TCP, Police and Inflation
Nadeem Moulvi September 17, 2022 The writer is a business analyst. Poverty, law and order, floods, Dengue, food prices, and rapidly rising electricity and petroleum prices are among some of […]
The Guardian view on the global food crisis: this is just the beginning
Editorial Prices are soaring as climate shocks and the effects of war in Ukraine exacerbate structural problems Wed 7 Sep 2022 Seven years ago, world leaders committed to a highly […]
Why Lebanese citizens are joining the migrant tide out of the Middle East
SPECIAL A boat carrying migrants stranded in the Strait of Gibraltar before being rescued by the Spanish Guardia Civil and the Salvamento Maritimo sea search and rescue agency. (AFP) Short […]
Why Europe’s fate matters to the Middle East and North Africa
AFSHIN MOLAVI July 27, 2022 Short Url The EU is facing a rough winter. Overdependence on Russia for its energy needs has left many countries across the continent vulnerable to […]
Europe ‘shot itself in lungs’ with sanctions on Russia: Orban
BY REUTERS BUDAPEST JUL 15, 2022 Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban arrives at a European People’s Party (EPP) meeting ahead of a EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, June 28, 2018. (Reuters […]
Biden will see a new Middle East when he visits next month
IBRAHIM SHUKRALLA June 15, 2022 Short Url The UAE and Israel’s economic relationship has developed enormously since the Abraham Accords were signed in 2020. And the two countries last month […]
The global economy in transition
Jun 09,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Spence NEW YORK — Recent conversations about the global economy and markets have been defined by a set of recurring questions. While there […]
Ukraine war: WTO boss warns of global food crisis
By Tom EspinerBusiness reporter, BBC NewsPublished11 hours agoShare Related Topics Russia-Ukraine war A food crisis kicked off by the Ukraine war could last for years without intervention, the head of […]
Putin Claims Russia Will ‘Guarantee’ Peaceful Export Of Ukrainian Grain
Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied accusations that his armed forces are blocking Ukrainian grain exports from the Black Sea and said his government would “guarantee” the peaceful passage to […]
Russia-Turkey talks crucial to return of grain supplies
DR. THEODORE KARASIK June 04, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/m8qz3 As diplomatic moves continue to shape the future of grain exports from Ukraine’s Black Sea and Russia’s Sea of Azov ports […]
Another global recession?
May 25,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Jim O’Neill LONDON — At the start of the year, I expressed concerns about the outlook for financial markets, owing to all the considerable uncertainties that I could identify, and to the many other potential risks that were not yet clear. This was after […]