Giraffe genetic secret: Four species of tallest mammal identified
Source: BBC By Victoria Gill Science reporter, BBC News It is a famous, gentle giant of the African savannah, but the giraffe’s genetics have just revealed that there is not […]
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Turkey-PKK conflict: Thousands of teachers suspended
Source: BBC More than 11,000 teachers in Turkey have been suspended for alleged links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a week before children go back to school. Prime […]
Barack Obama chides ‘wacky’ Trump after Putin jibe
Source: BBC Barack Obama has chided Donald Trump as “wacky” and “uninformed” after the Republican candidate said Russia’s President Putin was a better leader. Speaking in Laos, Mr Obama said that every time Mr Trump spoke it became clearer that the Republican contender was not qualified to be president. In […]
Google’s Clever Plan to Stop Aspiring ISIS Recruits
Source: Wired By Andy Greenberg GOOGLE HAS BUILT a half-trillion-dollar business out of divining what people want based on a few words they type into a search field. In the […]
9/11 was 15 years ago. Why do so many of us feel less safe?
Source: The Guardian By Arjun Sethi I remember feeling scared after 9/11. A few days after the attacks, a classmate jumped in front of my car and menacingly yelled “go […]
Trump says Putin ‘a leader far more than our president’
Source: BBC Donald Trump has showered Vladimir Putin with praise as he and rival Hillary Clinton took pointed questions from military veterans. The Republican presidential nominee told the forum the Russian president “has been a leader far more than our president [Obama] has been”. It came on the same day […]
Preeti Rathi murder: Death for India acid attack convict
Source: BBC A man in the Indian city of Mumbai has been sentenced to death for a fatal acid attack on a woman at a busy railway station three years […]
Sen. Rand Paul: EpiPen Scandal Is a Perfect Example of Crony Capitalism
Source: Time By Sen. Rand Paul Paul is the junior U.S. Senator for Kentucky. “It really is a financial hardship to afford it.” So says a pharmacist in my hometown of […]
Iran and Saudi Arabia Squabble as Millions of Muslims Begin Pilgrimage
Source: The New York Times By BEN HUBBARD BEIRUT, Lebanon — As Muslims from around the world head toward Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia and Iran have […]
A new crisis in the Muslim world: Is it too young?
Source: The Washington Post By Jon Emont JAKARTA, Indonesia — In early August, when leaders of several dozen Muslim countries gathered in Jakarta for an annual economic conference, some of […]
Former U.N. chief Annan meets Muslim, Buddhist communities in Myanmar
Source: Reuters By Wa Lone and Simon Lewis | SITTWE, MYANMAR A team led by former U.N. chief Kofi Annan began to address the plight of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya Muslims […]
Radical preacher Anjem Choudary jailed for five years
Source: BBC Radical preacher Anjem Choudary has been jailed for five-and-a-half years for inviting support for the so-called Islamic State group. The 49-year-old was convicted at the Old Bailey after […]
Sept. 11 Marked Turning Point For Muslims In Increasingly Diverse America
Source: NPR BY TOM GJELTEN Fifteen years after the attacks of Sept. 11, Americans have grown aware not only of the danger of terrorism but also of the reality that their […]
Microsoft’s UK data centres power up cloud services
Source: BBC Microsoft has announced that its first UK cloud computing data centres are up and running. The facilities are located in London, Durham and Cardiff. They should help the […]
5 Ways to Set Achievable Goals
Source: Motto By Lindsey Caldwell Feeling overwhelmed or confused on your current path or in your current career? You’re not alone. But we have the choice to live our lives […]
Inside a Daring Rescue Of Refugees Lost at Sea
Source: Time BY ARYN BAKER|ABOARD THE MV AQUARIUS | PHOTOGRAPHS BY LYNSEY ADDARIO FOR TIME Like most mothers, Victoria was willing to sacrifice everything for her children. Even if it meant risking their lives. Just before dawn on August 20, 2016, the 42-year-old Nigerian widow grabbed the hands of […]
Oesophageal cancer tests raise hopes for earlier detection
Source: BBC By Robert Thompson Science writer, BBC News, Swansea Scientists are perfecting new methods to spot a difficult-to-diagnose cancer. Teams from the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute and Swansea […]
Barack Obama Just Nominated A Muslim To Be A Federal Judge. That’s A First.
Source: Huffington Post By Jennifer Bendery WASHINGTON ― President Barack Obama made history on Tuesday by nominating the first Muslim person to the federal judiciary, Abid Qureshi. “I am pleased to […]
Passing My Disability On to My Children
Source: The New York Times By Sheila Black When I was pregnant with my first child, my ob-gyn referred me to a genetic counselor “just in case.” I have a condition […]
Math is racist: How data is driving inequality
Source: CNN by Aimee Rawlins It’s no surprise that inequality in the U.S. is on the rise. But what you might not know is that math is partly to blame. In a new book, “Weapons of Math Destruction,” Cathy O’Neil details all the ways that math is essentially being used […]