[ad_1] Saudi Arabia pledged $US400 million ($600 million) in aid to Ukraine earlier this year and has voted in favour of UN resolutions calling on Russia to end its invasion and opposing the annexation Ukrainian territory. But it has resisted US pressure to increase oil production in order to squeeze Russia’s revenues. Assad, a close ally of both Russia and Iran, said he hoped the summit would mark a “new stage of Arab solidarity” that…
"Putin’s foe Zelensky and friend Assad appear at Arab summit"Category: News
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[ad_1] By Latrecia Wilson, Executive Director, QFI • Updated: 18/05/2023 – 12:39 Arabic is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, so why aren’t more schools offering it as part of their regular school timetable at an earlier age, Latrecia Wilson writes. Access to critically needed languages, including Arabic, is increasingly becoming a social justice issue. Without access to language learning, 21st-century workers — especially the marginalised or disadvantaged — face a significant loss of economic, social,…
"The Arabic language is vital to educational systems of the future"
[ad_1] Photo Credit: Pixabay via desygner.com One of the biggest problems related to stress and one that affects us directly, especially when we talk about work, is burnout, also known as extreme exhaustion. Defined by many as a “state of vital exhaustion”, burnout can force people to miss work for long periods and affect their psychological and physiological well-being. According to the World Health Organization , burnout” is a syndrome resulting from work stress that has not been successfully managed. It is characterized…
"5 Ways to Avoid Burnout: According to Experts"
[ad_1] Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party on Saturday lost its only state government in India’s relatively prosperous south, results from elections in Karnataka showed, in a boost to the otherwise struggling opposition ahead of general elections next year. The Indian National Congress, which governed India for much of its time since independence before being sidelined by the rise of Mr. Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party, was winning a majority of the seats in…
"Defeat for Modi’s Party in South India Heartens His Rivals"
[ad_1] PHILADELPHIA – Cassandra Nunez and her grandmother cast their first ballots in a U.S. presidential election in 2016. She was a first-year college student; her grandmother, a newly minted citizen. They both hoped to elect the first woman president over a man who bragged about grabbing and kissing women at will. But Donald Trump became president, and it would be nearly seven years before a Trump accuser could press her claims at trial. This…
"Trump sexual assault verdict important for women, MeToo"
[ad_1] Volodymyr Zelensky has been urged to strike while the iron is hot and launch an attack on Putin’s stalling army by a military analyst. Colonel Brendan Kearney said Ukraine is using its resources economically and believes an offensive is in the pipeline. But, speaking in an interview with Times Radio, the former US marine said now is the time to launch an offensive while they have momentum on their side and their opposition is…
"Zelensky must attack Putin’s disorganised army now, military expert warns | World | News"
[ad_1] LONDON — After the gilded spectacle of King Charles III’s crowning in an ancient religious ceremony, coronation festivities took a more down-to-earth turn Sunday with thousands of picnics and street parties held across the U.K. in his honor. The community get-togethers, part of a British tradition known as the Big Lunch, were intended to bring neighbors together to celebrate the newly crowned king even as support for the monarchy wanes. Critics complained about the…
"‘Big Lunch’ Follows Coronation Celebrating King Charles"
[ad_1] As It Happens6:09Scottish stone shouldn’t be in coronation, says son of man who stole it back Jamie Hamilton says his late father would be displeased to learn the ancient symbol of Scottish royalty he once took back from the British is being used for the coronation of King Charles. The Stone of Destiny — a 150-kilogram chunk of sandstone, also known as the Stone of Scone — has a long and fraught history. It was…
"Scottish stone shouldn’t be in coronation, says son of man who stole it back from England"
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — When is an invitation not just an invitation, but a defiant breach of protocol, a brash partisan move and a self-interested political tactic? When House Speaker Kevin McCarthy travels overseas to invite an embattled, highly unpopular world leader to Washington to address Congress over the reservations of the White House, critics argue. The Bakersfield Republican led a delegation to Israel this week, where he lavished praise on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and became…
"Why Kevin McCarthy’s trip to Israel is ‘so dangerous’"
[ad_1] JERUSALEM — A high-profile Palestinian prisoner died in Israeli custody on Tuesday after a nearly three-month-long hunger strike, Israel’s prison service announced, at a time of already soaring tensions between Israel and the Palestinians. Khader Adnan, a leader in the militant Islamic Jihad group, had begun staging protracted hunger strikes more than a decade ago, introducing a new form of protests against Israel’s mass detentions of Palestinians without charges or trials. On Tuesday, the…
"Prominent Palestinian hunger striker dies in Israeli custody"