Chinese Renminbi – fifth international trading currency
From today, October 1, 2016, Chinese Renminbi, the official currency of China, joins the SDR Basket of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). (more…)
Category Archives: Politics
Duterte, a new ‘Rebellion’ on the Horizon?
Russias coming back, Chinas emerging military power, North Koreas successful nuke and missile tests, Irans clear establishment as regional power, – US has enough, more than enough (headache). And now Duterte, Philippines new President, who called Obama ‘son of a bitch’ just before the beginning of the ASEAN Summit early September, a new ‘mind’ (may be a power) in the row. (more…)
The Election Basar 2016 – Good bye Hillary Clinton!
Democrats need a new candidate, desperately. A sick Hillary Clinton offers no prospect even for a head-to-head competition with the Republican candidate Donald Trump, let alone if there’s any chance to winning the November election. (more…)
Study: Media fuels anti-Muslim attitudes and policies
ANN ARBOR — When Americans rely primarily on television shows, movies and the news media for information about Muslims, their attitude toward Muslims may be negatively influenced, a new University of Michigan study finds. (more…)
Political pitfalls in handling Ebola may carry over to Zika
ANN ARBOR — If the United States responds to Zika the way it did to Ebola—and early indications are that in many ways it is—the country can expect missteps brought about by a lack of health care coordination and a lot of political finger pointing, according to an analysis by the University of Michigan. (more…)
Costs of War: Death toll from war in Afghanistan and Pakistan
The Costs of War project releases data on the human costs of a decade and a half of war in Afghanistan and Pakistan, finding that violence is not subsiding.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] —The combined, cumulative death toll of war in Afghanistan and Pakistan since 2001 is 173,000, with 183,000 others seriously injured, according to a new study by the Costs of War project, based at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. (more…)
The Election Basar 2016 – What the ‘donors’ get in return?
Question is, what the ‘political donors’, or contributors who are very active during election time, get in retun (to their investment)?
The answer is: favour. (more…)
The Election Basar 2016
November is just few months away. Two top candidates are getting busier with their campaigns. Election market is very hot at the moment. It’s all about going into the Oval Office. (more…)