Новости за 22.04.2024

The Ravi River, historically revered as one of the five rivers defining Punjab’s identity, has endured a perilous decline, raising concerns over its environmental and geopolitical ramifications. Originating in the Himalayas, the Ravi winds its way through Himachal Pradesh, gracing the landscapes of northwestern India before converging with the Indus River in Pakistan. Throughout its journey, the Ravi has been a lifeline for communities, sustaining agriculture and livelihoods along its banks for centuries. Читать дальше...

In recent years, Pakistan’s economic landscape has been characterized by a blend of daunting challenges and burgeoning opportunities. This critical juncture in its economic history calls for a strategic and multifaceted approach to navigate through the complexities of global and local financial intricacies. As Pakistan endeavors to rewrite its economic narrative, it is imperative to explore the underlying factors that shape its economic environment, the innovative strategies employed to address persistent and emerging challenges... Читать дальше...

Pakistan’s rural women, the unsung heroines of the agricultural sector, play a critical role in food security, contributing significantly to food production, livestock management, and household well-being. Despite their undeniable contributions, they face a multitude of challenges that hinder their economic empowerment.

The Pakistani diaspora, scattered across the globe, often finds itself at the intersection of two worlds—holding onto their roots while adapting to new cultures and environments. While they might physically reside outside Pakistan, their hearts and minds frequently remain connected to their homeland.

A migrant worker who was sick for over three months, actively sought medical help and advice, but his health kept deteriorating. Despite having constant cough, fever, and increasing weakness since months, neither he nor his treating doctor(s) thought of TB. And this did not happen in an area with low TB rates but in India’s national capital Delhi – a state with highest TB rates nationwide – and a country which is home to the largest TB burden in the world.

Recently, the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, Dr. Hasan Mahmud, requested the ambassador of Bhutan of considering rejoining the Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) initiative emphasizing its significance for sub-regional cooperation in connectivity and proposing collaborations in various sectors.

The Middle  East is in currently a state of renewed turmoil with Israeli forces the crossing border into Lebanon to dismantle a drone base believed to pose a threat to Israel. In response, Israel has a deployed column of tanks into Lebanon and there are unconfirmed reports of Hezbollah rockets being fired into northern Israel. This situation has put both countries on high alert with concerns that further escalation may occur. These recent events are only the beginning of a series of conflicts... Читать дальше...

During a visit in Muscat on April 21, Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies met with His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said and His Excellency Eng. Salim bin Nasser Al Aufi, Minister of Energy & Minerals, to reaffirm the long-term partnership between TotalEnergies and the Sultanate of Oman.

Flawed assumptions in public policy can lead to expensive mistakes

The construction of Betong International Airport began in 2017 after the project was pushed by both local identities and the former Thai prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. The mountainous enclave in the southern tip of Thailand with unique cuisine and multiculturalism was attracting 1.6 million visitors a year pre-Covid-19. Betong had shed its ‘honky tonk’ reputation and was attracting a much wider diversity of tourists. Читать дальше...

Could cause concern in New Delhi

It’s bad news for India from the Maldives. Maldivian voters gave President Mohamed Muizzu’s alliance, principally comprising the Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) and the People’s National Congress (PNC), a “super majority” in the parliamentary elections held on April 21. 

The President can now pursue his pro-China policy untrammelled by a parliament dominated by the pro-India Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP).    

As per the interim results... Читать дальше...

Global and regional leaders called for a decisive plan to encourage further ingenuity and to tap into emerging technologies and digital innovation to bolster the huge effort required to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 as the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) opened its 80th session in Bangkok Monday

Throughout history, military empires have reduced their victims, their subjugated, and their abducted to a state of “The Others.” The political and mass media institutions usually follow suit by supporting their empire’s predatory policies with slanted coverage.

A large contingent of the Kennedy family was on hand last week to endorse Joe Biden in an event in Philadelphia that featured speeches from Kerry Kennedy and Rory Kennedy — RFK Junior’s siblings — along with Rep. Joe Kennedy III (Junior’s nephew). 

