capitalism

Pope: Market capitalism has failed in pandemic, needs reform
World

Pope: Market capitalism has failed in pandemic, needs reform

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis says the coronavirus pandemic has proven that the “magic theories” of market capitalism have failed…
Pressure on girls for perfect body ‘worse than ever’, says Orbach
Health & Fitness

Pressure on girls for perfect body ‘worse than ever’, says Orbach

  Girls and young women are under more pressure than ever to achieve the perfect body in an oppressive social…
Philip Green responsible for BHS collapse: UK lawmakers
Business

Philip Green responsible for BHS collapse: UK lawmakers

Retail tycoon Philip Green's greed and disregard for corporate governance led to the demise of BHS and cost 11,000 jobs,…
Street vendors cash in on revolutionary spirit
Egypt

Street vendors cash in on revolutionary spirit

A year after it claimed center stage in the Arab Spring, Cairo's Tahrir Square has become a giant open-air market…
As Islamists sweep elections, western media softens rhetoric
Egypt

As Islamists sweep elections, western media softens rhetoric

US foreign policy toward Islamist parties in Egypt is shifting, and this shift has become visible in the US media's…
From bringing down Ben Ali to fixing up Wall Street
Egypt

From bringing down Ben Ali to fixing up Wall Street

The Occupy Wall Street protesters are now in their second month of camping out in New York City’s financial district…
‘Indignant’ activists launch worldwide protests
World

‘Indignant’ activists launch worldwide protests

MADRID - Activists scuffled with police in London and decried the wealthy in Hong Kong on Saturday as an unprecedented…
World intrigued by ‘Occupy Wall Street’ movement
World

World intrigued by ‘Occupy Wall Street’ movement

Tahrir Square in Cairo, Green Square in Tripoli, Syntagma Square in Athens and now Zuccotti Park in New York -…
Postcard from Krakow: A city of beauty and contradictions
Life & Style

Postcard from Krakow: A city of beauty and contradictions

With such high expectations going in, I’m pleased to find that the wonderful Polish city of Krakow fills and goes…
Egypt’s ‘orderly transition’?
Opinion

Egypt’s ‘orderly transition’?

Although press coverage of events in Egypt may have dropped off the front pages, discussion of the post-Mubarak period continues…
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