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New Yorkers brave bone-chilling cold to greet 2018
Photo: Screenshot/Times Square Video New Yorkers reveled into the New Year 2018 with a splash of lights, music, fireworks and ball drop at the Times Square – braving off bone-chilling cold. Mayor Bill de Blasio joined...Jan 1, 2018 1133 0 -
2018 UN red alert: Will the world work for a peaceful future?
A child carries a bag of firewood she bought for her family in besieged east Ghouta, Syria. Photo: UNICEF/Al Shami As head of the world’s top diplomatic forum, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, warned against excessive nationalism and...Dec 31, 2017 2090 0 -
‘Becoming Kareem’ offers a look into Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s life-altering experiences
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has lived a life of transformational experiences. From a shy tall boy, he rose to become one of the globally known greatest basketball players of all time. In search of his identity, he converted from...Dec 30, 2017 2182 0 -
McMaster says Trump’s foreign policy approach out of his ‘comfort zone’
Image Credit: U.S. Army Public Affairs/Wikimedia Commons President Donald Trump’s American foreign policy approach is out of the comfort zone and it has altered the international community’s view of the United States but not necessarily in...Dec 29, 2017 1755 0 -
World to have 1.8 billion tourists by 2030 – Will affinity, peace be the winners?
Shangrila Resort Skardu ,Photo Credit: Zaeem Siddiq/Wikimedia Commons The ease and speed of traveling and doing global business are likely to fuel human curiosity for discovery and help the number of world tourists grow exponentially to...Dec 28, 2017 2079 0 -
In a big year for retail, US holiday sales jump by 4.9%
Pentagon City Mall, Photo: Ben Schumin/Wikimedia Commons Signaling a strong consumer confidence, holiday sales in the United States jumped 4.9 percent this year in a new record for the amount of dollars spent. According to Mastercard...Dec 27, 2017 2191 0 -
2017 ending with world economic growth momentum, trade rebound
Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Europe Container Terminals, terminal Maasvlakte/Wikimedia The world economy seems to have lived through a spate of political and natural tremors in 2017 as the year concludes with a broad economic uptick in several...Dec 26, 2017 1987 0 -
How film Verna sparked Pakistan’s own debate in the year of #MeToo movement
Graphics by Mumtaz Hussain In a year of social movements, political upheavals, and #MeToo moment, Pakistan also produced a film, which speaks up for women’s rights and helps hihglight issues often hushed up in conservative, and...Dec 26, 2017 1964 0 -
Tech giants take key step toward realizing brave new 5G world
Flexible display of technology Credit: Arizona State University Prospectus April 2006/Wikimedia The leading tech companies took a key step this week toward full-scale development of the fifth generation of wireless networks, 5G, which with its lightning...Dec 25, 2017 1818 0 -
Jinnah wanted a broad and inclusive idea of Islam for Pakistan
Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore, where Pakistan Resolution was passed Photo: Lime.adeel/Wikimedia Commons The debate around the definition of Islam and its relationship to Pakistan’s identity has become vitriolic, obfuscating and violent. It also threatens a breakdown of...Dec 23, 2017 1868 0