As Iran’s regime continues to funnel the country’s resources to fund terrorism and warmongering in the region, the economy continues to decline, exacerbating dissatisfaction and protests in different segments of society. On Sunday, workers, retirees, and citizens took to the streets in different cities to voice their discontent with the country’s deteriorating economic conditions.

Once upon a time—in 2010 to be exact—in the land of D.C., the great and powerful Obama proposed a new law called “Obamacare.” Now, in those long-ago days, despite U. S. debt totaling $13 trillion, most Americans still held the superstitious notion that new federal legislation must include the means to pay for it. Accordingly, the emperor’s courtiers came up with a noble solution: “Eureka! We will take over the federal student loan program, capturing its billions of dollars in profits to cover the cost of Obamacare!”

And... Читать дальше...

The Red Sea has become a hotspot of tension due to the Houthi attacks on commercial Israeli-linked ships. The US has strongly and irresponsibly supported Israel, which has been slaughtering the people of Gaza, by providing it with huge quantities of weapons and diplomatic backing. The Western world’s silence and the Arab world’s inaction in response to this genocide have spurred the Yemeni Houthis to resist these human rights violations by targeting Israeli-linked ships. As a result, five major... Читать дальше...

By Daniel Lacalle

In a recent tweet, a talented financial analyst and investor stated: “The “debt is unsustainable” narrative has been around for 40 years plus. What’s astonishing to me is how the people who push this narrative never ask themselves, “Why has it been sustainable for so long?”.

There is a widespread idea that the fiscal imbalances of a world reserve currency issuer would end in an Argentina-style bankruptcy. However, the manifestation of unsustainability did not even appear as drastic in Argentina itself. Читать дальше...

The United States military has a tendency to park itself in a country and not budge even after its presence has proven catastrophic or the government of the country has demanded it leave. Well, here is some good news. Daphne Psaledakis at Reuters reported Friday that the US military will be leaving Niger, just over a month after the new government of the country demanded that action.

Opposition party wins in South Korea’s election, posing challenges for President Yoon’s governance and foreign relations, notably with China. Despite this, Yoon’s alignment with the U.S. and Japan is likely to continue, amid domestic concerns like inflation and medical strikes.

It is much more acceptable in policy circles to talk about ways to make tax and transfer policy more progressive than ways to structure the market to prevent the distribution of income from being so unequal in the first place. I always harpon this failure, since it seems much easier to keep rich people from getting so rich in the first place than to try to tax away their money once they have it.

Dr. Joseph Weinstein points out that the biblical exodus account describes a mass refugee movement in which thousands of oppressed Hebrews (or Israelites) fled Egypt following the downfall of an unnamed Egyptian Pharaoh. Trouble began when Pharaoh enslaves and abuses his Hebrew subjects, thereby incurring the wrath of their god. God sends Moses to strike Egypt with a host of natural disasters, including the plagues of hail, darkness, and the death of the Egyptian firstborn. The Israelites flee Egypt... Читать дальше...

“Can we still see universities as places to learn and produce knowledge that, at the risk of sounding naïve, is for the greater good of humanity, independently transient of geopolitical skirmishes?” Wanning Sun from the University of Technology, Sydney, asks in hope.  “The history of universities during the Cold War era tells us that it is precisely at such times that our government and our universities need to fight tooth and nail to preserve the precarious civil society that has taken millennia... Читать дальше...

After making more than three years of unfounded claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him, Trump is now warning of an even bigger theft in 2024. 

The Sistan-Balochistan region has long been plagued by insurgency and militancy. The recent attack on Iranian security forces carried out by the militant group Jaish al-Adl serves as a stark reminder of the persistent violence and instability in the area. The Balochistan insurgency, spanning the Pakistani province of Balochistan, the Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchistan, and the Balochistan region of Afghanistan, is a multifaceted conflict driven by a range of factors. These include aspirations for separatism... Читать дальше...

The media collective Untold Palestine gathers the stories mainstream media doesn’t tell about Palestinians—videos, photographs, and written accounts from Palestinian people about their culture and daily life.