Mideast Crude Watch- Dubai spread flips to backwardation
SINGAPORE: The new front-month December/January Dubai intermonth spread flipped into backwardation this week, the first time in 16 months, as demand for Middle East crude extended its strength into the…
India telecoms battered by spectrum probe worries
MUMBAI: India's fiercely competitive mobile phone industry has been beset by a fresh wave of regulatory uncertainty stemming from a possible probe into 2G spectrum that a government audit says…
UN urges ‘social’ approach against genital mutilation
ROME: The UN children's agency on Thursday proposed a new approach for ending female genital mutilation, saying campaigns should work with communities instead of fighting local traditions. "One of the…
Congo launches new farming community to tackle food crisis
NKOUO: Gaetan Charlly Lengou knows how lucky he is to be part of a new, state-funded farming community — but he knows he will have to deliver results in the…
A recovery for all
By Isabel Ortiz NEW YORK: Over the last two years, the majority of countries in the world chose to expand public spending in order to buffer the impact of the global…
America’s employment and growth challenges
By Michael Spence NEW YORK: For many, if not most, Americans, the crisis that befell them in 2008 — leading to slow growth, rising unemployment, and high anxiety among voters —…
Muslims and Jews visit each other’s holy places this November
By Habeeb Alli TORONTO, Canada: I can see your stares! I get them every time I say we are twinning our mosques and synagogues this month. “Really?” people ask, jaws dropping.…
Multiculturalism isn’t dead in Germany
By Lewis Gropp BONN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel recently declared that multiculturalism is "dead". This statement has no basis in reality, because the word "multiculturalism" means nothing more than the functioning…
Saudi faces daunting task of post-hajj cleanup
By Ali Khalil/ AFP MINA: As the hajj pilgrimage nears its end, Saudi authorities in Mecca face the daunting task of cleaning up after pilgrims who have turned the streets of…
Interview: Budrus ‘built a model of civil resistance’
By Jody McIntyre BUDRUS: This Sunday, 7 November, will mark exactly seven years since Ayed Morrar first saw Israeli bulldozers arrive to destroy the land of his village, Budrus, in the…