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Khairat el-Shatar, financial leader of the Muslim Brotherhood was nominated as the party's candidate for president in Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood controls the newly elected parliament and the body that is writing the new constitution. It is in a struggle with the military about limiting the military's role under the new constitution. The Brotherhood sees the election of its candidate as president as important to not diluting its influence in relation to the military and other parties. Khairat has committed to following a moderate course in setting Egypt on a new path, with a focus on reviving the economy.

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The educational system in Italy suffers from the same problems as the economy- a strong tendency to exclude young people who can bring new energy and new skills to the classroom or the workplace. New teachers are made temporary working at lower salaries with only 1 year contracts. The average age for teachers is 50. A teaching exam for new positions would normally be held every 3 years. The Education Ministry simply postponed this and the exam held in 2012 is the first since 1999. Upto now hiring freezes and budget cuts were common. The exam held in 2012 attracted 321,000 applicants for 11,500 job openings. Young people in other professions such as law who were stuck in temporary work also applied. This also reflects a high unemployment rate of 14% for people ages 24-35.

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Mr. Arjun Meghwal from the reserved constituency of Bikaner in Rajasthan is appointed by prime minister Modi to be the new Law minister of India. It also ensures smoother relations between the federal government and the Judiciary.

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Following the pandemic and rebuilding of world supply chains Canada is rebuilding its relations with India as a way forward for greater economic engagement. This is accelerating during the G-20 meetings and set on a new framework.

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Nicola Sturgeon resigns as Scotland's First Minister after a drop in support and controversial position on a new transgender law. She is seen as not having done enough in education, health and other pressing issues.

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About 2.41 million people in Germany took solo trips worldwide in 2021. DW.com looks at this trend of traveling alone in search of adventure and to explore new places with a different kind of intensity that couples lack.

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A surge in retirements to 8000 staff retiring at Boeing is leading to hiring plans for 10,000 new employees at Boeing in 2023. Boeing hired 23,000 employees in 2022 as it battled attrition of employees and retirement.

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Gordon Moore who worked for Fairchild Semiconductor in the 1950's was one of the pioneers in California who setup Intel Corporation. He helped start the new world of semiconductors and computer chips at Intel Corp. 

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A new book about a century of the BBC- The BBC A Century on Air, by David Hendy, shows how the BBC has become a symbol of Britain to the outside world and part of the British psyche. 

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The European Union and Britain are looking for new ways to harness innovation for growth in Europe's economy, building infrastructure, and to promote the kind of upward mobility and jobs that promotes quality of living for everyone.

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A study shown in New England Journal of Medicine shows Pfizer vaccine 2 doses offers 88% protection from symptomatic disease for delta variant of coronavirus. The Astra Zeneca vaccine has 67% protection against delta variant after 2 doses.

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New evidence from Britain that vaccination is reducing cases, deaths and transmission. Israeli experts also confirm that vaccination works to reduce deaths and cases of coronavirus based on Israel's vaccination drive, a pioneering effort in vaccination.

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Both China and Taiwan have applied to join the 11 nation Transpacific Trade Agreement. Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Brunei, and Japan. Taiwan says if China is admitted this obviously affects its application.

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New obesity prevention grocery store rules in Britain require that no food high in salt, sugar or fat can be placed within 2 metres of a checkout or queueing area and restricted to certain areas in the store.

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Mark Thompson who led the BBC for 8 years till 2012, then led the NYT till 2020 reviving its news business, is now the new head of news channel CNN. CNN faces declining audience and management turnover. 

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A judge's ruling in New York says Mr. Trump inflated the value of his properties and committed fraud.This cuts to the heart of his identity as extraordinarily successful businessman, says Maggie Haberman in the NYT. 

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A 1500 metres women runner who chooses to stay at her farm in Vermont than stay in Boston with New Balance running team to practice. She reflects on her pregnancy and having a child while competing in the US.

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The NYTimes asks whether the administration has the will to take the tough actions necessary for an effective action plan for the banks, including ownership by the government of insolvent banks, new management, haircuts for bondholders.

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Flat payment rates for Medicare Advantage to Insurers by the DJT administration which is questioning how health care needs of the country remain unmet and US healthcare comparing very unfavorably with other advanced countries in Europe and Japan and also in India. Some of this is because of the behaviour and practices of the health and pharmaceutical industries in the US. The 2027 payment by government for Medicare Advantage is 0.09 percent. In 2026 it was about 5%. In 2025 it was -0.16 percent and in 2024 it was -1.12% under the Biden administration showing a great deal of dissatisfaction with funding Medicare Advantage. Medicare Advantage was set up by the Bush Republicans in 2003 who set it up with the nice sounding name Medicare Modernization Act. It was an effort to help the insurance companies with government money. Today in the second term of DJT in 2026 affordability is what American people care about most and the DJT administration is unhappy with the insurance companies. Dr. Mehmet Oz is in charge of Medicare and Medicaid Services Agency of the federal government and he says about Medicare Advantage and new policy to save “taxpayers from unnecessary spending (on Medicare Advantage) that is not oriented towards addressing real health needs.” The DJT Kennedy-Oz approach is for comprehensive digital information linking all medical providers, making America healthy again, cutting through the dense fog created over the last 2 decades, making pharmaceutical costs as affordable as the best in European nations, and refusing to subisidize if delivery is poor and health results are poor.   ...

