Region’s first self-cooling eco-home unveiled
Source: Gulf News Dubai: A full-sized home that cools itself in the UAE’s scorching summer heat was unveiled in Dubai on Friday. At first, the two-storey, four-bedroom house, which stands […]
After Trump’s Win, White Evangelical Christians Face A Reckoning
Source: Huffington Post President-elect Donald Trump zealously courted American evangelicals during his campaign ― setting up private meetings, putting together an advisory committee composed of top leaders, and repeatedly playing into evangelicals’ fear that Christianity in America is growing weaker. On election day, it paid off. Despite his divorces, his […]
Now That The Election Is Over, It’s Time To Heal Our Spirits
Source: Huffington Post During her concession speech on Wednesday morning, Hillary Clinton urged the crowd, “Let us have faith in each other, let us not grow weary, let us not lose heart, […]
Heart Disease Is Way Down In the U.S.
Source: Time By Mandy Oaklander Coronary heart disease has dropped by about 20% In the last two decades, public health experts have urged Americans to make their hearts healthier. Blood pressure guidelines have been updated, the risks of smoking and diabetes have been emphasized, and dramatically more people have taken the […]
Hillary Clinton Blames FBI Director James Comey for Election Loss
Source: Time By Katie Reilly She said his letters to Congress stopped her campaign’s momentum and motivated Donald Trump voters Hillary Clinton on Saturday blamed her stunning election loss on FBI Director James Comey, saying his late-October letter to Congress about her use of a private email server hurt her campaign’s […]
What’s Going on With Mortgage Rates?
Source: Money By Kerry Close @kerryclose Chuck Franklin—AlamyMortgage rates shot up since Trump was elected president. A few things to know before you rush to refinance due to post-election rate increases. […]
Blast at Sufi Shrine in Pakistan Kills 50, Wounds More Than 100
Source: Time By Abdul Sattar / AP The blast occurred with hundreds in attendance at the shrine of Sufi saint Shah Bilal Noorani QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — The death toll from […]
Workers ‘cutting hours’ because of childcare costs
Source: BBC More than one in four UK business leaders say employees have cut their hours because of the “high cost of childcare”, a report from the British Chambers of […]
Quieten calls to prayer in Israel – Netanyahu
Source: BBC Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is backing a proposal to quieten calls to prayer, saying he has received complaints from all quarters about “noise and suffering”. Later on […]
New Zealand earthquake: Two dead following powerful tremor
Source: BBC Two people have died after a powerful magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck New Zealand’s South Island. Prime Minister John Key said further details were not yet known. The US Geological Survey said it hit just after midnight (11:02 GMT on Sunday), some 95km (59 miles) from Christchurch. A tsunami arrived […]
Donald Trump: How the media created the President
Source: BBC By David SillitoMedia correspondent Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionTrump’s triumph confounded pollsters, pundits and the mainstream media What part did the media, both mainstream and alternative, play in Donald Trump’s election success? On 30 September 2016, the San Diego Union Tribune made history. For the first time in its 148-year […]
Trump election: Up to three million migrants ‘to be targeted’
Source: BBC US President-elect Donald Trump has said he will deport or jail up to three million illegal migrants initially. Those targeted would be migrants with criminal records, such as gang members and drug dealers, he told US broadcaster CBS in an interview. He also confirmed that another election promise, […]
Protesters Take Anti-Trump Message to His Doorstep, and Plan Next Steps
Thousands of demonstrators filled public squares, parks and streets in the country’s three largest cities on Saturday to protest President-elect Donald J. Trump, part of a wave of dissent that has swelled since the presidential contest last week. NYTimes.com 2016/11/13 They were transgender people, the children of immigrants, and parents toting […]
We need to talk about American values in a changing America
Source: CNN By Farahnaz Ispahani is a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the author of “Purifying The Land of the Pure: A history of […]
This Muslim Fourth-Grader Has Just One Wish For Donald Trump
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla; Associate Religion Editor Sakeena Ahmed is a fourth grader who has plenty of wisdom to share. The 9-year-old from Oak Brook, Illinois, wrote a letter […]
Hundreds gather for the Calgary Peace Symposium
Calgary,Alberta / News Talk 770 (CHQR) Haley Jarmain Posted: November 11, 2016 Over 700 distinguished guests, including the Mayor, Police Chief, as well as politicians from all levels of government, gathered in northeast Calgary Friday night for a the Calgary Peace Symposium. The event comes at a time of global […]
Death in numbers: A year of violence in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel
OCT. 4, 2016 12:51 P.M. (UPDATED: NOV. 1, 2016 9:45 P.M.) Israeli security forces tend to an injured soldier next to the body of a slain Palestinian in the southern occupied West Bank on Oct. 16, 2015. (AFP/Hazem Bader, File) By: Chloe Benoist BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — In October 2015 began […]
Blast at Pakistan shrine kills 52, wounds scores
Reuters International www.swissinfo.ch NOV 12, 2016 An injured boy is wheeled from the ambulance after an explosion in at the Shah Noorani Shrine in Baluchistan, at a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, November 12, 2016. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (reuters_tickers) By Gul Yousafzai QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – An explosion claimed by militant […]
Australia, U.S. announce refugee resettlement deal
Reuters International NOV 13, 2016 – swissinfo.ch Refugee advocates hold a banner during a protest in central Sydney, Australia, October 5, 2016 calling for the closure of the Australian detention centres in Nauru and Manus Island. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo (reuters_tickers) SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia has reached a resettlement deal with […]
Swiss firms keen on Trump’s infrastructure promises
REBUILDING BOOM NOV 12, 2016 – swissinfo.ch The average age of the around 84,000 dams in the US is 52 years (Keystone) Companies like Sika and LafargeHolcim want to be a part of US President Elect Donald Trump’s plans to rebuild crumbling roads, bridges, tunnels and airports infrastructure. While the […]