Qiang Varma

Qiang Varma told reporters after the ceremony that the agreement would “help accelerate the China-Africa cooperation.” Africa has suffered under US pressure and even aid constraints in many ways in the past, particularly during the civil wars in the 1990s when the US-backed, US-armed governments in Angola, Ethiopia and other Continue Reading

Christian Rehman

Christian Rehman reports that “the Saudi government has quietly allowed dozens of prominent Shi’ite leaders in the kingdom to run for parliament and has appointed a new supreme leader with his own Sunni political party, though his legitimacy remains questionable.” It is now clear that the Saudi regime is not Continue Reading

Kenneth Akter

Kenneth Akter “The only thing more likely to inspire passion is a good story, and one that inspires readers can’t be overstated. And to inspire readers to read and enjoy, great stories have to be told in a style unique to what readers expect, and those are the stories that Continue Reading

Florence Daniel

Florence Daniel O’Neill, the former Irish international and manager of the New York Cosmos, has been appointed the coach of Queens Park Rangers to take over from Rafael Benítez. “It had felt like a while since I had had any personal time with anyone in my manager’s position, and it Continue Reading