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India European Union Trade Agreement of 2026- game changer in world trade reconfiguring supply channels with 2 billion people market. EU's Leyen says she is determined to push ahead and make this the defining trade arrangement of this century. That the EU will deliver. For India it gives a reliable partner for modernization of its logistics, its infrastructure, and its industrialization, India's modernization in a rapid way. Similar to what China gained over 2 decades with its trading relationship with the EU, even surpassing that because of newer technologies in 2025-2050. It is a relationship based on two cultures and two civilizations, on respect for European and Buddhist/Vedic civilization for each other, totally different from the Imperial Japan of the 1930's that overran China, and the CCP in China ambitions for China Dreams based on belligerent action or support for belligerent action as in Ukraine. Leyen goes as far as citing Romain Rolland, a western philosopher of Indian civilization in the concluding point in her speech. In fact the first translation of the Bhagavad Gita was done by Charles Wilkins in 1765 taking it out of the hands of the Brahmins in Varanasi similar to how William Tyndale translated the New testament into English from Greek in 1534.  The Bhagavad Gita was then translated by German philosopher Frederick Schlegel into German from Sanskrit, spreading learning of Asian languages throughout Europe. India owes a lot to Europe and Europe to India, for two civilizations that speak the same human language of spiritual aspirations. ...

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Iran Proposal that asks $2 million per ship to be split with Oman for opening the Hormuz Straits- April 6 2026. China, Japan can pay this amount to get the 90% of the oil they need from Hormuz, which would go to reconstruction of war damage in Iran. India would shift some of its purchase of oil and gas to the US and so will Japan over 2027-2028. This would result in a shift away from the Persian Gulf dependence to renewable energy and to buying oil and gas from US+Venezuela as more reliable sources. European Union and Britain would also make this shift as shown in the adjoining article by Prof Geoffron of Universite Paris Dauphine in Le Monde. The proposal also requires US and Israel to commit to no future attack on Iran, and Israel to stop its attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon. The US and DJT call the new regime under a Speaker of the Iranian parliament, an elected president who had to respond to people sentiment in the election, and a grandson of Khomeini, one that is easier to talk with than the earlier regime. The problem remains nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles development that the US has as its sole objective which is what the war is about than Hormuz as the US and DJT say Hormuz is China and Japan's problem where for some strange reason these industrial powers import 90% of their oil from Hormuz and have done this after 40 years of disruptions, a mystery they can solve on their own. ...

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What happens when a town grows so fast that it cannot cope- with overcrowded schools, 20 mile commutes that take 90 minutes, and a water system that fails frequently.  It started with South Carolina, a Sunbelt state cutting property taxes to about half to attract more people from neighboring states. Lake Wylie, South Carolina in America's sunbelt attracted so many newcomers, about 80% of its population, that it cannot handle the too rapid growth.

The school system placed a $15,000 impact fee to build new schools that is set on each new house constructed. The city council of the town placed a 16 month moratorium on commercial and residential rezoning requests, new apartment complexes and subdivisions. Similar bans on growth are increasing in South Carolina and booming towns in America's sunbelt as the consequences of unplanned haphazard growth with tax incentives are becoming burdensome.

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20,000 new cases from coronavirus variant in South Africa as it struggles to cope, in this report in DW.com.

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Even after receiving 5000 complaints over ayear and half about aggressive short selling that amounted to market manipulation, the SEC did not bring any enforcement cases, according to areport by the SEC's inspector general. Of the 5000 complaints between Jan 2007 and Jne 2008 only 123 were investigated, and no cases were brought.12.5% of emails alleging insider trading prompted an investigation. About 1.38 million emails were handled by 4 staffers, showing horrendous understaffing. In a written response SEC enforcement staff played down the likelihood of naked short selling abuses. It noted that alarge number of cases settle over time. The SEC staff said that the agency needed to "intelligently leverage" its resources and alarge number of complaints provide "no support for the allegations". Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and other frims came under extreme pressure from short selling, and short selling has led to near collapse of many firms during the crisis since the middle of 2008, so its strange that the SEC takes this position. But it is not surprising as in recent years enfocement has been lax, regulation has been neglected almost by design, and resources and staffing are severely short of needs for the SEC's mission to be performed with some degree of confidence....

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NYT Writers Who Show Who We Are series- on Wallace Stegner by A.O. Scott, who chronicled the lives in the West. A favorite of  El Paso born Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. We cite O'Connor because of her individualistic nature and her citing of her favorite passage of Stegner, having herself grown up on a ranch on the New Mexico-Arizona border under a great sky, a big empty space. That exposure, Stegner wrote in that passage makes a man or woman realize how small he or she is in the wide empty expanse, the big country also tells him who he or she is.  We show this as Sandra Day O'Connor like Amy Barrett of Indiana reflects the kind of individualism that Stegner celebrated in the wide open prairies or the western states of Utah, New Mexico, Arizona and California. And with this convictions of their own women who made their own opinions for the Court based on their understanding of the Nation and the Constitution created by Jefferson, Madison, Washington and others. ...