Ted Talk: The Art of Negotiation
Speaking up is hard to do, even when you know you should. Learn how to assert yourself, navigate tricky social situations and expand your personal power with sage guidance from […]
‘Haifa is essentially segregated’: cracks appear in Israel’s capital of coexistence
Guardian: For decades, Haifa has been Israel’s model of what a ‘mixed’ Jewish-Arab city could be. But as the country’s 70th anniversary nears, the strain is showing. Haifa is Israel’s third largest city – and its biggest ‘mixed’ one. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo Ben-Gurion Boulevard climbs from the bustling port […]
Depression Has Spiked By 33% In the Last Five Years, a New Report Says
Source: Time By Jamie Ducharme Diagnoses of clinical depression — also known as major depression — have risen by 33% since 2013, according to a new report from health insurer Blue Cross Blue Shield. […]
Happiness Isn’t a Feeling — It’s a Skill That Can Be Learned
Source: PopSugar By NATALY KOGAN For most of my life, I clung to the belief that I wasn’t happy because I “just wasn’t wired that way.” At 13 years old, I […]
Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad sworn in after shock comeback victory
Source: BBC News Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionDr Mahathir has indicated he may only serve two years Mahathir Mohamad has been sworn in as prime minister of Malaysia after his shock election […]
Cocaine breathalyser ‘one step closer’
Source: BBC News Researchers in the US say they have developed a low-cost chip that can detect cocaine in minutes. The team hopes it will lead to the development of […]
Can Beto O’Rourke Turn Texas Blue?
Source: Time By NASH JENKINS / LAREDO May 8, 2018 Something is happening here in south Texas. On a hot May afternoon, dozens of people have assembled in a border-town beer […]
Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad Will Become the World’s Oldest Leader After a Shock Election Win
Source: Time By LAIGNEE BARRON / LANGKAWI Updated: May 10, 2018 12:45 AM ET In a stunning election upset, Malaysia’s 92-year-old Mahathir Mohamad has defeated his one-time protégé, the incumbent Najib […]
Potential new cure found for baldness
Source: BBC News By Ian Westbrook Health reporter, BBC News A potential new cure for baldness has been discovered using a drug originally intended to treat osteoporosis. Researchers found the […]
Trump’s Pick For CIA Director Won’t Say Torture Program Was Morally Wrong
Source: Huffington Post Gina Haspel pledged not to revive the spy agency’s interrogation operation — but she wouldn’t condemn it. By Jessica Schulberg and Igor Bobic WASHINGTON — Gina […]
The number of refugees admitted to the U.S. has fallen, especially among Muslims
Source: Pew Research Center BY PHILLIP CONNOR AND JENS MANUEL KROGSTAD Syrian refugee Baraa Haj Khalaf receives a kiss from her mother, Fattoum Haj Khalaf, in February 2017 shortly after the family had […]
Blacks more likely than others in U.S. to read the Bible regularly, see it as God’s word
Source: Pew Research Center BY JEFF DIAMANT (Stephen Morton/Getty Images) This is one of an occasional series of posts on black Americans […]
Turkey acts against French studies at universities amid Koran row
Reuters International This content was published on May 10, 2018 By Gulsen Solaker and Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey on Thursday suspended the opening of any new French studies […]
Bangladesh: RELISHING RAMADAN
Photo: STAR LIFESTYLE ARCHIVE/ SAZZAD IBNE SAYED/ Khazana Osama Rahman The coming month of Ramadan brings forth two widely different forms of enjoyment: one being the fast and the other […]
As teenagers die, Zimbabwean lawmakers call for abortion reform
Source: Reuters BY Marko Phiri BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When her 15-year-old daughter fell pregnant last year, Irene Ndlovu secretly arranged for an abortion before the pregnancy became […]
How Nigeria’s cattle war is fuelling religious tension
Source: BBC News A long-running conflict between cattle herders and farmers in central Nigeria is increasingly assuming a religious dimension, writes the BBC’s Mayeni Jones after visiting Benue state. Sebastian Nyamgba is a tall, wiry farmer with sharp cheekbones and piercing eyes. He guides me to a small bungalow adjacent […]
Kenyan Islamic leaders speak out against female genital mutilation
Source: RNS By Fredrick Nzwili | 23 hours ago Kenyan Muslim leaders participate in a recent news conference in Nairobi, Kenya, to correct a misconception that Islam supports female genital mutilation. RNS photo by Fredrick Nzwili NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Kenyan Islamic leaders are lending support to a national campaign to end female […]
Muslim minority communities meet in UAE to talk challenges
Source: Associated Press By AYA BATRAWY and FAY ABUELGASIM ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates hosted the start of a two-day forum on Tuesday for […]
Abide in Darkness: China’s War on Religion Stalls Vatican Deal
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Eva Dou in Beijing and Francis X. Rocca in Rome May 9, 2018 5:34 a.m. ET A landmark agreement aimed at healing a nearly 70-year rift between Beijing […]
Google bans abortion poll ads in Ireland
Source: BBC News Google will ban all advertisements relating to Republic of Ireland’s forthcoming referendum on abortion, which takes place on 25 May. On Tuesday, Facebook started to block ads […]