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January 29 is the 29nd day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 336 days left until the end of the year (337 in leap years). Railways 29 January 1899 Haydarpaşa Port concession was granted to my German-based Anatolian Railway Company. 29 January 1993 began to process electric train between Ankara-Haydarpaşa. Events […]

Tommy Robinson has appeared at a Muslim protest outside the Swedish embassy in London, which was organised following a series of Koran-burning stunts by a far-right activist last week.  The English Defence League founder, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was flanked by police officers and other observers as he spoke to a handful of […]

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Deutsch (de) napalm aus den alpen (original) عربي (ar) ‘أوبالم’.. هذا السلاح القاتل الذي طوّرته سويسرا! At the end of the 1970s the Indonesian Air Force made a propaganda film which showed soldiers attaching bombs to the wings of an American OV-10F Bronco fighter jet. The bombs bore the logo“BOM-OPALM” and were intended […]

There is nothing that Davos loves more than a good buzzword, and in 2023 that buzzword was “polycrisis.” The folks at this year’s World Economic Forum adopted the term after historian Adam Tooze popularized it in his inaugural Financial Times column last year. At its annual meeting last week, the WEF released its “Global Risks […]

At the beginning of a new year, commentators of all sorts invite us to look back at the year just finished and forward to the year ahead. This year, on the matter of climate change, the annual exercise has special importance. 2022 was filled with the sort of natural disasters we have come to expect […]

Sun Jan 29, 2023 10:00 AM Last update on: Sun Jan 29, 2023 10:00 AM Haor farmers in Sylhet are currently toiling away to plant boro paddy with an aim to harvest their crop ahead of the coming rains as much of the paddy grown last year was washed away by early flooding. The photo […]

The seven pillars of Western Civilization are the edifying edifices which tower over the landscape of the centuries as a fortress of faith and a beacon of reason. Islam has served throughout the centuries as an outside force which has repeatedly laid siege to the fortress, seeking its overthrow. Several weeks ago I wrote an […]

But war in Ukraine has also accelerated newer forms of weaponisation, too. It has supercharged the trend towards unilateral sanctions – economic sanctions issued outside the multilateral framework of the United Nations – precipitating financial conflict between the Western coalition and Russia, the world’s largest supplier of many essential commodities. Even supposedly ‘targeted’ sanctions have been […]

Snake island, El Nido, Palawan, Philippines. Photo credit: iStock. Beginners guide to travel in the Philippines The Philippines, an archipelago of 7,641 islands, is home to a population of more than 100 million, comprising more than 100 cultural minority groups. With its picturesque beaches, rich culture, and delicious cuisine, it truly lives up to its […]

SURABAYA, Indonesia, Jan. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Celebrations of the Lunar New Year 2023 in Surabaya has returned to the excitement of togetherness like an old reunion. The Westin Surabaya and Four Points by Sheraton Surabaya, Pakuwon Indah invited their guests to usher in the new year with intimate family get-togethers, Chinese-favorite indulgences, and lion dance entertaining […]