Qingdao: what’s in it for us? – Part II
India is going to be a big-time beneficiary of the 18th SCO Summit at Qingdao. Chinese President Xi Jinping has been warming up to India after the Doklam Pass standoff…
Qingdao: what’s in it for us?
All eyes are on Eastern China’s coastal city Qingdao, which will host the 18th summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on June 9 and June 10. This is the…
90 seconds – from disasters to destinies
He drives me crazy. She makes me so mad. They rile me to hit back. His insolence makes my head go haywire. Her smirk irks me to kill her. What…
True riba-free Islamic banking
The motivation to provide interest- (riba) free financial services is derived from the desire of Muslim communities living in the modern age. The general perception of most of the critics…
Is Middle Eastern escalation inevitable?
AFTER several weeks of preparations, Israel carried out its promised attack on Iran in the small hours of Saturday but the scale and scope of the air/missile strikes appeared limited. It also…
Criminalising hate
THERE is a Stephen Spielberg movie called Minority Report, based on a Philip K. Dick science fiction novella set in the year 2054. Tom Cruise plays a police officer who…
Ruptures in 2024
IT is pointless to pontificate on most of the voting numbers from this election, given the large discrepancies being reported. Make-believe Form-47s cast a shadow on the legitimacy of the…
‘Noli me tangere’
THE term ‘untouchable’ has a different connotation in each culture and religion. To Christians, the words noli me tangere are attributed to Jesus Christ who, after his resurrection, deterred his…
Square peg, round hole
Pakistan’s present economic and social machinery from IPPs to BISP lies littered with good intentions gone bad. Giles Firmin’s ‘The Real Christian’ has a line which fits us like a…
And Action! Amazon leans into video in emerging Europe’s online marketplace fight Anna Koper,
Amazon and Temu are taking different tacks to challenge Poland’s online marketplace leader Allegro, with the US e-commerce giant leaning into video and the fashion-focused Chinese company relying on low…
