Kofi Annan, former UN secretary general, dies
Source: The Guardian Ghanaian who served as secretary general between 1997 and 2006, dies aged 80 By Chris Johnston @cajuk Sat 18 Aug 2018 The former UN secretary general Kofi Annan, […]
Low-carb diets could shorten life, study suggests
Source: BBC News A low-carb diet could shorten life expectancy by up to four years, a study suggests. Low-carb diets, such as Atkins, have become increasingly popular for weight loss […]
China training for strikes against US and allied targets
China ‘training for strikes’ on US targets Source: BBC News China’s military “is likely training for strikes” against US and allied targets in the Pacific, a Pentagon report warns. The […]
Imran Khan confirmed as Pakistan prime minister
Source: BBC News Former cricket star Imran Khan has been elected prime minister of Pakistan in a vote at the country’s National Assembly. His PTI party won the most seats […]
Researchers Suggest Big Toe Was Last Part of Foot to Evolve
Source: SmithSonian By Meilan Solly The earliest hominins split their days between the trees and the ground, alternately adopting ape-like tree-swinging behaviors and human-like bipedalism, or walking upright on two feet—albeit in a […]
How cancer cells communicate — and how we can slow them down
Source: TED Talk When cancer cells are closely packed together in a tumor, they’re able to communicate with each other and coordinate their movement throughout the body. What if we […]
Most Popular Ted Talk: The puzzle of motivation
Source: TED Talks Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don’t: Traditional rewards aren’t always as effective […]
List of Rohingya Muslims killed in Myanmar prepared as a historical evidence
The Rohingya lists: refugees compile their own record of those killed in Myanmar Source: Reuters KUTUPALONG REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Mohib Bullah is not your typical human rights investigator. […]
Eamon Martin: Ireland’s Catholic priests need to spread the word at home
Source: The Guardian Catholic priests in Ireland need to be missionaries in their own country to meet the challenges of a changing society, Eamon Martin, the most senior church figure […]
From France to Denmark, bans on full-face Muslim veils are spreading across Europe
Source: The Washington Post By Rebecca Tan Earlier this month, Denmark became the fifth country in Europe to introduce a ban on face coverings in public places. The policy is widely […]
British lawyer fed up of anti-Semitism decides to move to Israel
Anti-Semitism is so bad in Britain that some Jews are planning to leave Source: CNN By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN London (CNN)Mark Lewis, a famed libel and privacy lawyer, is leaving […]
Manchester police investigate arena bomber’s links to imam
Source: The Guardian BY Helen Pidd North of England editor Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi attended Didsbury mosque regularly. Photograph: AP Police in Manchester are investigating claims that an imam at a British […]
South Africa’s ‘paedophile’ minister and a mysterious death
Source: BBC News By Farouk Chothia Image copyright@NBPUBLISHERSImage captionMark Minnie was reportedly afraid that he might be killed South Africa has been gripped by the mysterious death of former police […]
Trial for Arizona women who filmed themselves burglarizing a mosque
Trial set for Arizona women charged with burglarizing mosque Source: Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Oct. 4 trial has been scheduled for two Arizona women charged with burglarizing a […]
ISIS entering a new phase, cells acting with a degree of autonomy in Pakistan
IS deadly new front in Pakistan’s decades-old terror war Source: Associated Press By KATHY GANNON DHABEJI, Pakistan (AP) — Hafeez Nawaz was 20 years old when he left his religious […]
The forgotten anniversary: 500 years of Africa to America slave trade
Details of horrific first voyages in transatlantic slave trade revealed Almost completely ignored by the modern world, tis month marks the 500th anniversary of one of history’s most tragic […]
Why Israel keeps punishing Corbyn (and interfering in UK politics)
Israel-Palestine is not an equal conflict – for that reason we can’t let people like Corbyn be tarnished as terrorist sympathisers A clash between a nation-state with a defence budget […]
Iraq religious tourism squeezed by Iran sanctions
By AFP – Aug 16,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Tourists stroll at a holy site in the Iraqi city of Najaf on Tuesday (AFP photo) NAJAF, Iraq — With hotels facing […]
Exclusive: U.S. government seeks Facebook help to wiretap Messenger – sources
Reuters International This content was published on August 17, 2018 FILE PHOTO: The Facebook logo is displayed on their website in an illustration photo taken in Bordeaux, France, February 1, […]
Naturalisation: Couple denied Swiss citizenship over handshake refusal
This content was published on August 17, 2018 The Hotel de Ville in the centre of Lausanne in western Switzerland (© KEYSTONE / LAURENT GILLIERON) A couple who refused […]