Category: World News

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Clinton gets under Trump’s skin in debate

US Election Debate Takeaways: By AP. Published: 27th September 2016   Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton gestures as she appears on stage with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during the presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., Monday, Sept. 26, 2016....

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New York Times Endorses Hillary Clinton for President

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD, IN NEW YORK TIMES, SEPT. 24, 2016 CreditChang W. Lee/The New York Times,Our endorsement is rooted in respect for her intellect, experience and courage. (Note:  Comparisons are odious. Yet New York Times says, “this is not a...

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Hillary needs a slogan to sum up what she stands for

UK Guardian view on the US presidential debate:  Editorial  in the  Guardian, UK, 22 September 2016 Monday’s television debate will be watched by 100 million Americans. The Democratic candidate should seize a chance to show she is motivated by the...

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US polls: Gap narrowing

Sep 12, 2016, Editorial in Asian Age (Note: Donald  Trump, treated as joke of Republican party’s presidential candidate, seems to be narrowing  in the gap and may even overtake Clinton by the time voting is due. That will make many...

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Poverty Elimination first!

Make action on poverty, a national priority – NCR Editorial Staff , Sep. 7, 2016 In the pic: A person sleeps on a sidewalk in New York City Aug. 11, 2015. (CNS/Justin Lane, EPA) (Note: “He has sent me to preach the good news...

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Little Hope In An Unequal World

By Ajay Ghosh, Editorial, in Universal News Nerwork, Aug.29/ 16 (Note:  The  title itself is self evident. The world has been so all the time. Inequality among humans – in social, cultural,  religious,  economic and political domains — has brought only misery,...

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The burkini debate: What or what not to wear

By Tina Beattie, in The Tablet UK, Sept.1, 2016. The row over burkinis is a reminder not only of the attitude of Islam to women’s bodies but also of the presumptions about the female form in Christianity, Judaism and secular society....

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​Obama ‘passes the baton’ to Hillary

VARGHESE K. GEORGE, in the Hidu, Jul 29, 2016 AFP U.S. President Barack Obama in his endorsement of the former Secretary of State said: "…there has never been a man or a woman — not me, not Bill, nobody —...

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Clash of Civilizations! Huntington’s Clash Revisited

     David Brooks  in  New York Times, March  3, 2011       (Note: It is against the background of Islamic State prompted terrorist  attacks in Europe, Middle East, US and elsewhere that Huntigton’s Clash of civilizations becomes very relevant. It was some 23...

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List of terrorist attacks across the globe in 2016 

Published on  July 27, 2016 Story By: mattersindia.com Nice:We are already half way through in 2016, and the world has witnessed some of the deadliest terror attacks that have come in quick succession. (Note: 2016 is the year of terrorism. It has...

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First woman White House nominee – Hillary Makes History!

AP, Philadelphia, in Hindustan Times, Jul 27, 2016 Democratic US presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks during her California primary night rally held in the Brooklyn. (REUTERS)                          (Note: We wish good luck to Hilary!  Only question in the minds of...

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Indian-American To Raise $2 Mn For Trump, Hold Mega Rally

Indian Support for Trump! In Siliconindia News, Friday, 22 July 2016, (Note: Even when there is widespread criticism of Donald Trump, there  comes a Chicago based Indian American, Shalabh "Shalli" Kumar, who heads the Republican Hindu Council (RCH) saying  he...

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‘I alone’ can fix dark, violent, weak America’’

Trump accepts Republican nominatio (Note: The press in general both in US and UK wonders what makes Republican party to endorse Donald Trump as their candidate to be US president in spite of his presenting himself as a divisive prophet...

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A harvest of hate!

Nice death toll 84? Editorial. In Indian Express, July 16, 2016 – From Nice comes another terrible image of a war of attrition with no geographic core Note: Destroy and rebuild, (destroy oppression, rebuild freedoms) were the two-fold goals of French revolution....

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Theresa May, An untested leader

Not an elected PM: strength or weakness? Editorial in The Asian Age, Jul 13, 2016 Mrs May has been thrust as leader not through popular vote in an election, as her predecessor was. This could shrink her elbow room if...

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Guardian view on Theresa May – New PM, Same Old Problems

Editorial in the Guardian,UK, 14 July 201611 A fresh face won’t make Brexit, the budget deficit or a tiny working majority disappear. The prime minister faces daunting challenges  Theresa May and her husband Philip outside 10 Downing Street on Wednesday...