admin | June 14, 2022
By Mayank Gupta New Delhi, Jun 13: Soon after assuming office in Islamabad, the newly anointed Pakistani Prime-Minister Shehbaz Sharif headed for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. His motivation was clearto seek finances that would help bailout the Pakistani economy, which was on life support
admin | June 4, 2022
Road tennis has gained international attention with three African countries expressing interest, says Minister of Youth, Sport and Community Empowerment Charles Griffith as he spoke during this mornings launch of the Barbados Road Tennis Open tournament.
admin | June 4, 2022
LOS ANGELES, Calif. On December 20, 2021, a group of Armenians concerned about the future of their nation established a new organization known as The Armenian Society of Fellows (ASOF). This international network of Armenian scholars, scientists, artists and entrepreneurs is currently comprised of 155 individuals, including Nobel Laureates and thought leaders from both the Republic of Armenia and the Armenian Diaspora
admin | June 4, 2022
2022 0528 South Asian Studies books and documentaries-1 Prof Tan Tai Yong, Dr Jayati Bhattacharya, and Assoc Prof Rai (fifth, sixth and seventh from the left respectively), with former and current graduate students of the NUS South Asian Studies Programme. The NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) showcased a series of books and short documentaries that focused on Singapores lesser-known South Asian communities at a book launch-cum-documentary screening at the Indian Heritage Centre today. Titled Hidden Heritage: Minority South Asian Communities in Singapore, the series shines a spotlight on the Bengali, Gujarati, Hindustani (the diaspora from the Gangetic Heartland), Tamil Catholic and Telugu communities
admin | June 2, 2022
On Thursday, April 21, the air in MIT room 3-270 was electric with excitement, as poet and novelist Elizabeth Acevedo took the floor, along with student moderator Nailah J. Smith 22. Acevedo is Afro-Latinx, born in Harlem, New York, to Dominican parents, and one of the most acclaimed young Latinx writers on the contemporary literary scene
admin | June 2, 2022
Can diaspora bondsbonds funded by Africans living in the diaspora, primarily in middle-income and high-income countrieshelp drive new investments in the continent? There is no question that the African diaspora in the United States has reached a new level of influence. In fact, last year, Dana Banks, senior director for Africa at the National Security Council, stated at a press briefing focused on U.S.-Africa trade that the Biden administration will provide targeted support to small- and medium-sized businesses with a specific focus on the African diaspora and their businesses and investors across the United States
admin | June 2, 2022
(May 31, 2022, JERUSALEM, JNS Wire) More than 1,000 gap-year yeshiva and seminary students celebrated Yom Yerushalayim at a pep rally sponsored by Masa Israel and hosted in partnership with World Mizrachi, designed to inspire and energize them into ambassadors for Israel as many plan to return home and get ready for college campuses in the Fall. Back-to-back events at Heichal Shlomo, held separately for men and women, were awash with music, singing, dancing and food to commemorate the anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem
admin | June 2, 2022
In what is believed to be a unique initiative, the Mayo diaspora estimated to total some 3.5 million people globally has been asked to work collectively to help address climate and the biodiversity crises.
admin | June 2, 2022
NEW YORK (1010 WINS) New York and Hawaii may be a world apart, but the two states face very similar issues when it in comes to the socio-political issues of gentrification and housing. The same way New Yorkers are slowly being displaced from theirlong-termneighborhoods because of rent hikes, Hawaiian natives are also being priced out of their homes andforced to flock elsewhere due to localeconomicissues. Today, about half of all Native Hawaiians live outside of Hawaii
admin | June 2, 2022
It's been 69 years since Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay conquered Mount Everest, and the Nepali community in Auckland came out in force to celebrate. There was food, dance performances, auction andspeeches by dignitaries including Sir Edmund's son, Peter Hillary, Auckland mayor Phil Goff and Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon. Addressing the more than 300 crowd at Fickling Centre in Three Kings, Hillary paid tribute to theNew Zealand-Nepal partnership that conquered the world's highest peak in 1953
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