Pakistan Launches Locally Produced Chinese CanSino COVID-19 Vaccine
Pakistan launched the locally produced Chinese CanSino COVID-19 vaccine during a ceremony held on Tuesday at the country’s National Institute of Health (NIH). Addressing the launching ceremony for the...
View ArticleChina’s Population Reaches 1.41178 Billion
China’s population on the mainland reached 1.41178 billion as of Nov. 1, 2020, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Tuesday. The figure does not include Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan residents...
View ArticleU.S.-China cooperation vital for faster global recovery: IMF chief
Cooperation between the United States and China, the world’s two largest economies, would be vital for a faster global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, Managing Director of the International...
View ArticleWhat Lessons Must US Learn From the Texas Power Crisis?
There are lessons to be absorbed from the Texas power crisis. One is that the U.S. energy systems must be robust enough to withstand whatever surprises climate change is likely to bring, The New York...
View ArticleChinese President Xi Declares “Complete Victory” in Eradicating Absolute...
Chinese President Xi Jinping announced on Thursday that China has scored a “complete victory” in its fight against poverty. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee...
View ArticleEntrepreneur of the Month: Adela Sanglakhi
Adela Sanglakhi is a 25-year old entrepreneur from Kabul who owns a startup called Afghan Girls. Her company employs 85 women in Kabul, Paktia, Maidan Wardak, Logar, Daikuni, Ghazni, Balkh, Baghlan,...
View ArticleMass Vaccination Underway Around the World: Is there Light At The End Of The...
Global COVID-19 deaths just surpassed 2 million on Friday, with over 93.4 million cases recorded worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. Scores of countries have started to conduct mass...
View ArticleWorld Insights: Expectations for 2021 oil prices swing between hope on...
By Mahmoud Fouly, Yan Jing Expectations for crude oil prices in 2021 swing between hope for effective vaccines against COVID-19 and concern over uncertain oil demand with a second wave of rising...
View ArticleWomen’s Participation in Peace Efforts Vital to Sustain Peace in Afghanistan
The Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) and the UN Women- United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, in Afghanistan launched a case study paper titled: Women’s...
View ArticleHow Rich Countries’ National Interest Will Threaten Fair Distribution of...
Recent forecasts have indicated that the US economy shrank by an annual rate of 32.9% between April and June as coronavirus cases spike again all across the US. This is the country’s worst quarter...
View ArticleAmazon Dominates E-Commerce. Should you be worried?
Over the past decade Amazon has fought its way into dominating the e-commerce market through a series of predatory pricing techniques. The company proposes a dual function: serving as a marketplace...
View ArticleCould Diaspora Bonds Potentially Offset Drop in Foreign Direct Investment?
The economic slowdown in consequence to the Covid-19 pandemic has been a particularly hard hit in developing nations in a two-fold manner. Firstly, many developing nations were already experience...
View ArticleEntrepreneur Of The Month: Marghuba Safi
Afghan female entrepreneur Marghuba Safi is the owner of Peshraft Zanan (which translates into women’s progress), Afghanistan’s first-ever producer of natural, organic skincare products. Established...
View ArticleAfghan Millennial Woman Opens Jewelry Business in the U.S.
“As an Afghan economist I have always wondered whether Afghanistan is a rich or poor country?” says Tania Aria, the founder of Afghan jewelry brand Veezha. Looking at the GDP rates obviously one...
View ArticleWhat Will Be the Economic Recovery Shape?
The world economy is crumbling due to the COVID-19 pandemic. What shape will the economic recovery take? V-shaped: Some more optimistic economists predict the recovery to take the shape of a V where...
View ArticleClimate Change: A Major Global Threat
By: Isidoros Karderinis The climate change—the change in the global climate and in particular the changes in meteorological conditions that extend on a large time scale, is a major global existential...
View ArticleRefugee camps, a disaster waiting to happen?
As COVID-19 devastates the globe, governments are issuing strict lockdowns to minimize the spread. But what about those without homes? A Swiss think tank estimates that globally there are 70m...
View ArticleGhani-in-Chief – What the Roadmap for the Next Five Years Should Look
President Ghani’s first term in the office can at best be described turmoiled domestically and internationally: the constant bickering with Pakistan over the latter’s covertsupport of the Taliban; the...
View ArticleThe Do’s and Dont’s in an interview
How to Shoot Yourself in the Foot in the Interview 1) Stop using generalities, like “I’m a problem-solver” and “I’m a real team player.” Generalities about strengths are ignored, forgotten, or not...
View ArticleEntrepreneur of the Month: Hameda Safi
Hameda Safi is the founder and owner of Tokma Fashion—one of the leading fashion designing companies based in Kabul. Ms. Safi has obtained her bachelor’s degree in Journalism and master’s degree in...
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