What to Know About the Attack at Resorts World Manila
Source: Time BY Kevin Lui At least 36 people died in the Philippines when an upscale hotel and casino complex was attacked in the early hours of Friday morning, local time. […]
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Einstein’s Theory About Gravitational Waves Was Just Proved Right — Again
Source: Time BY Jeffrey Kluger Jun 01, 2017 Science, like so many other things, has tipping points. Figure out how to isolate and identify one virus and you’re on your way […]
Trump Announces Withdrawal From Paris Agreement
Source: Time BY Justin Worland President Trump announced plans to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement on climate change Thursday, a move that will weaken a key international measure aimed […]
Bahrain outlaws main secular opposition group
Source: Reuters By Sami Aboudi | DUBAI A Bahraini court on Wednesday ordered the dissolution of the main secular opposition group which the government accuses of supporting terrorism, a ruling […]
Vatican would see U.S. Paris deal exit as slap in face: official
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella | VATICAN CITY The Vatican, which under Pope Francis’ insistence has strongly backed the Paris climate change deal, would see a U.S. exit as a […]
Danes again ponder repeal of blasphemy law
Source: Associated Press By JAN M. OLSEN COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A case of a man charged under Denmark’s little-used blasphemy law for setting a Quran on fire and posting […]
Feds investigating after city won’t allow mosque to be built
Source: Associated Press BAYONNE, N.J. (AP) — Federal law enforcement officials are investigating a New Jersey city that prevented a Muslim group from building a mosque, a rejection that the […]
Man Stabbed in Portland While Coming to Aid of 2 Girls Shifts Focus to Them
Source: The New York Times By MATT STEVENS Photo Micah David-Cole Fletcher watched as Jeremy Joseph Christian was arraigned in Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland, Ore., on Tuesday. CreditPool […]
Catholic plan to combat homophobic bullying praised by education experts
Source: The Guardian A new Catholic schools policy says they have an obligation to provide a safe and inclusive learning environment ‘for same-sex attracted and gender diverse young people’. Photograph: […]
Ramadan around the world – in pictures
Source: The Guardian Jakarta, Indonesia Women offer special ‘Tarawih’ prayers on the first night of the holy month at the Istiqlal mosque Photograph: Solo Imaji/Barcroft Images Dhaka, Bangladesh A man […]
Coptic Christians in Australia to have refugee claims reassessed
Source: The Guardian BY Ben Doherty Review of their status prompted by spate of violent assaults on the religious minority in Egypt Relatives mourn victims of an attack by gunmen that […]
The secret to a long and healthy life? Eat less
Source: BBC By Alex Riley 1 June 2017 In a restaurant setting sometime in the not-too distant future, a man and a woman are on their first date. After the […]
Eight held in India over calf slaughter
Source: BBC Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionCows are considered holy by India’s majority Hindu population Police in the southern state of Kerala have arrested eight men who publicly killed a calf […]
Coral reefs can be saved but change is inevitable, scientists say
Source: BBC The world’s coral reefs can be saved by addressing climate change but they will not resemble those of the past, a new study has said. Future reefs will […]
Montenegro PM: Trump’s Shove Was a ‘Harmless Situation’ That Doesn’t Affect Our Friendship
Source: Time BY Duško Marković May 30, 2017 On June 5 , Montenegro will formally join NATO – thus reaching a historic milestone and joining the most powerful countries in the […]
NASA Is Finally Sending a Mission to Touch the Sun
Source: Time BY Jeffrey Kluger May 30, 2017 NASA has visited some awfully impressive places in the past 60 years, so it’s something of a wonder that the space agency hasn’t […]
Once rare, cremation is becoming the new norm
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette BY PETER SMITH When Scott Beinhauer’s forebears expanded their funeral business in 1921 with a location just south of the then-new Liberty Tunnel, they added a rare […]
W.Va. public school district halts weekly Bible classes
Source: The Washington Post By Joe Heim A West Virginia public school district has decided to suspend weekly Bible classes for elementary and middle school students for the next academic […]
Indian court orders suspension of ban on trade in cattle for slaughter
Source: Reuters An Indian court suspended on Tuesday a government ban on the trade of cattle for slaughter, a lawyer involved in the case said, giving some relief to Muslim-dominated […]
Ayodhya dispute: India BJP leaders charged with criminal conspiracy
Source: BBC A special court has charged senior leaders from India’s ruling party with criminal conspiracy in relation to the destruction of a 16th Century mosque. Former BJP chief Lal Krishna Advani, veteran leader Murli Manohar Joshi and federal minister Uma Bharti were among those charged in the court on […]