Iran executes 8 over 2017 Islamic State attack on Tehran
Source: Associated Press By AMIR VAHDAT and JON GAMBRELL TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran executed eight men convicted over the 2017 Islamic State attack on parliament and the shrine of […]
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Japanese cult leader Shoko Asahara executed for Tokyo sarin attack
Source: CNN By James Griffiths and Yoko Wakatsuki, CNN Tokyo (CNN)Seven members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, which carried out the deadly 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, have been […]
Italian Catholic priests go to war with Salvini over immigration
Source: The Guardian BY Angela Giuffridaand Lorenzo Tondo Gianfranco Formenton, a priest in Umbria, has long preached against racism. Gianfranco Formenton, a priest in Italy’s central Umbria region who has long preached […]
Clash Between Duterte and Catholic Church in Philippines Intensifies
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Jake Maxwell Watts July 9, 2018 8:52 a.m. ET A public feud between President Rodrigo Duterte and the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines […]
Duterte vows to resign if anybody can prove God exists
Source: Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president, who recently sparked outrage for calling God stupid, has courted new controversy in his largely Roman Catholic country by saying […]
Jalsa Salana Muslim convention focuses on nine principles of peace
Source: The Star By PETER EDWARDS Staff Reporter The first time there was a Jalsa Salana Muslim convention in Toronto, it was possible to fit all the attendees into a single photograph. […]
How to Have the Most Fun in Your Free Time, According to Science
Source: Time By JAMIE DUCHARME The calendar is an indispensable tool in our over-committed and over-stimulated culture, and one no longer reserved solely for work commitments and appointments. Many busy people, […]
Why Vertigo is so horrifying today
Source: BBC News By Nicholas Barber 9 July 2018 Vertigo gets better with age. Alfred Hitchcock’s mind-bending mystery wasn’t a critical or commercial hit when it was released 60 years […]
Can you train people to be less biased?
Source: BBC News This story is from The Inquiry on BBC World Service. It was presented by Helen Grady and produced by Josephine Casserly and Dearbhail Starr. To listen to more episodes of The Inquiry, please click here. Adapted by Sarah Keating. In April two black men went into a Starbucks in Philadelphia. They were early for a business meeting, so they sat down to wait. Two minutes […]
Japan floods: ‘Extreme danger’ amid record rainfall
Source: BBC News “We’ve never experienced this kind of rain before,” a weather official said. More than 60 people are dead and dozens missing after record rainfall caused rivers to […]
Religion, The Supreme Court, And Why It Matters
Source: NPR By SARAH MCCAMMO & DOMENICO MONTANARO Lots of controversial cases at the intersection of religion and the law wind up before the Supreme Court. And, for most of U.S. […]
Trump’s possible Supreme Court nominees: The faith factor
Source: Religion News Service By Emily McFarlan Miller (RNS) — The three judges have been on the legal world’s radar since they appeared in November on a White House list of potential Supreme Court […]
Your Morning Cup of Coffee Is in Danger. Can the Industry Adapt in Time?
Source: Time By JUSTIN WORLAND/ALAJUELA, COSTA RICA June 21, 2018 Howard Schultz wants to know if I drink coffee. The Starbucks boss is sitting on a balcony overlooking the company’s leafy farm in […]
Three arrested over Qld mosque harassment
Source: The Australian BY David Sigston Australian Associated Press Three men will face court accused of badgering worshippers at two Brisbane mosques. The group, believed to be members of the […]
Why migraines are so misunderstood
Source: BBC News By Lauren Sharkey The first time I experienced a migraine was one evening after school. A dull headache turned into splitting pain, blurring my vision and converting […]
Duterte is Assassinating Opponents Under the Cover of the Drug War, Philippine Rights Groups Say
Source: Time By Joseph Hincks July 5, 2018 The assassination of two provincial mayors in two days has raised fresh fears that law and order in the Philippines—already in a […]
Half the country thinks Donald Trump is a racist. HALF.
Source: CNN Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large (CNN)A new Quinnipiac University poll has a striking result: 49% of people said they believe President Donald Trump to be a racist […]
Red-hot planet: All-time heat records have been set all over the world during the past week
Source: The Washington Post By Jason Samenow July 5 at 10:51 AM Simulation of maximum temperatures on July 3 from American (GFS) weather model at two meters above the ground. […]
A Health Care Worker Is Accused of Killing 8 Babies and Trying to Kill 6 Others
Source: Time By ASSOCIATED PRESS July 3, 2018 (LONDON) — British police arrested a female health care worker Tuesday on suspicion of murdering eight babies and trying to kill six others […]
Denmark’s “Ghetto” Policies Are an Ominous Sign That Liberal Europe Is Starting to Unravel at the Seams
Source: Time By AMRO ALI Ali is a sociologist based in Alexandria, Egypt. At the blazing apogee of the Second World War, a poignant essay on the embattled life of refugees and immigrants […]