To better understand the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on startups globally, and equip governments with tools and actionable insights to support their innovation ecosystems, Startup Genome launched the world's first global startup survey on the (...)
THERE is no doubt that outsourced facilities management (FM) can address key challenges for building owners. It can drive a high standard of service provision in areas such as cleaning and MEP maintenance, reduce overheads and boost less tangible (...)
U.S. President Barack Obama visited tornado-devastated Moore, Oklahoma, consoling people staggered by the loss of life and property and promising that the government will be behind them "every step of the way."
The extraordinarily powerful twister (...)
The National Weather Service said the tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma was a top-of-the-scale EF-5 twister with winds of at least 200 mph (322 kph), AP reported.
Spokeswoman Keli Pirtle said Tuesday the agency upgraded the tornado from an EF-4 on (...)
A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile (800 meters) wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to (...)
Zawahri might allow themselves a mirthless smile at the thought of US President George Bush unleashing US commando raids in Pakistan without Islamabad's approval.
“They'd be gleefully looking at this as a great opportunity,” said Nasim Zehra, an (...)
With Pakistan's economy tanking and a Taleban insurgency raging, new president Asif Ali Zardari must choose if the time is right to risk more instability by entering a confrontation with old rival Nawaz Sharif.
A new power struggle is about the (...)
PAKISTANIS doubt whether their new civilian leaders are capable of asserting control over a powerful military spy agency after what was widely seen as a botched attempt at the weekend.
The timing could not have been more embarrassing for Prime (...)
FOR a world hoping democracy will provide the stability nuclear-armed Pakistan needs to save it from Islamist militants and chaos, the first 100 days of the new civilian government haven't been very reassuring. The transition, after eight years of (...)
THE party leading Pakistan's new coalition is drafting a constitutional package likely to sideline Iftikhar Chaudhary, the recently freed judge whose defiance of President Pervez Musharraf made him a cause celebre.
Strains in the (...)
47 in Afghanistan in less than three months.
Earlier on Tuesday, bombs killed a top Afghan policeman and four other people, but the government said Taliban guerrillas would not derail parliamentary polls on Sept. 18.
Government spokesman Jawed (...)
foot (12-meter) shipping containers toppled in Charleston's sprawling port complex.
More than 120,000 people were without power.
"We expect that number to go higher," said Robin Montgomery, a spokesman for South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. "We (...)