The 10 Best and Worst Oils For Your Health
Source: Time By ALEXANDRA SIFFERLIN July 23, 2018 Home cooks have plenty of options when it comes to choosing which type of oil to sauté, bake and drizzle with. Some, like […]
President Trump Is Considering Revoking Security Clearances of His Critics
Source: Time By BRIAN BENNETT Updated: July 23, 2018 4:18 PM ET President Donald Trump is considering revoking the security clearances for a half-dozen former high-level intelligence and national security officials […]
Thai cave boys ordained in Buddhist ceremony
Source: BBC News Most members of the Thai youth football team rescued from a flooded cave have had their heads shaved as part of a Buddhist ceremony to ordain them […]
Greece wildfires: Dozens dead in Attica region
Source: BBC News At least 74 people have died in wildfires in the Attica region around Athens, in Greece’s worst fire disaster in more than a decade. Flames fanned by […]
Laos dam collapse: Many feared dead as floods hit villages
Source: BBC News At least 20 people have been killed and more than 100 are missing in flooding following the collapse of an under-construction dam in south-east Laos. Workers found […]
Japan heatwave declared natural disaster as death toll mounts
Source: BBC News Japan’s weather agency has declared a heatwave sweeping the country a natural disaster, with at least 65 deaths recorded in the past week. An agency spokesman warned […]
How Pregnancy May Affect the Risk of Alzheimer’s
Source: Time By ALICE PARK July 23, 2018 In the U.S., two-thirds of people with Alzheimer’s disease are women, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. For decades, experts have explained the gender divide by […]
Trinidad and Tobago’s religious leaders call on government to uphold anti-LGBT laws
Source: Religion News Service BY Melissa Williams-Sambrano PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (RNS) — When he was 18, Kerwyn Jordan came out to his family and close friends, and he’s been open […]
Israel Picks Identity Over Democracy. More Nations May Follow.
Source: The New York Times By Max Fisher Amid a moment of national euphoria, Israel’s founding prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, emerged from retirement in July 1967 to warn Israelis they […]
Seduced by Hate, Indian Politician Embraces a Lynch Mob
Source: The New York Times By Jeffrey Gettleman and Hari Kumar HAZARIBAGH, India — Jayant Sinha is a Celtics fan. He graduated from Harvard. He worked for McKinsey. Born and raised in India but […]
Mosque suicide bombing in north Nigeria kills 7, injures 7
Source: Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian officials say that seven people have been killed in a suicide attack on a mosque in Konduga town in the country’s north. […]
Islamic State ‘Beatles’ duo: UK ‘will not block death penalty’
Source: BBC News The UK would not oppose the use of the death penalty if two alleged Islamic state members were extradited to the US, the home secretary says. In […]
Iran lifts ban on non-Muslim city council member after outcry
Source: Reuters DUBAI (Reuters) – A top Iranian body on Saturday lifted a ban imposed by a hardline-led council on a politician from the minority Zoroastrian religion who had been […]
Biker nun on a mission to free Tanzania from grip of HIV
Source: The Guardian BY Rebecca Ratcliffe Sister Kate is one of a team promoting testing and treatment that could save millions of lives Sister Kate Costigan takes to the road to […]
Cuba’s draft constitution opens path to gay marriage
Source: Reuters BY Sarah Marsh HAVANA (Reuters) – The draft of Cuba’s new constitution opens the path to same-sex marriage, a government official said on Saturday, which would make the […]
Mob lynches Muslim man over cow smuggling charges in India
Source: Associated Press By AIJAZ HUSSAIN NEW DELHI (AP) — A Muslim man was beaten to death by a mob in western India over allegations of smuggling cows, police said […]
Revelations of US cardinal sex abuse will force pope’s hand
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Revelations that one of the most respected U.S. cardinals allegedly sexually abused both boys and adult seminarians have raised questions […]
Indonesia: Ahmadis’ hopes dashed by Constitutional Court
Karina M. TehusijaranaThe Jakarta Post Jakarta | Tue, July 24 2018 | The Constitutional Court once again rejected a judicial review petition to strike down the 1965 Blasphemy Law as […]
Israel’s New Law Inflames the Core Tension in Its Identity
Source: The Atlantic BY EMMA GREEN JUL 21, 2018 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a recent cabinet meeting.RONEN ZVULUN / REUTERS Israel passed a law this week that has been […]
Ozil departure puts focus on German relations with Turkish community
Reuters International This content was published on July 23, 2018 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meets with Arsenal’s soccer player Mesut Ozil in London, Britain May 13, 2018. Picture taken May […]