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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The end of contemporary history
Aug 04,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Joschka Fischer BERLIN — I cannot recall a time during the past 75 years when there has been such a massive accumulation of major […]
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 […]
The world’s religions face a post-pandemic reckoning
International | God, Mammon and real estate Many need to sell their property; some branches will have to merge Jan 8th 2022(Updated Jan 10th 2022) | BERLINShare Ask a vicar, a rabbi or an imam […]
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 […]
The global hunger crisis is here
May 22,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Seta Tutundjian DUBAI — Global food prices are soaring. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation’s Food Price Index, which covers a basket of […]
Desperately seeking a mechanism for sovereign debt restructuring
Apr 25,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Anne O. Krueger WASHINGTON, DC — When the economy is going well, the poor benefit more than others. But when things are going badly, it is the poor who are hurt the most. This is especially true in the case of the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
‘Prices pandemic’ takes shine off Jordan’s first Ramadan free of COVID-19 restrictions in two years
Women work at a dates packaging workshop in Balqaa, Jordan. Price rise of basic commodities has made it difficult for most Jordanians to observe Ramadan this year. (Reuters) Short Url […]
Saudis gear up to celebrate first Ramadan free of COVID-19 restrictions
This year, Saudis are gearing up to celebrate the holy month the way they used to before the pandemic — free of restrictions. (AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/8rjhw Updated 02 April […]
How brands can lead the conversations during the Ramadan 2022 season in Indonesia
Research Entering the third year of Ramadan in the midst of the pandemic, though time is still trying, Indonesians have learnt to adapt, and they approach life with much more […]
Indonesia scraps travel quarantine, eases curbs on Ramadan traditions
Indonesia officially allowed the resumption of traditional practices for the upcoming month of Ramadan after two years of tight pandemic restrictions. (File/AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/vdzm3 AFP March 23, 2022 The […]
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 […]
African leader asks EU: ‘Are we equal?’
Reuters Published February 18, 2022 – BRUSSELS: Sierra Leone’s leader challenged Europeans on Thursday to remember there are “human beings on the other side” in Africa who have been left behind […]
The Protected Rich and the Unprotected Poor – A Tragic Gap
Sarmad Naveed CONTEMPORARY AND SOCIAL ISSUES 10th February 2022 ©Shutterstock Sarmad Naveed, Canada Gordan Brown, former Prime Minister of the UK recently said, ‘It is an ethical failure that rich countries […]
Pessimism amid progress
Jan 10,2022 – JORDAN TIMES ‘ J. Bradford DeLong BERKELEY — Humanity as a whole is wealthier today than at any time in its history. And yet, from the short-term challenge of the pandemic to the existential threat of global warming, there is a widespread sense that things are going […]
It’s time to rethink philanthropy in Jordan
Feb 06,2022 – JORDAN TIMES The latest economic projections by the World Bank and others expect a deceleration of economic growth globally, Jordan included. While the pandemic is mentioned as […]