Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg We may read from different scriptures and observe different rituals, but when we step inside a house of worship of any tradition, it’s hard not to […]
Guardian: In a world facing many grave challenges across many spheres, people look to the United Nations to play a key role in resolving them. Photograph: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images Yet there is broad appreciation that the UN is failing in vital areas, not least on peace and security. It is at […]
Source: The Economist BLASPHEMY laws, in the sense of laws that penalise speech or acts that disrespect God or the sacred, are “astonishingly widespread”. From the harshest laws to the […]
by Greg Evans in news If you believe in conspiracy theories, don’t plan anything for September. Or the rest of the year for that matter. Why? Because the world will no longer be here – according to conspiracy theorists. Yes, you read that correctly. They say the world […]
by Joe Vesey-Byrne in discover Data: WIN/Gallup International. PICTURE: INDY100/DATAWRAPPER 62 per cent of people on earth define themselves as religious. This is according to the WIN/Gallup International poll for 2016, published in mid 2017. The study surveyed citizens of 68 countries. In addition, many people held religious beliefs […]
‘The first technology revolution caused World War I,’ Mr Ma said. ‘The second technology revolution caused World War II. This is the third technology revolution.’ Josie Cox Business Editor Thursday 22 June 2017 Chinese business magnate Jack Ma said that evolving technologies are likely to pose a threat to more […]
Tensions between the US, Russia, China and North Korea continue to escalate By Neal Baker, Tom Gillespie and Mark Hodge 7th July 2017, TENSIONS between the US, Russia, China and North Korea continue to escalate, with each power refusing to back down. And after Kim Jong-un tested the […]
Jul 08,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Walid M. Sadi On the occasion of his 75th birthday, the internationally famed physicist and astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, of Cambridge University, expressed gloom and doom about the future of planet Earth and the people living on it. In a rare television interview conducted with him […]
Delegates attend the official dinner at the Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall during the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017.REUTERS/Kay Nietfeld By Paul Carrel and Noah Barkin | HAMBURG World leaders meeting for a summit in Germany have agreed every aspect of a joint statement apart from the section on […]
Source: BBC News The Islamic world has begun marking the holiday which ends the Ramadan fast. EPA Egypt and other Arab countries began celebrating on Sunday, based on an official […]
May 16,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Kaushik Basu Global inequality today is at a level last seen in the late nineteenth century — and it is continuing to rise. With it has come a surging sense of disenfranchisement that has fuelled alienation and anger, and even bred nationalism and xenophobia. As […]
By AFP – May 13,2017 – JORDAN TIMES In this posed photo, a woman points to the website of the NHS: East and North Hertfordshire notifying users of a […]
Source: BBC A cyber-attack that hit organisations worldwide including the UK’s National Health Service was “unprecedented”, Europe’s police agency says. Europol also warned a “complex international investigation” was required “to […]
May 08,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Mark Suzman US President Donald Trump’s recently released 2018 budget blueprint proposes deep cuts in US foreign aid, prompting a discussion on the role of such spending in improving the health and wellbeing of the world’s most vulnerable people. This discussion is important, because, […]
Democracy – Justice: How are they related? by Hakan Erten INTRODUCTION Welcome to democracy-justice.com, dedicated to explaining the relationship between democracy and justice, based on two specific […]
Finding a good shelter as soon as possible and going inside is critical to surviving fallout Dave Mosher and Andy Kiersz, Business Insider Mushroom cloud from nuclear explosion/Overdone cauliflower cheese. […]
Paul Mason As Trump faces down North Korea, it’s alarming to think that most of the world’s nuclear warheads are now in the hands of men who are prepared to use them ‘This sudden mania for speaking of nuclear warfare, among men with untrammeled power, should be the No 1 […]
Will Martin, Business Insider Saturday 18 February 2017 By 2050, the world is likely to have changed drastically from what we know now, and the planet’s economic and financial landscape will be no exception. A report from professional services giant PwC looks at which economies around the world will be […]
This guide is for families preparing for imminent terrorist or strategic nuclear attacks with expected blast destruction followed by widespread radioactive fallout downwind. (If attack NOT imminent, then first go […]
April 06, 2017 The changing global religious landscape Muslims are projected to be the world’s fastest-growing major religious group in the decades ahead. By 2035, the number of babies born to Muslims is expected to modestly exceed births to Christians. Christians remain the world’s largest religious group, but they are […]