The global economy could shrink by up to one per cent in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, a reversal from the previous forecast of 2.5 per cent growth, the UN has said, warning that it may contract even further if restrictions on the economic activities are extended without adequate fiscal responses. The analysis by...
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Under Xi Jinping: China ascendancy, pragmatism trumps ideology in foreign policy, economy and technology
Communist China is going to be a potential threat to US supremacy & global Dominance as lone super Power. The growing Imbalance between two countries widening the future discourse of Power Politics, socio_economic strength, military preparedness & technological advancement. China dramatically pullout millions of its poverty striken, drug addicted population from mass starvation, natural diseases...
Total Coronavirus cases surpass half a million worldwide, 22,340 deaths reported
Total Coronavirus cases surpass half a million worldwide. The total number of global cases has surpassed 500,000, including more than 22,000 fatalities. Over 115,000 patients have recovered so far. Coronavirus timeline: – January 19: 100 cases – January 24: 1,000 cases – January 31: 10,000 cases – February 12: 50,000 cases – March 6: 100,000...
COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic: Worldwide death toll reaches 6,420, with cases stood at 163,930
A spike in deaths from the coronavirus in Spain has pushed the global toll past 6,000, according to an AFP tally compiled from official sources. The number of novel coronavirus cases globally stood at 163,930 with 6,420 deaths, across 141 countries at 10:30PM, Sunday. Between the tally at 10:30PM on Saturday and the latest figures...
Global markets plunge amid threat of coronavirus and oil price slump
Stock markets in Europe and the US are facing for their biggest worst falls since the 2008 financial crisis after the trading week began with panic selling amid the double threat of a coronavirus-driven global recession and an oil-price war. The FTSE 100 was projected to plunge by 6.3% when trading begins on Monday, while...
Turkey and Russia: Cannot Afford Confrontation, The Ball’s in Putin Court
Turkish President Erdoğan and his counterpart Putin have repeatedly met each other in recent years to coordinate their moves in Syria. In September 2018, they reached a de-escalation deal on Idlib in Sochi, Russia, aimed at turning Idlib into a de-escalation zone in which acts of aggression and offensive are expressly prohibited. With nowhere to...
President Trump called conversation with Taliban a “Very Good Talk”, For First Time Officially
President Donald Trump confirmed that he had spoken by phone with a top leader of the Taliban about the recent peace agreement reached in Qatar aimed at winding down a conflict that has turned into America’s longest war. Trump called the conversation a “very good talk”, Trump told reporters as he left the White House...
America’s Longest War Ends: US and Taliban Sign Historic Peace Deal in Doha, Qatar
After almost 20 years of war and 18 months of talks, a peace deal has been signed between US and Taliban in Doha on February 29th 2020 /Rajab 5, 1441 Hijri in Pashto, Dari, and English languages. American side was represented by Zalmay Khalilzad and Mullah Barader from Taliban in the presence of Foreign Minister...
MIDDLE EAST PEACE PLAN: IS IT “DEAL OF THE CENTURY” OR “FRAUD OF THE CENTURY”?
It is almost hundred years, the Balfour Declaration was issued by the British government in 1917 to establish a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine, then an Ottoman region with a small minority of Jewish population. Before this declaration, land was purchased in Ethiopia to establish a Jewish home. After Balfour declaration (1917)...
Soleimani’s Assassination and India’s Betrayal on Iran
Sabtain Ahmed Dar New Delhi’s mysterious press release and framing in media on Soleimani assassination as to that of Osama and Al-Baghdadi is indeed a stab in the back. Indian media has failed to realize that rule of comparison in an analysis is always “like with like”; there is no justification to the notion that...









