We saw final moments of MH370, say fishermen
Ainaa Aiman – January 16, 2019 SUBANG JAYA: An Indonesian fisherman today said he and three others had witnessed the final minutes of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 which […]
Artificial intelligence may soon cause unprecedented disruption
Ellen R. Wald January 16, 2019 Workplace automation, including the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, is on the rise. (AFP) A prominent Chinese venture capitalist, Kai-Fu Lee, has […]
Turkey scrambles to draft a roadmap for post-US troop withdrawal
Jan 16,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN Turkey’s military has shifted its focus from north-eastern to north-western Syria since Al Qaeda’s Hayat Tahrir Al Sham defeated Ankara’s surrogate factions […]
Subtle shifts in the way you speak can reveal the fate of your relationship
Source: BBC News By Martha Henriques Let’s say your relationship is on the rocks. You’ve been trying to work things out together in couples’ counselling, but ultimately, you want to […]
El Chapo ‘paid $100m bribe to former Mexican president Peña Nieto’
Source: BBC News Former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto accepted a $100m (£77m) bribe from drug cartel kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, a witness has testified. Alex Cifuentes, who says […]
The Melbourne bakeries that tell a story of Jewish migration
Source: BBC News By Ian Lloyd Neubauer Image copyrightMONARCH CAKE SHOPImage captionPearl Levine opened Monaco Cake Shop, Melbourne’s first Jewish bakery, in 1931 Australia’s largest Jewish community is found in […]
China’s Muslims fear crackdown in ancient city of Xi’an
Source: The Guardian The streets of Xi’an’s Muslim quarter are bustling. Tourists from all over China and the rest of the world throng the small stalls and restaurants for delicacies such as yangrou paomo lamb […]
Diabolical liberty? Anger over Spanish city’s ‘friendly’ devil
Source: The Guardian BY Sam Jones in Madrid The devil’s attempt to take up residence in the ancient Spanish city of Segovia has been temporarily thwarted by a group of concerned […]
In northern Kenya, al-Shabab militants target Christian teachers
Source: Religion News Service By Doreen Ajiambo WAJIR, Kenya (RNS) — After the militant group al-Shabab killed three of his colleagues in a recent attack on Christian schoolteachers here, Jared Nyanchong’i […]
Chechnya LGBT: Dozens ‘detained in new gay purge’
Source: BBC News Activists in Russia say there has been a new crackdown against LGBT people in Chechnya. The Russian LGBT Network believes about 40 people have been imprisoned since […]
Indian woman alleges assault by mother-in-law for defying temple ban
Source: Reuters BY Jose Devasia KOCHI, India (Reuters) – One of two Indian women who entered an ancient Hindu hill temple in southern India this month in defiance of a […]
India’s mega Hindu festival begins under cloud of toxic air
Source: Associated Press By EMILY SCHMALL PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Thousands of portable toilets line roads constantly swept clean, drinking water flows from newly installed taps, electric substations power a […]
Israeli Christians protest artwork depicting Ronald McDonald as ‘McJesus’
Source: Religion News Service BY Michele Chabin JERUSALEM (RNS) – A work titled “McJesus,” depicting a crucified Ronald McDonald, at an art museum in Haifa has brought angry calls from […]
How the Idea of Hell Has Shaped the Way We Think
Source: The New Yorker By Vinson Cunningham When I was a kid of ten or eleven years old, newly returned to New York after a few years living in Chicago, I […]
A church under surveillance by a man in a Toyota
Source: BBC News Officially the Orthodox Church of Ukraine is now fully independent of Moscow, but many parishes remain loyal to the Russian patriarch – leading in some cases to […]
Why Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj is festival to end all festivals
Source: The Guardian BY Michael Safi in Prayagraj What does the Kumbh Mela celebrate? The Kumbh Mela is held at the four spots along the Ganges river where, Hindu tradition has it, drops […]
Video: PM Trudeau defends immigrants after man claims Islam, Christianity ‘will not mix’
Epigraph: And you shall assuredly find those who say, ‘We are Christians,’ to be the nearest of them in love to the believers. That is because amongst them are saints […]
Split between Ukrainian, Russian churches shows political importance of Orthodox Christianity
Source: Pew Research Center By David Masci The recent decision by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to split from its Russian counterpart after more than 300 years of being linked reflects […]
There Is No ‘Israeli-Palestinian Conflict’
Source: The New York Times By Matti Friedman; Contributing Opinion Writer JERUSALEM — If you are reading this, you’ve most likely seen much about “the Israeli-Palestinian conflict” in the pages […]
A view from Turkey: Did Trump really threaten Turkey?
BURHANETTIN DURAN @burhanduran Published January 15, 2019 Despite threatening economic sanctions against the Turks on Twitter, U.S. President Donald Trump still remains committed to withdrawing from Syria and working together […]