The 81-year-old woman inspiring a nation to recycle
Source: BBC News An 81-year-old who set up an all-woman rubbish collection team in her village in Lebanon now has a stream of visitors asking how she did it. For […]
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May to form ‘government of certainty’ with DUP backing
Source: BBC News Theresa May has said she will put together a government with the support of the Democratic Unionists that can provide “certainty” for the future. Speaking after visiting […]
Is philanthropy catching on among China’s super rich?
Source: BBC News When US billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffett held a banquet in China a few years ago to urge fellow tycoons to donate their fortunes to charity, […]
Mars recalls chocolates over salmonella fear
Source: BBC News Chocolate maker Mars is recalling some bars of Galaxy, Maltesers Teasers and bags of Minstrels due to the “potential presence of salmonella”. Mars said the products, for […]
How the First Woman to Run the Boston Marathon Is Still Running Marathons at 70
Source: Time By Katie Reilly When Kathrine Switzer crossed the finish line of the Boston Marathon in 1967, it was remarkable because she was a woman — the first to run […]
Is Trump closer to obstruction of justice?
Source: BBC By Joel Gunter BBC News, Washington Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionMan in the spotlight – Comey takes the oath James Comey may not have added much new detail in testimony […]
President Trump Faces a Moment of Truth as Comey Testifies
Source: Time BY Zeke J Miller 11:01 PM ET President Trump’s presidency is set to face its toughest test yet Thursday, as James Comey, the former FBI Director, testifies before […]
4 Ways to Crack Down on Hazing at Fraternities
Source: Time By Katie Reilly Jun 07, 2017 Universities are facing increasing pressure to bring fraternity hazing under control following a series of recent tragedies. Two fatal cases in particular […]
An egg a day appears to help young children grow taller
Source: BBC News By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online Image copyrightDERKIEN/GETTY An egg a day might help undernourished young children grow to a healthy height, according to a […]
Oldest Homo sapiens fossils discovered
Source: CNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN)The oldest fossil remains of Homo sapiens, dating back to 300,000 years, have been found at a site in Jebel Irhoud, Morocco. This is […]
Modi’s Push for a Hindu Revival Imperils India’s Meat Industry
Source: The New York Times By SUHASINI RAJ and ELLEN BARRY MEERUT, India — When Uttar Pradesh’s state government began a crackdown on unlicensed slaughterhouses in March, Sanjay Chaturvedi, a […]
‘This is what happens in war’: GOP congressman defends call for killing radical Muslims
Source: The Washington Post By Peter Holley Clay Higgins had only been on the job a few weeks when it became clear that he wasn’t meant for scripts. It was […]
It’s Time For The Right To Openly Embrace Classically Liberal Muslims
Source: The Federalist By Dan Jones If you were born and raised in the West, think back to your textbooks on world history. Chances are, you remember learning about historical […]
Chicago suburb that wouldn’t allow mosque to pay $580,000
Source: Associated Press By DON BABWIN CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago suburb that prevented a Muslim group from converting a vacant building into a mosque will pay the group $580,000 and be required to train city employees on religious land use law, the U.S. Justice Department announced on Tuesday. In […]
39 years later, priesthood ban is history, but racism within Mormon ranks isn’t, black members say
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune Tamu Smith was called the N-word in the Salt Lake LDS Temple a week after her wedding day more than 20 years ago. The same […]
Conservatives say Muslims need to stop terrorism. I wish we could.
Source: The Washington Post By Afshan Jafar June 6 Afshan Jafar is an associate professor of sociology at Connecticut College and a Public Voices fellow with the OpEd Project. Speaking […]
Opinion California must honor its commitment to religious diversity
Source: San Francisco Chronicle By Christina Neitzey, Kathryn Harris and Mary HuangBrown is a lifelong Adventist who overcame an impoverished childhood to become a nursing assistant for inmates at the […]
More Than 130 Imams Refuse To Perform Attackers’ Funeral Prayers Following London And Manchester Incidents
Source: BuzzFeed News BY Aisha Gani More than 130 imams and Muslim religious leaders from the UK and other Western countries have said they will refuse to perform funeral prayers for […]
British voters head to polls in a political landscape jolted by terrorism
Source: The Washington Post By Isaac Stanley-Becker LONDON — A country once again buffeted by terrorism will go to the polls Thursday in the latest test of the relationship between […]
‘Kill them. Kill them all’: GOP congressman calls for war against radical Islamists
Source: The Washington Post By Peter Holley Meet the Louisiana lawmaker calling for a holy war against radical Islam Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) is a first-term congressman and former captain […]