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DESPARDES — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to end a pact key to annual war games with American troops if the US does not restore the travel visa of
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“…it looks very much as though our government has gone rogue…”: Arundhati Roy DESPARDES — The Economist says India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is stoking divisions in the world’s biggest
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DESPARDES Analysis — Many countries in the Asia-Pacific region (Pakistan is included in the regional ranking) see economic openness as a way forward, however, vibrant economic powers like China, Indonesia,
DESPARDES — Narendra Modi stokes divisions in the world’s biggest democracy, The Economist says in its latest issue. The lede: India’s 200m Muslims fear the prime minister is building a
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DESPARDES — The Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) latest Democracy Index published today indicates how global democracy fared in 2019, providing a snapshot of the state of democracy worldwide. In South
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The Punjab Food Department (PFD), as per official statistics, manages 75% of wheat production of Pakistan. Situation at the Punjab Food Department provided an opportunity to manipulators and hoarders of
Continue readingINSIGHT: Wheat Row Talking Points and Narratives
DESPARDES — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has declared an end to its surveillance of Muslim Americans, saying its exhaustive study of their beautiful culture was finally complete. FBI’s
DESPARDES — Bollywood’s award-winning actor Naseeruddin Shah says after 70 years he has come to realize that as a ‘Muslim’ he cannot live in India. The creative Indian actor —
“My analysis here is that, in 10 years’ time, we should be selling at least a million cars” DESPARDES — Ten major observations and responses were made at a recent
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Bridges built after World War II are susceptible to temperature variations, making them more likely to fail because of climate change, two civil engineers have found. Drastic fluctuations in climate,
Continue readingClimate Change Could Damage Thousands of U.S. Bridges, Engineers Say
“The Ibn Sina Alliance aims to lead with health diplomacy to work as a bridge among Muslim countries” DESPARDES News Monitor — Members of Turkish and Pakistani communities launched an
Continue readingPakistani-Turkish Group Ibn Sina Launches Joint Health Project
A new CNN poll showed 51 percent of Americans support removing Trump from office. The poll shows an increase over the same poll one month ago. DESPARDES — Senate Majority
Continue readingImpeachment Trial Begins in Senate as President Trump Embarks for Davos