British government ordered to open Amritsar massacre files
Source: The Guardian BY Dan Sabbagh A tribunal has ordered that secret Downing Street files relating to Anglo-Indian relations at the time of the 1984 massacre at the Golden Temple […]
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Why stressed minds are more decisive
Source: BBC News By Tali Sharot From Aeon 15 June 2018 Some of the most important decisions you will make in your lifetime will occur while you feel stressed and […]
US child migrants: First ladies speak out on Trump separation policy
Source: BBC News The former US First Lady Laura Bush has condemned a controversial policy that splits up families who illegally enter the country at the Mexican border. Writing in […]
President Trump’s Family Separation Policy Is Dividing Republicans
SOURCE: TIME By JILL COLVIN / AP 5:00 AM EDT (WASHINGTON) — The emotional policy of separating children from their parents is also starting to divide Republicans and their allies as […]
When Leaving Your Religion Means Losing Your Children
Source: NPR BY SAMANTHA RAPHELSON Chavie Weisberger was raised in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Monsey, N.Y., and was forced to marry a man she barely knew when she was 19. […]
Gaza residents pray near Israel as Muslims mark major feast
Source: Associated Press By WAFAA SHURAFA GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Several thousand Gaza worshippers knelt on prayer rugs spread on sandy soil, near the perimeter fence with Israel, […]
Filipino Muslims mark Eid in ruins of war-torn Marawi
Source: Associated Press By JOEAL CALUPITAN and AARON FAVILA MARAWI, Philippines (AP) — Muslim residents of a southern Philippine city devastated by last year’s bloody militant siege celebrated the Islamic […]
For Mosque at Heart of Grenfell Tragedy, a Bittersweet Anniversary
Source: The New York Times By Anna Schaverien LONDON — Abdurahman Sayed doesn’t know where he got the energy. Last year during Ramadan, the busiest time of the year for […]
South Australia Catholic church to ignore law on reporting confessions of abuse
Source: The Guardian Adelaide’s acting archbishop says confessional is sacred and its nature can’t be changed Australian Associated Press Bishop Greg O’Kelly, acting archbishop of Adelaide, told ABC radio confession […]
Netanyahu unexpectedly meets with Indonesian Muslim leader
Source: Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The leader of Indonesia’s largest Muslim organization has held a surprise meeting with Israel’s prime minister. Yahya Staquf, secretary general of the 60 million […]
South African police kill man after fatal mosque attack
Source: Associated Press By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A man fatally stabbed two people on Thursday and wounded several others at a mosque near Cape Town before police shot […]
Italy and France try to patch up migrant row, draw papal rebuke
Source: Reuters BY Steve Scherer, Massimiliano Di Giorgio ROME (Reuters) – Italy and France tried to patch up a row over immigration on Thursday as Pope Francis urged politicians everywhere to […]
Argentina steps closer to legalising abortion
Source: BBC News Catholic Argentina’s lower house has backed a bill legalising abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. After a divisive debate lasting more than 22 hours, 129 […]
Sessions cites Bible to defend separating immigrant families
Source: Associated Press By COLLEEN LONG WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions cited the Bible on Thursday in his defense of his border policy that is resulting in hundreds […]
Sessions at odds with his church on immigrants
Source: Baltimore Sun By Dan RodricksContact Reporter The Baltimore Sun Attorney General Jeff Sessions appears determined to inflict as much pain as possible in his efforts to deter immigrants from gaining entrance […]
AI gives silenced radio journalist his voice back
Source: BBC News By Mary-Ann RussonTechnology reporter, BBC News Image copyrightJAMIE DUPREEImage captionRadio journalist Jamie Dupree will be able to broadcast again thanks to artificial intelligence A US radio journalist […]
The Age Gap in Religion Around the World
Source: Pew Research Center By several measures, young adults tend to be less religious than their elders; the opposite is rarely true (Chad Springer/Image Source/Getty Images) In the United States, […]
Parents Are Facing a Nightmare at the U.S. Border
Source: Time By HALEY SWEETLAND EDWARDS June 14, 2018 Earlier this year, a young Honduran woman named Mirian gathered her 18-month-old son into her arms and walked across the bridge between […]
Drowning Is the No. 2 Cause of Death for Young Children. Here’s How to Keep Your Kids Safe Around Pools
Source: Time By GINA MARTINEZ The tragic death of Olympic skier Bode Miller’s 19-month-old daughter on Sunday has cast new light on the dangers of drowning – which is the […]
Most Americans express positive views of country’s growing racial and ethnic diversity
Source: Pew Research Center BY HANNAH FINGERHUT (Joana Toro/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images) A majority of Americans continue to say the United States […]