Coral Reefs Are Dying. Here’s Why You Should Care
Source: Time BY JUSTIN WORLAND Richard Vevers has traveled the globe to photograph coral reefs since quitting his advertising job. In 2011 he cofounded the XL Catlin Seaview Survey, a […]
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Bratislava EU meeting: Merkel says bloc in ‘critical situation’
Source: BBC The European Union is in a “critical situation”, the German chancellor has said, as leaders meet in Slovakia to discuss ways to regain trust after the UK’s vote to leave the bloc. Angela Merkel said they needed to show they could improve on security, defence co-operation and the […]
Brazil TV star Domingos Montagner drowns on set of soap opera
Source: BBC Brazilian soap opera star Domingos Montagner will be buried in his native city of Sao Paulo on Saturday following his tragic death. He drowned in a river where […]
Meet the man on a mission to save carnivorous plants
Source: BBC By Lucy Jones 15 September 2016 Stewart McPherson is prepared to go a long way for his science: even into the grounds of a prison in the Philippines. “I […]
Pauline Hanson calls for immigration ban: ‘Go back to where you came from’
Source: The Guardian By Katharine Murphy Political editor In her first speech to the federal parliament in 1996, Pauline Hanson warned “we are in danger of being swamped by Asians” – a line that became her political signature. In her triumphant return to politics in 2016, the designated enemy has changed. […]
The factors driving the growth of religious ‘nones’ in the U.S.
Source: Pew Research Center BY GREGORY A. SMITH AND ALAN COOPERMAN The share of Americans who do not identify with a religious group is surely growing: While nationwide surveys in the 1970s and ’80s found that fewer than one-in-ten U.S. adults said they had no religious affiliation, fully 23% now […]
Many countries allow child marriage
Source: Pew Research Center BY ALEKSANDRA SANDSTROM AND ANGELINA E. THEODOROU Almost all of the world’s nations have laws specifying at what age a couple can marry, and in most of […]
Detectives: Suspect in Florida mosque fire confessed
Source: Associated Press By TERRY SPENCER FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — An ex-convict who posted anti-Islamic rants online confessed to setting fire to a mosque that the Orlando nightclub shooter […]
Meet the Pastor Who Prays With Donald Trump
Source: Time By Elizabeth Dias Donald Trump’s son Eric was glowing when he sat down at a Cleveland restaurant next to Orlando pastor Paula White. “Your prayer did it, Paula,” Eric told her. The younger Trump’s teleprompter had broken the night before as he prepared to address the Republican National Convention. […]
Trump Criticizes Flint Pastor — But Misstates Key Facts About Their Encounter
Source: NPR By SCOTT DETROW Donald Trump is lashing out against an African-American pastor who interrupted him Wednesday to chide him for campaigning in her Flint, Mich., church. “Something was up,” […]
In first, Hasidic woman elected to serve as Civil Court judge in NY state
Source: JTA NEW YORK (JTA) — Rachel “Ruchie” Freier of Brooklyn was elected a Civil Court judge in New York state, reportedly a first for a Hasidic woman in the […]
What can Albania teach us about trust?
Source: BBC By Quinn Hargitai 15 September 2016 “There were refugee camps set up for the Kosovars all over the country. Albanian families would go to a camp, find a […]
UK interest rates left unchanged at 0.25%
Source: BBC The Bank of England has left its main interest rate at 0.25% but says another cut is still a possibility. The decision of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) […]
3 Steps to Becoming a Faster Reader
Source: Motto By Jonathan Levi These days, we’re inundated with more information than ever before. Blog posts, news articles and a never-ending stream of books “you just have to read!” […]
The Zika Case That Has Experts Stumped
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin In July, the Utah Department of Health was alerted to a person diagnosed with theZika virus despite not traveling to a place with Zika or having sexual contact with a person who had. The person had, however, cared for an elderly male family contact who had […]
The hanging of Mir Quasem Ali
By PERVEZ HOODBHOY PAKISTAN’S Foreign Office says Pakistan is “deeply saddened” by the execution in Bangladesh last week of Mir Quasem Ali. Mir Quasem was found guilty in 2014 by a Bangladeshi court of torture, multiple murders and arson. He was sentenced to death after what Pakistan describes as “a flawed […]
As Islamophobia Rises In Many Countries, Muslims Find Unlikely Sanctuary In Western Ukraine
Source: Huffington Post By Ian Bateson Freelance Journalist LVIV, Ukraine ― Ernes and Alime Mambetov have been living with their 2-year-old son in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv for a […]
Mohammad Javad Zarif: Let Us Rid the World of Wahhabism
Source: The New York Times BY MOHAMMAD JAVAD ZARIF, FOREIGN MINISTER OF IRAN Tehran — Public relations firms with no qualms about taking tainted petrodollars are experiencing a bonanza. Their latest […]
Forest-burning is a sin, says Indonesian fatwa
Source: BBC Indonesia’s highest Islamic authority has said it is a sin for people to deliberately burn forests to clear the land for growing crops. Illegal slash-and-burn farming has devastated […]
Pope endorsement softens stance on divorced Catholics
Source: The Guardian By Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Rome Pope Francis has issued a remarkable endorsement of major changes in the way priests approach Catholics who are divorced and remarried, in a […]