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Despite many forecasts, oil prices cruise in unchartered waters
Global oil prices are unlikely to attain any semblance of stability in the near future, in spite of forecasts and estimates, as geo-strategic political compulsions and fears of losing market share continue to drive decisions on...May 4, 2016 873 0 -
Three new earth-sized planets discovered
(Featured Image above is artist’s impression shows an imagined view from the surface one of the three planets orbiting an ultracool dwarf star just 40 light-years from Earth that were discovered using the TRAPPIST telescope at ESO’s...May 2, 2016 1380 0 -
Obama jabs at Trump in last WH Correspondents’ dinner speech
President Barack Obama had a lot to poke fun at in his last presidential appearance at the White House Correspondents’ Association annual dinner. So he unleashed a string of jokes and jabs at presidential candidates including Donald...May 1, 2016 1145 0 -
New study recommends low interest rates until full employment
A new study has asked the Federal Reserve to keep the interest rates low until full employment is achieved as those graduating from schools and colleges in 2016 confront lackluster growth in wages due in part...Apr 30, 2016 2944 0 -
Syria falls back into volcano of violence
Hopes that Syria – decimated by more than five years of multilayered conflicts – could finally be put on path to rehabilitation – were dashed to pieces after a series of civilian killings from bombings of...Apr 30, 2016 1179 0 -
Leonardo DiCaprio’s fervent call to save planet
American actor Leonardo DiCaprio made an fervent case for bold action to stem climate degradation at the United Nations on Friday, as leaders from 175 countries signed the Paris Agreement to save the planet. The Academy...Apr 23, 2016 904 0 -
World Press Freedom Index, a reminder of restrictions hampering journalistic work
The World Press Freedom Index released this week comes as yet another reminder of restrictions journalists around the world face in covering events, particularly those exposing wrong doings by the powerful and the influential. Finland, Netherland,...Apr 22, 2016 929 0 -
Oil market uncertain as production accord remains elusive
The global oil market is likely to remain in yet another phase of uncertainty at least until June after geopolitical tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran prevented major oil producing countries to agree on an output...Apr 19, 2016 921 0 -
Nothing like passion for journalism
It is not my the GPS in my car but my life’s GPS that took lots of reroutings as I swerved from an ultimate route. I studied in a French convent school and one day suddenly Urdu language...Apr 16, 2016 1952 3 -
Panama Papers Shockwaves – Legal Recourse or Public Pressure?
Seen as the biggest corporate data leak in history, the so-called Panama Papers continue to rattle the tax authorities around the World, as they scramble to plug loopholes that were so immaculately exploited by wealthy...Apr 14, 2016 980 0