• IT-Science

    Science ministers of ASEAN countries meet in Daejeon

    On Tuesday 20th October, a meeting between science ministers in South Korea, Japan and China and ASEAN countries was held in Daejeon to discuss how to narrow the developmental gap between their countries. The meeting was held in sync with (OCED) conference for science and technology. During the meeting, Korea…

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  • West Asia

    Twelve Arab innovators become science stars on TV

    Twelve of the Arab world’s most promising and remarkable young innovators beat thousands of rival applicants to be selected as candidates on the seventh season of Stars of Science, Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development ‘s (QF) “edutainment reality” TV program on MBC4. This selection concludes the casting…

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  • West Asia

    Aziz Sancar, Turkey’s first Nobel in science

    In its second Nobel Prize win, Turkey secured its first Nobel in science, most specifically, chemistry, with Aziz Sancar. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Tomas Lindahl and Paul L. Modrich for their mechanistic studies of DNA repair. Sancar, 69 years, holds both American and Turkish citizenship, has…

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  • IT-Science

    Obama invites arrested Muslim schoolboy to White House

    A Muslim Texan, Ahmed Mohamed, 14, was arrested in his school after a teacher mistook his homemade digital clock for a bomb which he made for his engineering class. The incident triggered accusations of Islamophobia in an online backlash. Interestingly, US President Barack Obama on Wednesday invited Ahmed to the…

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  • West Asia

    Korea’s LG open their own store in Jordan

    LG Electronics, one of Korea’s pioneering companies, has been making extensive efforts to expand in the Middle Eastern market, opening a number of branches for heir luxury goods. One of their latest venues is the opening of their branch in Jordan’s capital, in Makka street, which is famous for its…

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  • South East Asia

    Fake Apple iPhones factory raided in China

    A factory in China has been raided which allegedly made up to 41,000 fake Apple iPhones. Nine arrests have been made. The operation reportedly involved hundreds of workers who repackaged second hand smartphone parts as new iPhones for export, worth 120m Yuan ($19m). The factory, initially discovered in May, was…

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  • West Asia

    The Full Moon through the eye of DubaiSat

      DubaiSat-2 owned and operated by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) captured a clear, high definition photo of the full moon proving the versatility of the satellite design. The full moon image was taken with the roll tilt angle of 0 degree and roll pitch angle of 79.63…

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  • South Asia

    US, Iran reach new deal, curbing Iran’s nuclear bomb ambition

    Iran and six major world powers agreed to a nuclear deal on Tuesday, concluding more than a decade of negotiations that could transform the Middle East. U.S. President Barack Obama hailed a step towards a “more hopeful world” and Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said it proved that “constructive engagement works”.…

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  • IT-Science

    UEFA Champions League Final Embraces a Carbon Free Future

    The first year of Nissan’s four-year partnership with the UEFA Champions League ended by leaving a lasting legacy of Nissan’s commitment to a carbon free future. Over one hundred electric cars were deployed around Berlin, the site of the Champions League Final, and 129 charging points installed to support these…

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  • East Asia

    BeGLOBAL Seoul 2015: Entrepreneurs, business and young leaders

    Last Friday, I attended ‘BeGlobal Seoul 2015’, which was marketed as ‘Asia’s Biggest Startup-Tech Conference’ at one of Seoul’s most beautiful places, Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP). By the amount of hype created on social media, and the correct marketing of the event, I was already impressed. On the top of…

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