Mr. Vice-President, Mr. Speaker, Honorable Members of Congress, Dear Friends, I am most grateful for your invitation to address this Joint Session of Congress in “the land of the free and the home of the brave”. I would like to think that the reason for this is that I too am a son of this
9-18-15 Economic Times
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/headlines.cms Forex reserves rise above $350 billion again By Atmadip Ray, ET Bureau | 18 Sep, 2015, 06.17PM IST Post a Comment READ MORE ON » Shubhada Rao | Rupee | RBI | Madan Sabnavis | forex reserves
How to Make Millions by Selling War
Last September, a man named Bruce Jackson hosted a party for his vineyard’s 2014 wines at his 18th-century Chateau Les Conseillans, which sits in the rolling hills of Bordeaux. The afternoon before the party, he took some guests, among them a documentary filmmaker and a former colleague of mine, … http://flip.it/jokeQ
Pope Francis heads to Cuba after months of secret diplomacy
Havana, Cuba (CNN) — When Pope Francis lands in Cuba on Saturday he will find a changing country. He may well take some pride in those transformations since they came about in part through the Pope’s own involvement in secret diplomacy worthy of a spy thriller. President Obama announced last Dece… http://flip.it/KGlKS
Migrant crisis: Croatia closes border crossings as thousands stream in
At the Hungarian-Serbian border (CNN)A day after Croatia opened its border to migrants, the country changed tack Thursday, closing seven border crossings with Serbia after thousands of people streamed in. In just two days, more than 11,000 migrants have entered Croatia from Serbia. Now “until fur… http://flip.it/EdhBd
9-17-2015 Articles
Israel’s Shekel Among Worst Performers Ahead of Fed Decision The shekel was one of the worst performers in the world on Thursdaybefore Federal Reserve policy makers decided whether to raise U.S. interest rates for the first time in almost a decade. Israel’s currency depreciated 0.7 percent, set for its steepest loss in more than three weeks and the
America is still paying for W: Afghanistan, Iraq and our looming geopolitical crisis
Obama has diligently repaired America’s standing abroad, but its days of global influence may finally be numbered In ways that have eluded Washington pundits and policymakers, President Barack Obama is deploying a subtle geopolitical strategy that, if successful, might give Washington a fighting … http://flip.it/0FAP6
JAPAN’S CREDIT RATING JUST GOT SLASHED
Standard & Poor’s, one of the world’s biggest credit-ratings agencies, just cut Japan’s rating. The country’s credit rating previously got an AA- grade, but it’s now sitting at A+. That’s still an investment-grade rating, but S&P is flagging major concerns for the Japanese economy, which has grow… http://flip.it/lcNDc
Iraq reforms herald better future: Iran FM
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has expressed optimism that Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s planned reforms for uprooting corruption would result in a better future for the Arab country.Iran hopes that “the reform process in Iraq would yield favorable results through consulta…
Will the Iran Deal Facilitate the Breakup of Iraq and Syria?
By Paul Davis The Iran deal cannot be looked at as black or white. As a former military intelligence analyst I always look at all sides of a potential conflict. Once analyzing one side’s plan and its … http://flip.it/L5YJV