Saudi Arabia to let women drive at last
By Nicole Gaouette and Elise Labott, CNN Washington (CNN) Saudi Arabia is easing restrictions on women driving, finally allowing almost half its population to get behind the wheel. A royal […]
S. Arabia lifts ban on women driving
Saudi Arabia said it will remove a ban on women driving, ending its status as the only country in the world to impose such restrictions on half the population. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-26/saudi-arabia-to-lift-women-driving-ban-ending-global-isolation Women will be entitled to driving licenses starting in June next year, the official Saudi Press Agency reported, citing a […]
OB-GYN to Congress: Repeal the Hyde Amendment, Not Obamacare
Source: Time By Kristyn Brandi Sept. 25, 2017 The rule is 41 years old this week and must be eliminated As an obstetrician-gynecologist, I love bringing essential care to the women […]
Why It’s So Risky for Heart Patients to Stop Taking a Daily Aspirin
Source: Time By Alice Park By now, it’s not a surprise that doctors advise anyone who has had a heart attack or stroke to take a low-dose aspirin every day. But remembering […]
Vegetative-state patient responds to therapy
Source: BBC News By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online Image copyrightCORAZZOL ET ALImage captionTests show the man’s brain activity before (L) and after (R) the treatment A man […]
Prince Harry and Trudeau’s photographer are lookalikes
Source: BBC News Prince Harry has found his Canadian doppelgänger and it is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s official photographer. Adam Scotti was photographing his boss at the Invictus Games over […]
Uber London loses licence to operate
Source: BBC News Uber will not be issued a new private hire licence, Transport for London (TfL) has said. TfL concluded the ride-hailing app firm was not fit and proper […]
In Pakistan, once-fringe Islamist radicals are making their way into mainstream politics
Source: The Washington Post By Pamela Constable September 24 ISLAMABAD — One candidate was from a banned group, its leader under house arrest for past ties to armed militants. The other was from […]
Stabbing of surgeon at Manchester mosque treated as hate crime
Source: The Guardian By Mattha Busby Dr Nasser Kurdy suffers stab wound in neck while arriving for evening prayers at Altrincham mosque Altrincham’s Islamic centre. Police said they are treating the […]
Mexico quake leaves country’s historic churches battered
Source: Associated Press By CHRISTINE ARMARIO and DARIO LOPEZ-MILLS MEXICO CITY (AP) — Our Lady of Angels Church has survived several major earthquakes, but Tuesday’s magnitude 7.1 shake proved to […]
USA: North Carolina Church Coerced Congregants Into Unemployment Fraud Read more at http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/09/busted-north-carolina-church-coerced-congregants-unemployment-fraud
Follow the money: A North Carolina Church coerced congregants into filing fraudulent unemployment claims so members could keep tithing. (giving chanda) According to multiple reports, Jane Whaley, 77, founder and pastor at Word of Faith Fellowship church, told church members they should file fraudulent unemployment claims so that they could […]
Jews around world alarmed by far-right breakthrough in Germany
Source: Reuters BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) – Jewish groups in Europe and the United States expressed alarm at the success of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Sunday’s parliamentary election and urged other parties not to form alliances with it. But a leading member of the AfD, which won 12.6 […]
New Order Indefinitely Bars Almost All Travel From Seven Countries
Source: The New York Times By MICHAEL D. SHEAR WASHINGTON — President Trump on Sunday issued a new order indefinitely banning almost all travel to the United States from seven countries, […]