Egyptian Businessman Mohamed Ali Steps Away From Politics
A former Egyptian army contractor whose online videos last year inspired rare street protests against President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has said he will step back from politics after his calls for mass anti-government rallies on the ninth anniversary of Egypt’s 25th January 2011 uprising “failed”. Mohamed Ali, who has accused the president and the military of corruption, […]
Fifteen On Trial For Stealing Moroccan King’s Jewellery
Fifteen people have gone on trial in Morocco over the theft of dozens of luxury watches and other pieces of jewellery from one of King Mohammed VI’s royal palaces. The 15 suspects, who appeared in a court in the capital Rabat on Friday, are believed to be the members of a gang that carried out the raid […]
Zarif Hits Back After Trump’s ‘No Thanks’ Twitter Post
President Donald Trump has said the United States will not lift sanctions on Iran in order to enter negotiations with it, in a response to the Iranian foreign minister who suggested Tehran was still willing to talk on the condition Washington “correct[ed] its past” and removed a series of tough economic measures. There has been growing friction between the two longtime foes […]
Emilia-Romagna Election: Polls Open In Key Italian Vote
Polls have opened in Italy in a key regional election which the far right hopes will destabilise the country’s fragile coalition government and help opposition leader Matteo Salvini return to power. The wealthy centre-north region of Emilia-Romagna has been a stronghold of the Italian left for more than 70 years, but while left-wing values […]
Saudi Arabia To Stop Funding Mosques In Foreign Countries
Former Saudi minister of justice, Mohammed Bin Abdul-Karim Issa, has announced that his country will stop funding mosques in foreign countries, Arabi21.com reported on Friday. According to the Swiss newspaper, Le Matin Dimanche, Saudi Arabia is to establish local administrative councils for each mosque, in cooperation with the local authorities, in order to […]
Arab Countries Plead For The Return Of Jews
A million Jews lived in Arab countries in the 20th century. Today, just a few thousand are left, mostly in Morocco and Tunisia. The purging of the Jews caused a crisis in almost every Arab country from which they came. Despite their relatively limited numbers, the Jews’ impact on society, culture, economy, and trade […]
Trump Says Marijuana Makes People “Lose IQ Points”
President Trump could be heard saying that using marijuana makes people “lose IQ points” in a secretly recorded conversation released on Saturday. “In Colorado they have more accidents,” the president said in the clip captured by Lev Parnas, an associate of Trump attorney Rudolph Giuliani, who is at the center of the Ukraine scandal that […]
Chinese Uighurs In Saudi Face Impossible Choice
His eyes brimming with tears, a Uighur student in Saudi Arabia holds out his Chinese passport — long past its expiry date and condemning him to an uncertain fate as the kingdom grows closer to Beijing. The Chinese mission in Saudi Arabia stopped renewing passports for the ethnic Muslim minority more than two years ago, […]
Oil Prices Are Feeling The Coronavirus Threat
One of my energy sector predictions for this year was that oil prices would not drop below $50 a barrel. This may turn out to be the fastest falsified prediction I have ever made. Since I made that prediction, China has experienced an outbreak of coronavirus, an illness similar to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). […]
What’s The Risk Of A Market Crash In 2020?
Stock market crashes are tough to predict. Fortunately, they are also quite a bit rarer than you might think. The stock market dropping overnight has historically appeared a result of either glitches in trading operations or unexpectedly correlated behavior such as forced selling. For example it is now often believed that the 1987 Black Monday crash where […]
How To Launch A Profitable Startup In 2020
What it takes to launch a profitable startup in 2020 hasn’t changed for decades and won’t change any time soon. The best advice for entrepreneurs who are looking to launch a startup this year is not to wait until next year. Remote work is at an all-time high, unprecedented access to global talent, startup investment keeps increasing, […]
China Virus Death Toll Rises To 56, Total Cases Near 2K
The death toll from a virus in China has risen to 56 and the number of people infected across the country is nearing 2,000, authorities said Sunday. Fifteen more people have died and at least 688 new cases of the coronavirus have now been confirmed, according to the National Health Commission. Among the new deaths, […]