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  • Somalia: Al-Shabab Battles IS in Bari

    Somalia: Al-Shabab Battles IS in Bari

    The al-Shabab militant group has scaled up its attacks against pro-Islamic State fighters in the northeastern mountainous Somali region of Bari, experts say. Intelligence and security officials say al-Shabab has seized two locations from pro-IS militants this week. One of the two areas is called El-Miraale, a water point that has been the focal point…

  • World Hijab Day: What Hijab Means to Me

    World Hijab Day: What Hijab Means to Me

    “Hijab, to me, serves as a special little reminder that my body is my own and not for capital consumption.” World Hijab Day, founded by Nazma Khan in 2013, takes place every year on February 1st in more than 140 different countries around the world. With the aim of spreading awareness about the meaning of…

  • US withdraws from INF Treaty in 180 days – Pompeo

    US withdraws from INF Treaty in 180 days – Pompeo

    Washington has suspended its participation in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said, adding that it may return to the agreement in 180 days if Moscow meets its demands. “The US… suspends its obligations under the INF Treaty effective February 2,” Pompeo told journalists during a briefing. He also…

  • U.S. Unemployment Rate Unexpectedly Rises, Despite Strong Job Creation

    U.S. Unemployment Rate Unexpectedly Rises, Despite Strong Job Creation

    The U.S. employment report for January released on Friday painted a mixed picture of the labor market as job creation smashed expectations, but the jobless rate ticked up unexpectedly and wage inflation saw weakness. Nonfarm payrolls (NFP) rose by 304,000 in January, compared to the consensus estimate for the creation of 165,000 jobs, and the 213,000…

  • China’s Century of Humiliation

    China’s Century of Humiliation

    “China’s century of Humiliation” explores the fundamental differences between the Western and Chinese culture from early beginnings. The film debates how Christianity and Confucianism were translated in political thought and social systems. Next, the film investigates why the industrial revolution did not take place in China, despite its many early inventions, but in Europe. China’s…

  • The African Model: Asia’s path may not work, but there is an alternative

    The African Model: Asia’s path may not work, but there is an alternative

    BY MARLOUS VAN WAIJENBURG & EWOUT FRANKEMA Labour-intensive export-led industrialisation worked for China, but Africa is not China. It must come up with its own strategies to reduce poverty. Africa’s economic progress over the last 25 years has been a mixed bag. On the one hand, the proportion of people living in extreme poverty has declined from 54%…

  • Who is Sojourner Truth? Google Doodle celebrates pioneer of civil rights activism

    Who is Sojourner Truth? Google Doodle celebrates pioneer of civil rights activism

    On the first day of Black History Month, Google pays tribute to Sojourner Truth – a pioneer of civil rights, feminism and anti-slavery activism. Growing up in Ulster County, New York in 1797, Truth was born into the slave trade and experienced the horror of being bought and sold at auction numerous times. Determined to…

  • An angry historian ripped the ultra-rich over tax avoidance at Davos, then a ‘Davos man’ was given the mic

    An angry historian ripped the ultra-rich over tax avoidance at Davos, then a ‘Davos man’ was given the mic

    Rutger Bregman, a Dutch historian and author who studies poverty and global inequality, had a first this year: being invited to the world’s most prominent gathering of wealthy people – the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Switzerland – as a speaker. But after arriving Davos, the small town in the Swiss Alps where the…

  • Canadian dollar tracks oil prices higher ahead of Fed rate decision

    Canadian dollar tracks oil prices higher ahead of Fed rate decision

    Canadian dollar rises 0.4 percent against the greenback * Loonie on track to rise 3.2 percent in January * Price of U.S. oil up 1.2 percent * Bond prices fall across the yield curve TORONTO, Jan 30 (Reuters) – The Canadian dollar strengthened against its U.S. counterpart on Wednesday as stocks and oil prices rose…

  • Refusal to hand over Venezuelan gold means end of Britain as a financial center – Prof. Wolff

    Refusal to hand over Venezuelan gold means end of Britain as a financial center – Prof. Wolff

    The freezing of Venezuelan gold by the Bank of England is a signal to all countries out of step with US interests to withdraw their money, according to economist and co-founder of Democracy at Work, Professor Richard Wolff. He told RT America that Britain and its central bank have shown themselves to be “under the thumb…

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