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Immigrants to drive overall U.S. workforce growth for the next two decades
Times Squre, New York, Photoby chensiyuan/Wikimedia Commons With the Baby Boom generation heading toward retirement, growth in the nation’s working-age population, those ages 25 to 64, will be driven by immigrants and the U.S.-born children of immigrants,...May 2, 2017 1259 0 -
US watchdog says serious internal problems eroding Afghan security
Afghanistan conflict is experiencing a “shockingly high” rate of deaths among security forces and a record number of casualties among civilians, a U.S government watchdog says amid uncertainty surrounding the future of the country. “Casualties suffered...May 1, 2017 1079 0 -
When will Trump reach out to American Muslims?
As President Donald Trump reaches the first 100-day milestone of his presidency, it is opportune to examine his policy toward Muslims, who have witnessed a troubling rise in hate attacks against American citizens of Islamic faith...May 1, 2017 1134 0 -
‘Syrian refugee children want respect and opportunity, not pity’
File photo show displaced childrn sheltered under makeshift tents on Muhalak highway in the western part of Aleppo, Credit: UNICEF/Khuder Al-Issa Even in the midst of extreme adversity – displacement from home with an uncertain future ahead...Apr 29, 2017 1912 0 -
The mystery of a rare copy of US Declaration of Independence discovered in UK
Photo Credit: Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.The image shows Thomas Jefferson (right), Benjamin Franklin (left), and John Adams (center) meet at Jefferson’s lodgings, on the corner of Seventh and High (Market) streets in...Apr 28, 2017 1165 0 -
Taliban militant details how India funded terror in Pakistan
Pakistani solciers in Swat, Photo Credit: Al Jazeera English via Wikimedia Commons An infamous Tehreek-e-Taliban spokesman, who has surrendered himself toPakistani security forces, has detailed in a confessional statement how India backed the TTP terror attacks...Apr 26, 2017 1477 0 -
Pakistani-American entrepreneur to set up $95 million auto facility in Detroit
Photo by Melissa Hillier via Wikimedia Commons Flex-N-Gate, a top global auto supplier owned by a Pakistan-born entrepreneur, is setting up a $95 million manufacturing facility in Detroit that will create up to 700 new jobs...Apr 26, 2017 2138 0 -
Pakistan seeks WB push on resolution to water disputes with India
Indus River in Kharmang District, Pakistan, Photo Shanawaz Zafar/Wikimedia Commons Islamabad has asked the World Bank – the arbiter of Indus Water Treaty – to expedite resolution water-sharing disputes with India, which is constructing dams on...Apr 24, 2017 1172 0 -
One Planet, Many Warnings, Few Actions
A woman with an umbrella walks under the rain in a field, in the background there is a rainbow. photo WMO It was in the midst of Britain’s industrial revolution in the early 19th century that...Apr 23, 2017 1243 0 -
Pressure grows on Nawaz Sharif to leave office after scathing SC verdict
Prime Minister’s House in Islamabad, Pakistan, Photo Shubert Ciencia from Nueva Ecija, Philippines/Wikimedia Following a scathing Supreme Court verdict raising questions about the Sharif family’s property in London and ordering a wider probe into Panamagate scandal, Pakistan’s legal...Apr 22, 2017 1988 4