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Monday, October 7, 2024

Letter From The Editor

Social Protection Needed to Support Ageing Populations in APAC

In this week’s newsletter we discuss how megatrends such as an ageing population, cost of living crises and digitalization across APAC are profoundly changing its risk landscape with the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana.

Australia’s Biggest Political Scandal That No One Talks About

If the Australian public would like to know what their future would have looked like if former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd succeeded in his mission to create a healthy sovereign wealth fund from the Resources Super Profits Tax proposal in 2010, look no further than the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2024 – where all its citizens share in the spoils.

The Global South Should Stand Side-By-Side

For this week’s newsletter, we are pleased to share an interview from the recent China-Africa Cooperation Summit with the Institute for Strategic and Policy Studies South Sudan Executive Director Melha Rout Biel and the Global Times. Biel unpacks how China and Africa can move forward together to create a shared future, with mutual prosperity.

Sofya Shamuzova Triumphantly Summits Kilimanjaro

This week’s newsletter celebrates a remarkable feat of endurance and determination as UAE-based sister Sofya Shamuzova plants her national flag at the summit of Kilimanjaro!

Free Palestine

In this week’s Letter from the Editor, we were blessed to speak with Author Ramsey Hanhan, who shares his experiences growing up under the tyranny of occupation, and why the ordinary voices on the street will ultimately free Palestine.

The Envy of Being Muslim

We were blessed to speak with bestselling author Ontario-based Dr Saqib Qureshi on why the release of his new book In Being Muslim Today is needed now, more than ever.

Big Love to Our Humble Heroes on Podiums

The Paris 2024 Olympics unfolded like a Persian rug, full of colourful triumphs, fails and poignant moments that dominated the headlines. However, there were many fine silk threads that wove a bigger story, the remarkable performances of Muslim athletes who defied odds, shattered records, and left an indelible mark on the world stage, Alhamdulillah!

Summer Hath No Respite Without Thee, O Ice Cream!

Shakespeare once bemoaned, “sometimes too hot, the eye of heaven shines”, because he never found shade in the sweet cooly-niceness that is ice-cream.

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Social Protection Needed to Support Ageing Populations in APAC

In this week’s newsletter we discuss how megatrends such as an ageing population, cost of living crises and digitalization across APAC are profoundly changing its risk landscape with the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana.
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Aga Khan Museum Marks Tenth Anniversary with Mammoth Lineup

The Aga Khan Museum announces a monumental year of programs and digital experiences carefully curated to reference the Museum’s architecture, its founding vision of light, and a history that spans a decade in Toronto Canada.

Hilton to Introduce Madinah’s First Waldorf Astoria

Saudi-based Taiba Investments announces a strategic partnership with Hilton to bring the Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts brand to the holy city of Madinah.

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Tender Now Open for 400MW Wind Project in Morocco

Morocco has opened a pre-qualification round in a tender for the construction and operation of a 400-MW wind farm complex in the northern part of the North African Kingdom today.

Nearly Sixty Percent of Türkiye’s Energy Now from Renewable Sources

According to the Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar, Türkiye’s solar power capacity surpassed the 12,000-megawatt mark for the first time, reaching 12,425 MW as of February 2024.
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