Does Thinking Burn Calories? Here’s What the Science Says
Source: Time By MARKHAM HEID You spent Sunday on the couch, skimming your social feeds and watching HGTV. Monday at work was a different story; your job involves creative problem solving […]
The Science behind Jet Lag
Source: Time By MELISSA LOCKER September 18, 2018 Traveling abroad can be exhilarating. But sometimes it’s easy to discount the crippling jet leg that can set in after traversing multiple time […]
Trump Directly Attacks Kavanaugh Accuser By Name
Source: Time By ASSOCIATED PRESS September 21, 2018 (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is challenging by name the woman accusing his Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault, saying if the attack […]
Women and Leadership 2018
Source: Pew Research Center Wide gender and party gaps in views about the state of female leadership and the obstacles women face BY JULIANA MENASCE HOROWITZ, RUTH IGIELNIK AND KIM PARKER Two years after […]
In Private Letters, Benedict Rebukes Critics of Pope Francis
Source: The New York Times By Jason Horowitz ROME — The remarkable letter last month calling on Pope Francis to resign for allegedly shielding an abusive American cardinal also served […]
Bali to bring in new rules for visiting temples after decline in ‘quality of tourists’
Source: The Guardian BY Hannah Ellis-Petersen South-east Asia correspondent Authorities in Bali have vowed to stop westerners in bikinis posing in front of sacred temples as they lament a decline in the “quality of […]
Catholic priest in Slovakia challenges celibacy rules
Source: Associated Press By KAREL JANICEK KLAK, Slovakia (AP) — A priest in the conservative Roman Catholic stronghold of Slovakia has challenged the church’s celibacy rules, voicing his dissent at […]
Human Rights Council holds interactive dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi
REPORT from UN Human Rights Council Published on 17 Sep 2018 —View Original 17 September 2018 Hears Address by the Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United […]
An Other Way to Introduce Ahmadiyya Islam.
By: Zubair Khan. Pictures: Mobashar Khan. On 20.09.2018 in Ahmadiyya Basheer Mosque Bensheim was a special day. Entirely a different approach was opted to introduce the Ahmadiyya Community. Main guests came from a local school which takes care of children with special needs. Executive Board, teachers and parents included the […]
Trump lawyer Giuliani says Iran’s government will be overthrown
Reuters International THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2018 Rudolph Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City, delivers a speech during the 2018 Iran Uprising Summit in […]
DIPLOMACY: Wettstein – the first Swiss diplomat had the city of Basel in mind
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2018 Johann Rudolf Wettstein (1594-1666) was the only Swiss envoy at the peace conference of Westphalia ending a major 17th religious […]
CHILD MARRIAGES: When children forced to marry stay married
By Katy Romy THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2018 This 16-year-old married in 2017 in a refugee camp for Rohingya in Bangladesh. Her parents said they […]
#SWISSHISTORYPICS: Annemarie Schwarzenbach: Winter’s journey to the Near East
By Catherine Waibel Village woman, Syria, 1933 Street scene, Aleppo/Syria, 1933 Mosque, Persia, 1934 Children, Varamin/Persia, 1934 Columns of the Apadana palace, Persepolis/Persia, 1934 Children, Istanbul/Turkey, 1933 Shoeshine boy, […]
Saudi Arabia taking lead in interfaith dialogue
Epigraph: There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has […]
Promoting Peace, the Brotherhood Alliance holds an Interfaith Faith Dialogue
TRIBUN MEDAN / HO PARTICIPANTS of the Interfaith Dialogue held by the Alliance of Brotherhood in the PPVG GBKP Hall, Kabanjahe, Wednesday (09/19/2018). TRIBUN-MEDAN.com, KABANJAHE – The Brotherhood Alliance held […]
Abbas never said ‘no’ to my plan says Israel’s former PM Olmert
By AFP – Sep 23,2018 – JORDAN TIMES French President Emmanuel Macron (centre right) welcomes Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas prior to their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on […]
Where is Daesh leader Baghdadi?
Daesh leader Baghdadi, world’s ‘most wanted’, sought in Syria offensive By AFP – Sep 22,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Leader of the Daesh terrorist group, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, addressing Muslim […]
Jordan to host 2019 WEF meeting on Mideast and Africa
His Majesty meets Schwab, Jewish organisations in New York JORDAN TIMES – His Majesty King Abdullah meets with World Economic forum’s founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab in New […]
Don’t be blinded by Syria – Putin’s recent foreign policy moves show he’s more interested in peace than war
Russian foreign policy craves respect, and seeks to demonstrate that it can hold its own alongside the biggest and the best – including the military sphere Mary Dejevsky Voronezh, Russia @IndyVoices The […]
Should dogs join you in being vegan?
Just because you’re vegan, it doesn’t mean your dog should be Dogs should be able to manage on vegetarian diets as long as the essential nutrients they would normally get from meat […]