WHO declares Zika virus a global emergency
Zika-linked condition: WHO declares global emergency Source: BBC A disease linked to the Zika virus in Latin America poses a global public health emergency requiring a united response, says the […]
10,000 child migrants ‘missing’
BBC News © Getty Images A migrant child wrapped in blankets tries to keep warm near the Macedonian-Serbian border More than 10,000 migrant children may have disappeared after arriving in Europe over the past two years, the EU’s police intelligence unit says. Europol said thousands of vulnerable minors had vanished […]
Unintended Consequences: Merkel’s Reliance on Turkey Makes Life Worse for Refugees
By Peter Müller, Maximilian Popp and Christoph Schult AP The construction of a security wall along the border between Turkey and Syria: Increased controls mean that many trying to escape Assad’s barrel bombs are unable to get out of the country. Chancellor Angela Merkel asked Turkey to help reduce the […]
The end of normalcy for Israeli settlements?
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man |Published January 29, 2016 The end of normalcy for Israeli settlements? Stricter trade guidelines, harsher rhetoric and corporate responsibility campaigns all send a clear message: Israel’s closest allies are no longer willing to passively accept the occupation, and the only consensus on settlements is that they […]
Finland to test drones on Russian border as migrant flow grows
Reuters International FEB 1, 2016 – 16:54 HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland plans to test drones along its frontier with Russia, an official said on Monday, as a growing number of migrants crosses that northern border of the European Union’s Schengen passport-free travel zone. Major Jussi Napola of the Finnish border […]
Talk of diversity is hypocritical when Tory policies have made life worse for ethnic minorities
Voices Talk of diversity is hypocritical when Tory policies have made life worse for ethnic minorities How can releasing diversity stats solve the issue of underrepresentation when austerity has left ethnic minorities 200 per cent worse off than their white counterparts? Amit Singh @asingh11189 David Cameron Getty Images Writing in […]
Swiss drop investigation of two men arrested in Geneva
SECURITY By swissinfo.ch and agencies JAN 30, 2016 – 15:23 Swiss police outside the French consulate in Geneva on December 11, when four terrorist suspects were being hunted (Keystone) Switzerland has dropped an investigation of two men of Syrian origin arrested in Geneva last month over traces of explosives found […]
Switzerland: AGEING FOREIGNERS Information as a means to integration
By Jeannie Wurz FEB 1, 2016 – 11:00 Providing ageing immigrants with information through roundtable discussions is the goal of the project “Together into the Future”. (Keystone) They came to Switzerland as foreign labourers or refugees, and likely never thought they would spend their old age in the country. A […]
Leading world storytellers to attend festival in Tehran
Leading world storytellers to attend festival in Tehran Tehran Times Culture Desk TEHRAN – 11 foreign storytellers will be attending the 18th edition of the International Storytelling Festival opening in Tehran on February 16. The festival has been organized by the Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults […]
Nothing to do with Islam
ARAB NEWS Published — Monday 1 February 2016 Beyond any shadow of doubt, Daesh and its likes have nothing to do with Islam. All the actions of these terrorist organizations are in sharp contrast with the true teachings of Islam and Sunnah. It seems that Daesh is just a puppet […]
The fascism of the affluent
Jan 31,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – JOSCHKA FISCHER There is an alarming political shift to the right occurring on both sides of the Atlantic, linked to the growing force of openly chauvinist political parties and figures: Donald Trump in the United States, Marine Le Pen in France. Other names could […]
Shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Jan 31,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – KLAUS SCHWAB Of the myriad challenges the world faces today, perhaps the most overwhelming is how to shape the Fourth Industrial Revolution that began at the turn of the century. New technologies and approaches are merging the physical, digital and biological worlds in ways […]
JORDAN: New approach needed to deal with refugee crisis
Jan 31,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL According to Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour, His Majesty King Abdullah will be telling the February 4 refugee donors’ conference that “the Syrian crisis is no longer a refugee concern only, but a security burden, an issue of sleeper cells, illicit drug trafficking, terror and […]
MIT Students Win Elon Musk’s SpaceX Hyperloop Design Contest
Source: Time It would move people through vacuum tubes at speeds up to 750 mph Student engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have won a competition to design […]
Burma’s Parliament Opens in the Dawning of a New Democratic Era
Source: Time Burma embarked upon a democratic era on Monday as a new parliament sat for the first time, with democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi finally in a position to […]
The tech giving people power to deal with disability
Source: BBC Worldwide, around a billion people have a disability, says the World Health Organisation. In Europe and America, this is one in five people. And since they are less […]
The country that supplies eyes
Source: BBC To restore sight to damaged eyes, doctors often need to transplant the cornea – the transparent covering of the iris and the pupil – from a donor’s dead […]
Why the calorie is broken
Source: BBC “For me, a calorie is a unit of measurement that’s a real pain in the rear.” Bo Nash is 38. He lives in Arlington, Texas, where he’s a […]
Ted Talk: Science and Religion Conflict Resolved in 13 Minutes
For our extensive collection on religion & science, please click here. Bryan Enderle grew up in Modesto, CA though he now lives in Davis, CA with his wife, Peggy, and […]
Muslims take on the hard questions about their religion at Interfaith Federation event
Source: Advocate A handful of Baton Rouge Muslims took the stage in a Methodist church hall Sunday afternoon to explain their faith, answer questions and dispel a host of misconceptions […]