Tony Blair and Gordon Brown have presided over more than a decade of almost continuous war. It started with air strikes on Iraq in 1998. Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, Iraq proper, and ‘a much bigger Afghan commitment’ followed.
Much of the sentiment regarding the largely Western-waged war on terror has made Britain regard the war in [...]

The developing countries will now play a more significant role in the economic policies of the world. The ultra-elite club of the richest industrial nations known as G7 will relinquish its top level global economic forum to the much broader G20 that includes the emerging economies and developing countries such as China, Brazil, and India.
The [...]

His speech was long and rambling about nothing much more than his aversion to the powers of the Security Council. His first translator got very tired. At the end of his speech, the hall was half-empty.
Some of his rantings were: Israel having had a hand in the JFK assassination, swine flu might be a military [...]

In the countdown to the much-awaited and carefully-prepared for climate summit to be held in Copenhagen towards the end of 2009, ‘the United Nations is planning a form of diplomatic shock therapy for world leaders this week in the hope of injecting badly needed urgency into negotiations for a climate change treaty that, it is [...]

The experts at the British Chambers of Commerce are out with the opinion that the worst phase of the global recession that hit the Britain shore is over.  The signs of the recovery are already on its way with the growth in the GDP after a sharp fall before the month of March.
The British Government [...]

Central banks across the world have issued a warning that the British economy is headed towards a relapse into another recession. The indicators are palpably threatening and will most likely endanger a sustained recovery. Bank lending is still in dry spell. The Bank of England confirms that the country’s banks and other financial institutions still [...]

The temperatures are really expected to sour high this week in Britain. The weather forecasters are predicting unprecedented heat wave with temperatures reaching above 33 C and parents have been warned to keep children indoors. Meanwhile even elder people have been issued advice about tackling the heat wave and emergency hospital services have been put [...]

It is but 18 months away from the G8’s self-imposed deadline for promises pledged to aid Africa but only $7 billion out of the $21.5 billion in aid, promised at the Gleneagles summit in 2005, have actually been delivered. This means that a paltry one-third of the total pledges made by the G8 group of [...]

The reality show “Britain’s Got Talent” has given birth to yet another celebrity – Susan Boyle. But the fairy tale story of this ordinary woman from Scotland has already seen an ugly twist when she failed to win the talent show despite her meteoritic rise and overnight fame. Her performance was a hit on YouTube [...]

The legendary singer Bob Dylan has once again claimed top spot in UK after nearly 40 years. His latest release ‘Together Through Life’ became number one of UK album charts.  It is very rare that a singer comes back to take top spot after such a long gap. His album “New Morning” had last topped [...]