Fake news a democratic crisis for UK, MPs warn
Source: BBC News The UK faces a “democratic crisis” with voters being targeted with “pernicious views” and data being manipulated, a parliamentary committee is set to warn. The Digital, Culture, […]
Israel passes a law stating what’s Jewish about a ‘Jewish and Democratic state’
Source: The New Yorker By Bernard Avishai On July 19th, the Israeli Knesset, led by Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party, passed a new “basic law,” with the anodyne title of “Israel—The […]
New York City’s forgotten Muslim past
Source: The New Yorker By Rozina Ali A Ph.D. student offers a free Muslim-history walking tour in Donald Trump’s home town. Back when Donald Trump was a Presidential candidate, he […]
The Longest Full ‘Blood Moon’ Of The Century Is Happening This Month
Source: Huffington Post Blood moons have inspired both awe and fear throughout the centuries. By Carol Kuruvilla AUMPHOTOGRAPHY VIA GETTY IMAGES A blood moon eclipse over a mountain in Thailand […]
Progressive American Jewish Groups Troubled By Israel’s Divisive Nation-State Law
Source: Huffington Post The Reform and Conservative movements, which together represent about half of Jewish Americans, have voiced objections to the law. By Carol Kuruvilla Progressive American Jewish organizations are […]
Demystifying the Miraj – 5 facts that debunk it being a physical occurrence
By Sajid Zahid By Nauman Hadi In the 5th year of his call the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Sa) was taken on a journey to the heavens by the angel Gabriel in which […]
Ted Talk: Fake Videos of Real People and How to Spot Them
By Supasorn Suwajanakorn, who works on ways to reconstruct, preserve and reanimate anyone — just from their existing photos and videos. Do you think you’re good at spotting fake videos, […]
Egypt Court Sentences 75 To Death Over 2013 Sit-In
Source: Huffington Post The 2013 sit-in supported former President Mohammed Morsi who was militarily ousted following mass protests. CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court sentenced 75 people to death on […]
Powerful quake hits Indonesia’s Lombok, 12 killed, houses damaged
Reuters International This content was published on July 29, 2018 Damage is seen following an earthquake in Lombok, Indonesia, July 29, 2018 in this picture obtained from social media. Lalu […]
Six women tell The New Yorker that CBS chief Les
Source: CNN by Jill Disis @jdisisJuly 27, 2018: 7:57 PM ET CBS chief Les Moonves accused of sexual misconduct The New Yorker has published an investigation that details allegations of sexual misconduct, intimidation […]
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington resigns after altar boy sex abuse allegation
Source: CNN By Valentina DiDonato, Dan Burke and Angela Dewan, CNN Rome, Italy (CNN) Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who once led the Archdiocese of […]
711 kids in custody haven’t been reunited with their parents. What happens to them now?
Source: CNN By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN)We haven’t seen their faces. We don’t know their names. We only know a number: 711. That’s how many immigrant kids from separated families […]
You Can Watch the Entire Lunar Eclipse Live. Here’s How to Stream the Blood Moon
Source: Time By GABBY RAYMOND July 27, 2018 The longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century, also referred to as a “blood moon,” will be visible across most of the world Friday […]
Strong men, caring women
Source: Pew Research Center By Kristi Walker, Kristen Bialik and Patrick van Kessel Honesty. Strength. Beauty. What traits does society value most in men and in women? What traits does society say men and women should […]
The rise, fall and rise again of Imran Khan, Pakistan’s next leader
Source: The New York Times By Jeffrey Gettleman LAHORE, Pakistan — Imran Khan, a charismatic cricket star who has fiercely criticized American counterterrorism policy in a region plagued by extremism, appeared […]
How one minority group could undermine Israel’s new Jewish identity law
Source: Los Angeles Times By NOGA TARNOPOLSKY Barely a week after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won passage of a controversial measure underscoring his country’s Jewish identity, the coalition that helped […]
‘Even monks get impatient’: Buddhist priest sorry for anger at tourist reviews
Source: The Guardian BY Daniel Hurst in Tokyo A Buddhist priest whose grumpy responses to negative hotel reviews went viral this week has taken a swipe at tourists who fail to do their […]
Munich replaces ‘disrespectful’ Holocaust memorials
Source: BBC News The authorities in Munich have begun installing new Holocaust memorials to replace brass cobblestone reminders of the Nazis’ victims. The cobblestones are considered disrespectful by Bavarian Jewish […]
Nigeria farmer-herder conflict now deadlier than Boko Haram
Source: Associated Press By SAM OLUKOYA LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria now faces a deadlier threat than its own Boko Haram insurgency, with fighting between farmers and herdsmen over scare […]