Canadian company’s plans to build giant lift that is 20km high – and takes astronauts straight into the stratosphere Toronto independent.co.uk/science A Canadian company has designed a 20km-high tower that would carry astronauts up into space in a giant lift. The plans for a “space elevator” have been approved by […]
EMRE GÖNEN Published A dinghy overcrowded with Syrian refugees approaches a beach on the Greek island of Kos after crossing a part of the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece. The Syrian refugee crisis is spreading not just among its neighbors but toward Europe, especially Greece. Therefore, a global […]
By AFP – Aug 18,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Migrants queue during a food distribution organised by the local organisation ‘Kos solidarity’ outside the abandoned Captain Elias Hotel, where hundreds of migrants have found temporary shelter, on Monday (AFP photo) KOS, Greece — Five nights ago, Nada and her children braved […]
Now the truth emerges: how the US fuelled the rise of Isis in Syria and Iraq Seumas Milne The sectarian terror group won’t be defeated by the western states that incubated it in the first place https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/r20150811/r20110914/abg.js// < ![CDATA[ // The war on terror, that campaign without end launched 14 […]
PRECARIOUS EMPLOYMENT UN intern living in tent in Geneva resigns By Simon Bradley AUG 12, 2015 – 14:17 Critics say only rich graduates can afford to do internships at the United Nations in Geneva (Reuters) An unpaid United Nations intern who was forced to live in a tent in Geneva […]
By: Charles Lister BROOKING INSTITUTE Over the past several years, thousands of foreign fighters have traveled to Syria and Iraq on a scale unprecedented in modern history. While most foreign fighters remain engaged in combat, some have begun to return, posing a real, if sometimes exaggerated, security threat to home […]
Aug 13,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – JONATHAN POWER Mankind got rid of African slave trading. It got rid of duelling. It got rid of torture. In some European countries it was abolished over 200 years ago. Even in World War II the allies did not systematically use torture. Regrettably, when […]
By Reuters – Aug 13,2015 – JORDAN TIMES KOS, Greece — Michel Allatuain waited beneath the 14th century fortress at the port of this Greek island on Thursday, desperate for […]
Thu, Aug 13, 2015, IRISH TIMES Sir, – I am the national president of the Women’s Auxiliary Organisation of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Ireland and I wish to refer to your article “Cleric says some imams in Ireland hold extremist views” (August 3rd). I note the comments of […]
NUCLEAR DEAL Switzerland lifts suspended Iran sanctions AUG 12, 2015 – 19:02 Most of the suspended sanctions were related to Iran’s oil industry (Keystone) The Swiss cabinet decided on Wednesday to lift sanctions against Iran that were suspended since January 2014. The move comes after the agreement reached by Iran […]
We cling to our belief that barbarism will never outlast the power of the righteous BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT Hitler set a bad example. He was evil. His regime was evil. His Reich was destroyed, the Nazis vanquished, the Fuhrer dying by his own hand in the ashes of […]
Latest blunders include “delayed” reports, confused allegiances and invited dignitaries who never arrive. It seems Cameron isn’t quite cut out for the region BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT PR Dave is my favourite British prime minister – because you can never be sure of his next blunder in the Middle […]
By Veronica DeVore www.swissinfo.ch AUG 11, 2015 – 11:00 Politbox and regional partner RSI spoke to young people in Ticino about their views on asylum seekers (Copyright 2015. All rights reserved.) Closing borders and providing space in private homes are both ideas that have been raised for how […]
Islam is part of the West now, live with it posted by Harry J. Bentham Tous les arts ont produit des merveilles: l’art de gouverner n’a produit que des monstres. Most arts have produced miracles, while the art of government has produced nothing but monsters. Louis Antoine de Saint-Just One […]
Giorgos Moutafis/ DER SPIEGEL Two worlds are colliding on the beaches of the Mediterranean this summer: Vacationers looking for relaxation and migrants seeking relief from poverty or warfare. The result is a moral conundrum for Europe.By Spiegel Staff It’s quiet on the beach. Vacationers are still sleeping in their hotels, and […]
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE Swiss sense and Indian sensibility spark art exchange By Anand Chandrasekhar AUG 9, 2015 – 11:00 Indian artist Hetal Chudasama is interested in myths and local folklore (Hetal Chudasama) Switzerland and India couldn’t be more different if they tried. A Swiss-funded exchange programme allows artists from both […]
Huff Post: by Rachel Moss — Women are constantly fed messages by the media that suggest being slim and young is the key to beauty and success. So naturally, feminists regularly talk about body image. We talk about the unrealistic expectations placed on women. We talk about skinny shaming. We talk about […]
The Telegraph: by Sarah Knapton — The government is to launch a new campaign asking middle aged people to make seven lifestyle changes including getting more sleep Middle-aged people will be encouraged to get more sleep as part of a government campaign to help them live more healthy lifestyles and reduce the […]
THIS is the moment a dinghy full of migrants landed on a beach of stunned tourists in Greece as Europe’s immigration crisis continued to spiral out of control. By NICK GUTTERIDGE PUBLISHED: 22:20, Sat, Aug 8, 2015 | REUTERS The dinghy full of migrants arrived at a beach in Kos […]
OLD IN THE TOOTH Mammoth tusk found on Roche building site By swissinfo.ch and agencies AUG 7, 2015 – 10:41 Tusk-oriented behaviour: measuring the recent discovery (NLZ) An almost two-metre […]