The Wild Chimpanzee Who Cared For Her Child With Disability
Source: BBC In the first case of its kind, a female chimpanzee has been observed caring for an infant with severe disabilities in the wild. The young chimpanzee was discovered […]
South Africa’s Stellenbosch University aims to drop Afrikaans after protests
Source: BBC An elite South African university wants to drop Afrikaans as the language of instruction and teach in English. Stellenbosch University management has taken the decision in the wake […]
Refugees line up for ‘million dollar ticket’ to Canada but the odds are heavily against them
Matthew Fisher | November 12, 2015 9:36 PM ETMore from Matthew Fisher, nationalpost.com BEIRUT — People chosen to resettle in Canada will be getting “the million-dollar ticket,” said Mohammed Hamadi as he helped marshal Syrian refugees into the UN High Commissioner for Refugees’ headquarters for appointments Thursday. Only half jokingly, the security […]
UK faith leaders unite to challenge welfare penalties on larger families
theguardian: by Harriet Sherwood — Christian churches and Jewish groups urge House of Lords to block government’s plans to limit tax credits to first two children Pupils hold hands in the playground at an orthodox Jewish school in Stamford Hill, London. The briefing paper points out that families with three […]
Israel denounces E.U. label rules for products made in settlements
Source : The Washington Post JERUSALEM — The European Union set new guidelines Wednesday requiring that Jewish settlements clearly label export products as coming from occupied territories. Israeli leaders condemned […]
Genetically engineered algae kills 90% of cancer cells without harming healthy ones
Genetically engineered algae kills 90% of cancer cells without harming healthy ones By Hannah Osborne, November 10, 2015 16:00 GMT, IBTimes.co.uk 12,726 657 Diatom algae genetically engineered to destroy cancer cellsDerek Keats/Flickr Algae has been genetically engineered to kill cancer cells without harming healthy cells. The algae nanoparticles, created by scientists in […]
Only a real Islamic caliphate can stand up to the sham of ISIL
Source: Quartz By Haroon Moghul; Senior Correspondent, Religion Dispatches At eleven o’clock in the morning on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, guns across Europe fell silent. An assassination in Sarajevo […]
10 Pakistanis making it big in Hollywood
KARACHI: All of us know that the legendary singer and global icon Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan had composed music for Dead Man Walking, Bone Collector, and Last Temptation of Christ. And we also know that the youth icon Atif Aslam sang for Man Push Cart and The Reluctant Fundamentalist. But do you know of Pakistanis other than Adnan Siddiqui, […]
USA: Arab-American woman aspires to be Miss California 2016
An increasing number of women from different racial backgrounds are taking part in beauty pageants across the US, and the Miss California pageant is no exception. Sofia Hanan, an Arab-American woman, is one of the contestants participating in the pageant. Although she was born and raised in California, her father is an […]
Frazier Glenn Miller: US white supremacist sentenced to death
Source: BBC A judge has sentenced a white supremacist to death for the killing of three people at two Jewish centres. Frazier Glenn Miller Jr, 74, targeted the sites in […]
Deewali in Pakistan. We invited our maid’s family for a Diwali dinner and this is what we learnt
We invited our maid’s family for a Diwali dinner and this is what we learnt By Nithya Shanti Published: November 11, 2015 blogs.tribune.com.pk 3 CommentsPrintEmail On our way back home my mom commented that she had always been invited by Madina for festivals like Eid and the marriage of their daughter. PHOTO: […]
Humanist Vs Islamic Perspectives on Science and the Modern World
Humanist Vs Islamic Perspectives on Science and the Modern World Yasmin Khan By Yasmin Khan, 6 November 2015 Two important figures came head-to-head at Conway Hall, to discuss Islamic versus Humanist perspectives on science and the modern world. Jim Al-Khalili made the final public appearance of his term as president […]
What is Diwali and what are the best ways to celebrate the 2015 festival in the UK tonight?
Source: The Telegraph Hindus celebrate the ‘festival of lights’ this week, with Diwali Day on November 11. We look at the story behind the celebration, and the UK’s best events […]
The Last Words of Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs’ Last Words I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In others’ eyes, my life is an epitome of success. However, aside from work, I have […]
‘Putin Needs Wars To Legitimize His Position’Interview with Garry Kasparov:
Kasparov became chairman of the United Civil Front and then headed The Other Russia, a coalition opposing President Vladimir Putin. Despite being the group’s presidential candidate, he felt compelled to resign in 2007. His campaign appearances were being disrupted, he was being attacked by paid thugs and was detained and […]
India sues the Queen for return of ‘stolen’ £100m Koh-i-Noor diamond
It was once the world’s largest-known diamond, is worth a reported £100m ($200.4 million CAD) and is currently part of Britain’s crown jewels. But India wants it back. Bollywood stars […]
Warming set to breach 1C threshold
Source: BBC Global temperatures are set to rise more than one degree above pre-industrial levels according to the UK’s Met Office. Figures from January to September this year are already […]
Politics of American churches and religions in one graph: update with 2014 Pew study –
http://tobingrant.religionnews.com: What are the political positions of religions and churches in America? This new graph maps the ideologies of American religious groups using data comes from Pew’s 2014 Religious Landscape Study. This survey included over 35,000 respondents. […]
Artificial intelligence: ‘Homo sapiens will be split into a handful of gods and the rest of us’
Source: The Guardian If you wanted relief from stories about tyre factories and steel plants closing, you could try relaxing with a new 300-page report from Bank of America Merrill […]