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Narendra Modi
Modi targets votes in space
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who faces a general election starting in 10 days time, has targeted voters with news that their country has become a “space superpower”. Last week, an Indian missile deliberately destroyed one of India’s own satellites. Modi hailed the Anti-Satellite (ASAT) test as proof the country was now one of the four global space superpowers.The ability to destroy satellites was first demonstrated by the US in the1950s, Russia 1968 and then China in 2007. In the event of a major conflict, while rival powers will seek to monitor or disrupt each other’s vital communications and infrastructure via massive computer hacking operations, a key tactic may also be to destroy spy satellites which from high orbits are supposedly able to read a vehicle registration...
April 02, 2019

Modi targets votes in space

Abdo Khal
What is the solution for unemployment?
OkazI HAVE been following the activities of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development and its efforts to lower the rate of unemployment in the country.I have noticed that the numbers and statistics announced about job availabilities for the youth remained only just announcements. Thousands of young Saudis are still waiting for employment opportunities and to build their life, society and family.What happened and what is the cause of the wide gap between reality on the ground and what was planned?If the directives issued to encourage job creation and to achieve the targeted goal of reducing unemployment among Saudis was too slow, then what is the solution and how can we expedite these steps?The unemployment rate remains fixed at 12 percent, up and down by a little, and sometimes we hear...
April 02, 2019

What is the solution for unemployment?

Social media video clips can destroy people’s lives
Al-MadinahUsing cellphones to take photos or video clips creates many problems. The age of technology has made it possible for every child with a cellphone to become a journalist and anyone to call himself a photographer. However, people who take pictures can find themselves guilty of violating cybercrime laws.Many people in trouble for violating such laws should not have interfered in other people’s affairs. If they had only minded their own business they would not have had to answer to the authorities for their actions.Today, we find that many video clips that are circulating on social media sites are harmful to others. Defaming people through social media video clips is a crime and it harms others and even destroys their lives. Sometimes a clip is only a few seconds long but it...
April 01, 2019

Social media video clips can destroy people’s lives

Thank you very much Jacinda Ardern!
In the disaster of the terrorist attacks in New Zealand, the whole world has applauded the wise leadership and exemplary interaction of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who immediately declared that what had occurred was a “terrorist act”. The significance of this statement is that it comes from a member state of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, consisting of the United States, Canada, Britain, Australia and New Zealand, in which the intelligence services of these countries exchange sensitive information and accurate intelligence on a daily basis.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern showed a clear and sincere sympathy from the first moments with the Muslim community in New Zealand. She provided all possible information about the incident in a transparent and direct manner. She...
April 01, 2019

Thank you very much Jacinda Ardern!

Where is Algeria heading?
The decision by Abdelaziz Bouteflika not to seek a fifth term as president has failed to placate Algerians who descended on the capital on Friday yet again.Because this was the biggest demonstration – one million people – since unrest erupted six weeks ago, it is clear that neither Bouteflika’s pledge to eventually step down nor the succession of loyalists calling on him to leave have pacified the increasing number of protesters. They want more. They want to replace the establishment with a new generation of leaders capable of modernizing the country and giving hope to a population impatient for a better life.The protesters of Algeria have ambitious demands in a country long dominated by the history of the independence war against France. Those wars in the 1950s and the early 1960s...
April 01, 2019

Where is Algeria heading?

Abdullah Al-Jamili
Fine for smoking inside campus
Al-MadinaTHE Umm Al-Qura University in Makkah warned students and staff against smoking inside the campus, saying violators, including faculty members, would be slapped with a SR200 fine as of next month.The university will implement this positive decision in an effort to protect the health of its students and faculty members. The decision is also based on a government rule that prevents smoking in public places and within campuses of educational institutions.Before the announcement, the university ran an awareness campaign on the danger of smoking that lasted for months both through social media platforms and campus programs. It also launched a mobile de-addiction clinic in cooperation with the Health Ministry.Here I would like to thank the administration of Umm Al-Qura University for...
April 01, 2019

Fine for smoking inside campus

Fawziya Abu Bakr
Does the West really hate Muslims?
Al-JazirahSINCE Samuel Huntington›s Clash of Civilizations hypothesis, which was published in the Foreign Affairs Journal in 1993 and was released in book form shortly afterward, the entire world has been debating about the nature of religious and cultural conflicts going to be fought among the peoples on earth.Huntington›s hypothesis posits that human beings, following the Cold War of the 1960s, started to rediscover their cultural identity and attach importance to it greater than to anything else.The author shed light on figures from the recent and old history who represent important cultural significance to their peoples. He said human beings who search for their cultural identity and reattach themselves to the ethnicities they belong to need enemies who can make them see how...
April 01, 2019

Does the West really hate Muslims?

Special Olympics still carrying the torch
Special Olympics is the world’s largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, providing year-round training and competitions to five million athletes in 190 countries. It is one of the greatest success stories of the times.So it is with great relief that President Donald Trump has said he is reversing a request to eliminate funding for the Special Olympics in the US. What is disturbing is that his remarks were prompted a day after a proposed $17.6 million cut to the organization, about 10 percent of Special Olympics’ overall revenue.US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos had been under fire since her budget proposal introduced the cut. Before Trump overrode her proposed cut, DeVos said that while she personally supported the Special Olympics and its...
March 31, 2019

Special Olympics still carrying the torch

KHALID AL-SULIMAN
Promote qualified employees
OkazOne of the most important amendments to the executive regulations for Human Resources is to make the efficiency of performance and productivity the basis for promotion and for receiving job benefits, rather than basing them on seniority as was done in the past. In my opinion, this is a huge step forward in the reformation of the old civil service system and the transformation of the culture of work that we need to reach the goals of Vision 2030.The new executive regulations did not undergo major changes, but the way has been cleared to elevate and reward qualified people. Higher positions are no longer limited to certain people who inherit them based on job seniority. Instead, advancement is now related to actual efficiency and productivity, which will serve to reward employees with...
March 31, 2019

Promote qualified employees

Hamood Abu Talib
The missing garden
OkazWE lived through a long predicament in our country when our cities, small and big, transformed into cement blocks and streets with dusty sidewalks.What we call a public place has become absent. We are talking here about the simplest concept that is needed by people, which is the green space.People need gardens so they can breathe clean air and they can look at something pleasant and beautiful. A garden is not a luxury nor is it a secondary need, but we made it to disappear from our cities.Even if there are gardens, they exist in a pathetic way. They cannot be called a garden. We suffocated enough. It looks like we are going to have a new relationship with the missing garden.Everyone should be proud that the capital city of Riyadh will have the biggest green space in the world, with all...
March 31, 2019

The missing garden

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