Ted Talk: Fake Videos of Real People and How to Spot Them
By Supasorn Suwajanakorn, who works on ways to reconstruct, preserve and reanimate anyone — just from their existing photos and videos. Do you think you’re good at spotting fake videos, […]
Egypt Court Sentences 75 To Death Over 2013 Sit-In
Source: Huffington Post The 2013 sit-in supported former President Mohammed Morsi who was militarily ousted following mass protests. CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court sentenced 75 people to death on […]
Imran Khan faces tough pitch on India-Pakistan ties
Imran Khan gestures as he delivers a speech during a political campaign rally in Islamabad. Photo: WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP Pallab Bhattacharya In his very first media interaction after the […]
Pakistan: Is Imran Khan up to the prime minister’s job?
Former cricketing superstar is poised to become Pakistan’s next prime minister, despite allegations of election fraud. Inside Story28 Jul 2018 https://players.brightcove.net/665003303001/SJg0bzqkZ_default/index.html?videoId=5815071845001 He says it is a new Pakistan. Imran […]
Imran Khan declared successful after rejected votes recount in NA-131
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has been declared wining candidate from NA-131 after recounting of 2,835 rejected votes. Imran Khan emerged as the winner again by 602 votes whose […]
Turkey, U.S. relations can be saved, presidential spokesman says
Reuters International This content was published on July 28, 2018 FILE PHOTO – U.S. President Donald Trump speaks withh Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan ahead of the opening ceremony of the […]
Powerful quake hits Indonesia’s Lombok, 12 killed, houses damaged
Reuters International This content was published on July 29, 2018 Damage is seen following an earthquake in Lombok, Indonesia, July 29, 2018 in this picture obtained from social media. Lalu […]
Ahed Tamimi, a symbol of Palestinian struggle, prepares for freedom
By AFP – Jul 29,2018 – JORDAN TIMES In this file photo taken on February 13, 2018, Palestinian teenager and campaigner Ahed Tamimi arrives for the beginning of her trial […]
Macron and the Piranhas
Jul 28,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Bernard-Henri Lévy PARIS — The faults of Alexandre Benalla, a former top security aide to French President Emmanuel Macron who was caught on video […]
UN praises Jordan’s role in cross-border relief aid to Syrians
By Ana V. Ibáñez Prieto – Jul 29,2018 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — UN Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock on Friday praised the “excellent” […]
Six women tell The New Yorker that CBS chief Les
Source: CNN by Jill Disis @jdisisJuly 27, 2018: 7:57 PM ET CBS chief Les Moonves accused of sexual misconduct The New Yorker has published an investigation that details allegations of sexual misconduct, intimidation […]
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington resigns after altar boy sex abuse allegation
Source: CNN By Valentina DiDonato, Dan Burke and Angela Dewan, CNN Rome, Italy (CNN) Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who once led the Archdiocese of […]
711 kids in custody haven’t been reunited with their parents. What happens to them now?
Source: CNN By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN)We haven’t seen their faces. We don’t know their names. We only know a number: 711. That’s how many immigrant kids from separated families […]
You Can Watch the Entire Lunar Eclipse Live. Here’s How to Stream the Blood Moon
Source: Time By GABBY RAYMOND July 27, 2018 The longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century, also referred to as a “blood moon,” will be visible across most of the world Friday […]
Strong men, caring women
Source: Pew Research Center By Kristi Walker, Kristen Bialik and Patrick van Kessel Honesty. Strength. Beauty. What traits does society value most in men and in women? What traits does society say men and women should […]
The rise, fall and rise again of Imran Khan, Pakistan’s next leader
Source: The New York Times By Jeffrey Gettleman LAHORE, Pakistan — Imran Khan, a charismatic cricket star who has fiercely criticized American counterterrorism policy in a region plagued by extremism, appeared […]
How one minority group could undermine Israel’s new Jewish identity law
Source: Los Angeles Times By NOGA TARNOPOLSKY Barely a week after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won passage of a controversial measure underscoring his country’s Jewish identity, the coalition that helped […]
‘Even monks get impatient’: Buddhist priest sorry for anger at tourist reviews
Source: The Guardian BY Daniel Hurst in Tokyo A Buddhist priest whose grumpy responses to negative hotel reviews went viral this week has taken a swipe at tourists who fail to do their […]
Muslims Urged to Undertake Jihad Of Peace to Win Hearts and Minds
PRWeb July 26, 2018 Global convention of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to tell Ahmadi Muslims to become ambassadors for peace LONDON (PRWEB UK) 26 July 2018 • More than 35,000 […]
Munich replaces ‘disrespectful’ Holocaust memorials
Source: BBC News The authorities in Munich have begun installing new Holocaust memorials to replace brass cobblestone reminders of the Nazis’ victims. The cobblestones are considered disrespectful by Bavarian Jewish […]