Category: Multimedia
Celebrations across UAE as Dubai wins right to host World Expo 2020
Fireworks erupted in Dubai after the tiny Gulf emirate won the right to host the 2020 World Expo, becoming the first Middle Eastern city to organize the event in […]
UN, World Bank plan to mobilize financing for sustainable energy
The United Nations and the World Bank on Wednesday announced a concerted effort by governments, international agencies, civil society and the private sector to scale up financing to provide sustainable […]
Bangladesh’s forex reserves go up
While the per capita income of people in Bangladesh has increased substantially, the country’s foreign exchange reserve crossed the US $17 billion mark on October 22 for the first time […]
Musings for Miss World 2013
Miss World 2013, Miss Philippines! The announcement echoed like a giant wave towards me, while I gazed transfixed in front of the TV. It was the Miss World Pageant beamed […]
Our culture, our global citizenship
There is a strong belief that culture is becoming an overwhelming global citizenship. Some of us are connected with others under the sky of religions, or gathered in the tent […]
Thai anti-government protesters rally calling for nationwide uprising
Anti-government protesters in Thailand vowed Tuesday to take control of state offices nationwide in their bid to oust Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, escalating the biggest challenge she has faced since […]
Is North Korea a ‘communist state’ or a ‘market economy’?
North Korea is often described as a ‘communist country’ by outsiders, and also officially describes itself as a ‘socialist country.’ But, what exactly is a ‘communist state,’ or (to use […]
20,000 evacuated to shelters as volcano threat rises to highest in Indonesia
About 12,000 people from villages on the mountainside of Mount. Sinabung volcano in North Sumatra have fled homes since Sunday, bringing the total internally displaced persons to nearly 20,000 as […]
History-shaping Iran nuclear deal in Geneva breaks 3-decade gridlock
In this photo released by the Iranian Students News Agency, ISNA, Iranians hold posters of President Hassan Rouhani as they welcome Iranian nuclear negotiators upon their arrival from Geneva […]
India’s superpower hopes take a beating
India’s hopes of becoming a superpower are up in flames, at least for the present. While policy-makers in New Delhi fiddled as the economy wobbled, it suffered a devastating setback […]