Tuesday, February 14th, 2023
British High Commission awards Chevening Mentoring certificates to Pak Journalists
DNA ISLAMABAD: The British High Commission hosted a reception to present certificates to the participants of the Chevening Mentoring Scheme for budding journalists from across Pakistan. The mentorship programme, which was launched in 2022, is designed to provide capacity building opportunities to young female and male journalists by engaging senior journalists from the flagship Chevening South Asia Journalism Programme Fellowship (SAJP) to act as mentors. As part of the programme, four experienced journalists (two male and two female) developed bespoke training modules, selected young journalists and then shared their knowledgeRead More
Peaceful protests of Azerbaijani eco-activists on Lachin–Khankendi road enter 65th day
DNA BAKU: The peaceful protests of Azerbaijani ecologists and young volunteers on the Lachin-Khankendi road over the illegal exploitation of mineral deposits, especially the Gizilbulag and Damirli ones located in the Azerbaijani territories, where the Russian peacekeeping contingent is temporarily deployed, have been going on for the 65th day back-to-back. Despite the freezing weather, the protestors continue to chant various slogans in English and Russian calling for an end to ecocide against Azerbaijan, as well as demanding monitoring of Azerbaijan’s mineral deposits in the areas where the Russian peacekeeping contingentRead More
China, U.S. need to explore right way of interaction
By Zhong Sheng, People’s Daily Since Chinese President Xi Jinping had a meeting with his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden in Bali, Indonesia last year, Chinese and American diplomatic and national security teams, as well as financial and trade teams have maintained close contact to follow up on the major issues the two leaders discussed and implement the important common understandings they came to. The international society hopes that the two major countries can make joint efforts to find the right way of interaction so as to serve as an anchorRead More
American democracy is strong only in mirage
By Zhong Sheng, People’s Daily The United States has long been considering itself a “beacon of democracy.” American politicians always lie through their teeth, claiming that “democracies have become stronger, not weaker,” despite the problems that plague their country, such as money politics, political polarization, social divide, wealth gap, racial discrimination and gun violence. Obviously, American politicians are still in the dream of “a City upon a Hill” even though American democracy is experiencing a continuous decline. American democracy is a “game of the rich” based on capital, and moneyRead More