Source:The Local A former school – which closed due to a lack of local children – is due to be converted into a home for around 400 refugees in the Marzahn-Hellersdorf area of Berlin. The plan has been greeted with hostility from some locals and sparked a campaign from members […]
By Rahim M. Quazi A complex array of hurdles, compounded by political instability, is posing a formidable hurdle to Bangladesh’s achieving economic prosperity. The post-independence political frontier in the South Asian nation has been extremely turbulent. Two elected heads-of-state were killed by army coups, nearly 25 unsuccessful coups were staged, […]
Source: Conservative Papers. Israel, which has never been reticent about publicizing its rescue missions when disaster strikes in far-flung corners of the globe, is being unusually discreet about its aid to victims of the fighting in neighboring Syria. Israeli flag For the past four months, doctors in the Jewish […]
Source: The Local Almost a quarter of German children are sometimes or regularly smacked by their parents, a study has found. Corporal punishment is more common and severe in working class families but the discrepancy between what children and their parents report is greater among privileged families. More:
Source: The Local People don’t always make the best choices, even if their aims are honest. Realizing this can be painful but it doesn’t debase our common morality. We have to try to do what’s right without presuming that our choice would automatically be so. The Germans collectively made themselves […]
Epigraph: “And when the she-camels, tenmonth pregnant, are abandoned, and when the beasts are gathered together, and when the seas are made to flow forth one into the other, and when people are brought together, […]
Source:ET Seven million children have not even received any form of primary education. PHOTO: APP/ FILE ISLAMABAD: While the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) is finalising the make-up of its government, an array of challenges is staring the party in the face, with the most crucial one being the education emergency in […]
Source: LA Times: Names and money, it turns out, have some correlation. According to a survey of top earners, the shorter the name, the higher the salary is likely to be. Or at least, people with high salaries tend to have very short names. Before you go changing your moniker […]
Source:LATIMES: (Illustration by Wes Bausmith / Los Angeles Times) When Susan had breast cancer, we heard a lot of lame remarks, but our favorite came from one of Susan’s colleagues. She wanted, she needed, to visit Susan after the surgery, but Susan didn’t feel like having visitors, and she said […]
Source: The Local Heinrich Deichmann described changes taking place in China, which produces a large portion of shoes sold in the West, as “dramatic” and said consumers must get used to the idea of forking out more for their footwear. But Deichmann said his company would sacrifice profits this year, […]
Source:The Local. Being happy is important for everyone. For some it’s a ray of sunshine falling on the petals of a spring flower, for others it’s a fancy yacht. For this week’s The Local list we looked at a recent survey of what puts a smile on German faces. More:
Business Insider: Dylan Lovan. Sharon Rengers, a longtime child advocate at Kosair Children’s Hospital in Louisville, said making and marketing weapons specifically for children was “mind-boggling.” “It’s like, oh, my God,” she said, “we’re having a big national debate whether we want to check somebody’s background, but we’re going to […]
Source:UPI.COM A woman in Spain recently gave birth to the first child born in the village of Los Giles in 45 years, causing a stir in the village. First-time parents Beatriz and Iker gave birth to Ainara in the village in Spain’s Almeria province three weeks ago, thinkSPAIN reported. The […]
Source: The Local Most Germans love to show how well they speak English, but they often misuse or even make up their own English vocabulary. We gathered up the worst offenders for this week’s The Local List. Click HERE for these words.
Source: The Local Authorities in the Bavarian town of Ansbach came under fire on Thursday for tearing apart a refugee family while the traumatised and heavily-pregnant mother lay in hospital – a move described as “inhumane” and “unconstitutional.” More:
Source: The Local Fare-dodgers, illegal parkers, shoplifters – petty criminals are regularly choosing to go to prison for a few days instead of paying small fines. Now one regional authority is planning more creative punishments to save state money. More:
Source: The Local. More than half of German 15 to 20-year-olds save regularly and almost all of those who took out a loan in 2012 paid it back without a hitch, a study released on Tuesday revealed. More:
Source: ET BY: Humdah Tahir She took the letters and burned them one by one wishing she could set the memories that haunted her to fire too… The box was placed between old grimy paperbacks. It had been there for a long time. She could tell by the layers of […]
Source: Spiegel International A life-size Barbie Dreamhouse is set to open in Berlin in May, and leftist activists are up in arms. They plan to protest the opening to draw […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — Is anyone else wondering why the Steubenville, Ohio rape victim’s two best friends testified against her? With this week’s arrest of two other girls who “menaced” the teen victim on Facebook and Twitter, we have the beginnings of an answer. Rape culture is not only the […]