Global demand for gold jewellery witnessed a 12 percent increase during the first quarter (January-March) of the year 2013. According to the latest World Gold Council Gold Demand Trends report, total jewellery…
The United Nations is nearing agreement on a treaty to regulate the $70bn global conventional arms trade. The world body’s 193 member states received the last revision of the draft treaty ahead…
Consumer spending probably increased in February by the most in five months as incomesrebounded, providing a kick for the U.S. economy at the start of the year, economists project a report to…
Diplomats from around the world are to gather at the United Nations for talks on an international arms trade treaty, in an effort to stop the sale of illegal conventional arms. Similar…
A recent research has shed light on how the Amazon rainforest can cope up with changes in global climate. It has been found by a team from the UK Center for Ecology…
Intel Corporation is expanding its global commitment to furthering education for girls and women by announcing multiple strategic partnerships and programs. Millions of girls around the world have limited or no access…
Four years ago world leaders, meeting in the G20 crisis session, agreed they would all work to move from recession to growth and prosperity. They agreed to a global growth compact to…
A top Australian research observatory home to several global telescopes was under threat from wildfires Sunday as hot weather and lightning storms stoked scores of new blazes. The Rural Fire Service (RFS)…
Swiss banks UBS AG (UBSN) and Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN) are among the safest in Europe, according to the measures regulators watch most closely. Therein lies a lesson in how easily…
Government must give better exposure to Pakistan’s exports by fulfilling the requirements of the global halal market because Pakistan has great potential to become the ‘halal’ hub of the region due to…
A delegation of United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) team led by its President, Mr. Ahsaanullah Khan visited Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry ((ICCI) for explaining the utility of embracing the UNGC…
The Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report says pollution will become the biggest cause of premature deaths, killing an estimated 3.6 million people a year by 2050. Urban air pollution is set…
Here’s an odd prediction for the coming year: 2013 will be a watershed for financial reform. True, while the global financial crisis erupted more than four years ago, and the Dodd-Frank financial…
A Gary Shilling Most of us still look at China, the world’s second-largest economy, as the undisputed leader among major developing countries. In the long run, however, I’m betting on India to…
President Asif Ali Zardari Monday announced $10 million for a global war chest to educate all girls by 2015 set up in the name of Malala Yousufzai, the teen education activist shot…
Ziauddin Youasfzai, father of teen education activist Malala Yousafzai’s, was on Sunday named the United Nation’s Special Adviser on Global Education. Former British prime minister and UN Special Envoy Gordon Brown announced…
The dollar edged up, though the currency was off its highs as investors parsed the details of the labor market report, one of the most closely watched economic indicators. U.S. non-farm payrolls…
