Hail the Queen of Mathematics!
By: Mahbub Ghani In today’s world what Friedrich Gauss called the queen of mathematics plays a crucial role in providing internet security. Here we look at some of the […]
Weaponising faith
Source: CT Now, it’s quite possible to argue that this is just a recognition that the state is historically Christian (and Catholic, actually) – as Bavaria’s chief minister Markus Söder does. But that’s not how it’s being seen by many Christians today. According to Evangelical Focus, a survey in Bild […]
Church shooting: At least 15 dead after gunmen open fire
Source: CT At least15 deaths have been confirmed according to morgue officials at Bangui’s Community Hospital and human rights group Doctors Without Borders, while at least 60 were injured in the violence. It remains unclear how many were killed in the church itself or in the ensuing conflict that followed. […]
French troops patrol alongside US soldiers in Manbij
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL It has been reported that there are approximately 250 French soldiers in regions that are under the control of the SDF, including Kobane, Raqqa and Deir […]
The Windrush generation are the ‘right kind’ of immigrants, otherwise we wouldn’t care
Source: The Independent Would the consensus binding the Labour front bench to the Daily Mail in Windrush outrage stretch to Muslims of Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin? Matthew Norman @IndyVoices Protesters hold placards about the […]
Thanks Netanyahu, but we didn’t need a PowerPoint presentation to convince us that you don’t support the Iran nuclear deal
On the relatively sane listener, Netanyahu’s presentation will have had the opposite effect to the one intended. So it was that Trump responded within minutes with a tweet: ‘What we’ve […]
Vision 2030 aims to improve pilgrim experience: Saudi Hajj minister
Mohammed Saleh bin Taher Benten. (SPA) Arab News May 02, 2018 JEDDAH: The Minister of Hajj and Umrah, Mohammed Saleh bin Taher Benten, affirmed that work continues in accordance with the […]
Iraq’s Shiite-Sunni Divide Eases
Source: Wall Street Journal By Isabel Coles and Ali Nabhan FALLUJAH—The highway to this western Iraqi city, long synonymous with Sunni resistance against Iraq’s Shiite-led government, now showcases signs the […]
In Japan, Old Robot Dogs Get A Buddhist Send-Off
Source: NPR BY SCOTT NEUMAN Anyone who has ever owned a dog – or any pet, for that matter – can tell you how difficult that last day is. And so […]
Christians in Jerusalem’s Old City ‘under threat’ from settlers
Source: The Guardian Harriet Sherwood in Jerusalem Church leaders claim priests are being verbally abused and spat at while property is being vandalised in ancient walled city The Greek Orthodox […]
Vatican to discuss if non-Catholics can take Holy Communion
Source: Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Officials from the Vatican’s doctrinal watchdog and leading German churchmen will meet this week to discuss if non-Catholic spouses can receive Holy Communion, […]
Top-level UN team meets Myanmar leader in Rohingya probe
Source: Associated Press NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — Ambassadors from the U.N. Security Council probing Myanmar’s crisis over its ethnic Rohingya Muslim minority met Monday with the country’s leader and military […]
Tunisian Islamist party endorses Jewish candidate
Source: AFP Decked out in a striking blue suit and white shirt, matching his political allegiance, Simon Slama rubs shoulders with fellow candidates ahead of Tunisia’s municipal elections. Nothing unusual […]
Gay marriage cake row reaches UK’s supreme court in Belfast
Source: The Guardian BY Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent Ashers bakery to challenge ruling that its refusal to bake cake was discriminatory Ashers Baking Company has twice been found to have discriminated […]
Australian cardinal to face trial on sexual abuse charges
Source: Associated Press BY ROD McGUIRK MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Vatican official to be charged in the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis, on […]
Fact Checker: President Trump has made 3,001 false or misleading claims so far
Source: MSN News BY Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo, Kelly Meg In the 466 days since he took the oath of office, President Trump has made 3,001 false or misleading claims, according to The Fact Checker’s database that analyzes, categorizes and tracks every suspect statement uttered by the president. That’s an […]
A scientist just turned 104. His birthday wish is to die.
Source: MSN News ByLindsey Bever © Provided by WP Company LLC d/b/a The Washington PostChampagne bubbles danced in fancy glasses and birthday candles burned atop a cheesecake marking 104 years of a […]
Cardinal George Pell’s Hometown Breaks Its Silence About Grim Past of Sexual Abuse
Source: The New York Times By JACQUELINE WILLIAMS The ribbons tied to a fence outside St. Patrick’s cathedral in Ballarat, Australia, are in support of victims of child sexual abuse at […]
After a refugee influx, does Germany have an imported anti-Semitism problem?
Source: The Washington Post By Griff Witte and Luisa Beck April 28 Email the author BERLIN — Bullied students. Crude rap lyrics. An ugly confrontation on an upmarket city street. In another country — one less attuned to the horrors wrought by anti-Semitism — evidence that the scourge is once again growing might have been ignored. […]
Pope Francis in the Wilderness
Source: The New York Times By JASON HOROWITZ VATICAN CITY — Five years ago, Pope Francis was elected to be an agent of change within a church shaken by scandals and […]