A new study expects summer sea ice in the Arctic to shrink from 2.8 million square miles to a mere 620,000 square miles within 30 years. Average autumn temperatures for 2005-2008 were 5 degrees Celsius above what had been predicted for the year 2070. Conducted by scientists from the Joint Institute for the Study of […]
Signs of recovery in China’s manufacturing sector China’s official purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for March rose to 52.4, up from 49.0 in February. A reading over 50 in the PMI marks an expansion of activity in the manufacturing sector and indicates economic recovery. Output and new orders surged in the manufacturing sector, marking the first improvement […]
Hamas and Fatah agreed to resume reconciliation talks in Cairo at the end of the month, with a tentative date scheduled for April 26. The latest round of negotiations stalled yesterday due to disagreements between the two parties regarding a variety of issues, with some officials even calling the talks ‘unproductive.’
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman continues to dominate the headlines due to both his controversial comments as well as an ongoing investigation into his dealings that could result in fraud and money laundering convictions. Pro-peace American Jewish think tank Jstreet released a scathing video accusing Lieberman of racism and encouraging communities to protest the appointment. The […]
LAHORE: Nawaz Sharif has criticised the new US strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, telling the FT that it was only slightly different from the disastrous one pursued by George W Bush. “Mr Obama has now come up with a new policy with little changes, very minor changes as compared to the last policy,” said Nawaz. […]
It took a matter of days for the Obama administration to get baptized into the irregular and hard to define modern way of warfare we live in today and one of their first decisions appears to be under fire, at least mildly. In late February, Obama administration Justice officials, in a two sentence court filing, […]
Jobs and wages are being cut at state companies in Kazakhstan. Until now, economic troubles had been more or less confined to the private sector, but now the public sector must cut costs drastically. In the Osh region of Kyrgyzstan, official unemployment has nearly doubled, from 10,000 a year ago to 17,500 now. In addition, […]
A US drone attack in Orakzai agency has killed 12 recruits of the Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) of Baitullah Mehsud, including one local leader. An Arab too has been killed while the family of the man providing them haven, Maulana Gul Nazir, was the only “collateral damage”. The press links the US attack to Baitullah […]
BEIJING: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will help assist Pakistan in eliminating the tuberculosis disease, Secretary Health Khushnood Lashari said here Thursday, APP reports. The Secretary participated in an International Conference on Tuberculosis organized by World Health Organization in conjunction with Chinese Health Ministry and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The international software tycoon […]
NEW YORK: The top US military officer said Thursday he is ‘reasonably comfortable’ Pakistan’s nuclear weapons are secure amid a rising tide of insurgent violence aimed at the government. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a lunchtime audience at the Hudson Union Society, said the US has invested in […]
A recent story in the independent newspaper Al-Masri Al-Youm has the American University in Cairo up in arms after it insinuated that AUC was providing the US Department of Defense with “information about Egypt,” i.e. “spying,” through the US Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU – 3) program. From the Daily News Egypt: NAMRU-3, which was […]
Moody’s credit rating agency has increased Lebanon’s bond rating to B2 from B3. This means that the capacity for Lebanon to honor its debt obligation is stronger in the eyes of the ratings agency. A stronger rating enables a country to borrow money at lower interest rates because of the perception of lower risk. “Lebanon’s […]
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