US judge opens door for thousands to apply for asylum
Source: MSN News By GENE JOHNSON, Associated Press SEATTLE — A federal judge in Seattle opened the door Thursday for thousands of immigrants to apply for asylum, finding that the […]
The brain-changing benefits of exercise
Source: TED Talk What’s the most transformative thing that you can do for your brain today? Exercise! says neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki. Get inspired to go to the gym as Suzuki […]
The Wrong Way for Germany to Debate Islam
Source: The New York Times By Jochen Bittner March 29, 2018 HAMBURG, Germany — It was a warm June day in a northern German village, and I was talking to a […]
Pope Rejects Call for Apology to Canada’s Indigenous People
Source: The Washington Post By IAN AUSTEN and JASON HOROWITZ Photo Pope Francis, above in Rome this week, will not apologize for the church’s role in a Canadian system that forced generations of […]
Johan van Hulst, Dutch schoolteacher who saved hundreds of Jewish children during Holocaust, dies at 107
Source: The Washington Post An inspector from the Dutch education ministry arrived at Johan van Hulst’s teacher training institute in Amsterdam on the morning of June 19, 1943. He noticed […]
German Muslim leader proposes sending imams and rabbis together into schools to combat anti-Semitism
Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) — After a public outcry over the bullying of a Jewish schoolgirl in Berlin by Muslim classmates, the head of Germany’s main Muslim association has […]
Quebec City mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette says he’s ashamed of his ‘senseless act’
Source: CBC News 28-year-old changes plea to guilty, saying he wants to spare survivors and families further anguish Melinda Dalton, Julia Page, Catou MacKinnon · CBC News · Posted: Mar 28, 2018 9:52 AM ET | […]
French vegan convicted for comments on butcher killed by Islamist militant
Source: Reuters PARIS (Reuters) – A vegan in France who posted a Facebook message offering “zero sympathy” for a butcher killed by an Islamist militant during an attack last week […]
Ireland sets May date for historic abortion referendum
Source: The Guardian Henry McDonald , Ireland correspondent Ireland will vote in a referendum on 25 May on liberalising its strict abortion laws, the government has confirmed, in an announcement that officially […]
Cardinal’s Australian court hearing on sex charges ends
Source: Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian magistrate on Thursday closed a monthlong court hearing of evidence on whether the most senior Vatican cleric ever charged in the […]
China-Vatican deal seen soon, Chinese paper says
Source: Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) – An agreement between China and the Vatican could be signed as soon as the end of this month as talks have reached the final stages, […]
My descent into America’s neo-Nazi movement & how I got out
Source: TED Talk Christian Picciolini At 14, Christian Picciolini went from naïve teenager to white supremacist — and soon, the leader of the first neo-Nazi skinhead gang in the United […]
How China Could Use ‘America First’ to Its Advantage
Source: Time By JUSTIN WORLAND March 28, 2018 Just days before President Donald Trump’s inauguration, Chinese President Xi Jinping told the global elite gathered in Davos, Switzerland, that China would now take […]
The secret world of babies
Source: BBC News By Sophie Hardach 28 March 2018 I am sitting in a lab in London, holding my wriggling baby son in my arms, while two scientists gently try […]
Me and my endometriosis: 12 women share their stories
Source: BBC News Endometriosis affects about 1 in 10 women. These incredible ladies are speaking out after spending years in agonising pain, fighting to get a diagnosis. Filmed by Lucy […]
Area around Jesus’ baptism site being cleared of land mines
Source: MSN News QASR EL-YAHUD, West Bank — Pilgrims seeking serenity during a visit to Jesus’ traditional baptism site may be rattled to discover they are surrounded by thousands of […]
The man who discovered a ‘lost’ wonder of the world
Among the numerous treasures at Cambridge University Library are the private documents of the explorer, John Lewis Burckhardt, who rediscovered Petra 200 years ago today. I was without […]
Blowback: A Critique of American Foreign Policy- Six part series by Mehdi Hasan
The Intercept; For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Sir Isaac Newton called it his Third Law of Motion. The CIA calls it “blowback.” Watch:
Christians, Jews and the dubious history of the Passion play
Source: Religion News Service By A. James Rudin (RNS) — Passover and Easter once again coincide this year. The first seder (Passover meal) of the eight-day Jewish festival is on March […]
With a new president and new apostles, Mormon General Conference is sure to make history, but will speakers touch on timely topics?
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By Peggy Fletcher Stack No doubt, this weekend’s LDS General Conference will be historic. In a ritual known as a “solemn assembly,” reserved for sacred […]