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EditorsPick
Women Entrepreneurs in Pakistan: Building Businesses Against the Odds
By Pirah Aijaz KARACHI: Entrepreneurship is giving many women a chance to grow and become financially independent. In Pakistan, women are starting small online businesses, selling products from home, working as freelancers, becoming consultants, launching startups, creating handmade products, and offering services through social media. They are turning their skills,…
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Humans in the Eye of the Storm: Who Suffers Most from Extreme Weather and How We Respond
A tornado near Anadarko, Oklahoma By Dr. Hassan Humeida KIEL, GERMANY: We all live under the same sky, but we do not feel the weather in the same way. As the climate crisis relentlessly heats up the planet, storms, droughts, and floods are unleashed with a profound social imbalance. Extreme…
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Business
The Heat Trap: How Climate Change Burns Prosperity and Hope
The entire climate system is continuing to heat at an accelerating rate (earth.org) By Dr. Hassan Humeida KIEL, GERMANY: When the thermometer climbs past the 40-degree mark, far more than just the sun is burning. Extreme heatwaves are altering the economic and social foundations of our planet. They do not…
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West Asia
Why I Chose “The Good Wife” Over the World Cup
When drama beats football: “The Good Wife” main character Alicia showing a red card to players (AI-Generated) By Habib Toumi MANAMA: When I told friends that I had decided to spend my free time watching all 156 episodes of the 2009-2016 U.S. television series “The Good Wife” instead of following…
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Society
The Silent Danger: How Climate Change Threatens Our Health
By Dr. Hassan HumeidaKiel, Germany: When we talk about climate change, we usually think of melting glaciers, rising sea levels, or burning forests. Yet the most fatal consequence of global warming affects us much more directly: our physical and mental health. Heatwaves and rising temperatures are radically altering the global…
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East Asia
Kyungbok University Empowers International Students at ‘2026 Global Talent Fair’ to Boost Global Career Opportunities
GKS international students from Kyungbok University take a commemorative photo at the ‘2026 Global Talent Fair for International Students’ exhibition hall. (Photo Courtesy of Kyungbok University) SEOUL: Kyungbok University actively participated in the “2026 Global Talent Fair for International Students,” the largest employment fair of its kind in South Korea,…
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EditorsPick
A Broken Shoe Is Never a Reason to Stop Walking
Assistant Commissioner Noor Bano and the broken sandals in a glass case on her mahogany desk By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: In the shimmering heat of Tharparkar, a desert district of Sindh province of Pakistan, bordering India, where the wind carries more sand than moisture, fourteen-year-old Noor Bano lived…
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The Journey from Trash to Triumph
Dr Sidra with her rag-picker brother at his shop where the old sacks he used to scavange are hanged By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Shahid, a 9-year-old boy of Lyari, the old city area of Karachi, the capital of southern Sindh province of Pakistan, was so small that he…
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South Asia
Why Financial Independence Changes Everything for Women
By Pirah Aijaz KARACHI: For many women, financial independence is not just about making money; it is also about gaining control over their own lives. In fact, it brings the confidence and fulfilment of being a self-empowered woman. Across cultures and societies, women have been conditioned to rely on men…
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EditorsPick
Tehran, One Month into the War
The University of Science and Technology in northeast Tehran was bombed early Saturday morning. The attack drew widespread reactions in Iranian media. (Photo: Vahid Hosseini) By Ali Bahrami TEHRAN: The situation in Tehran one month after the US and Israeli attack is a paradox of silence and the terrifying sound…
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