The timeless allure of ruins
Source: BBC News By Paul Cooper Mankind has always lived among its own ruins. Since our earliest history, we have explored ruined places, feared them and drawn inspiration from them, […]
Can listening to classical music improve your life?
Source: BBC News By Clemency Burton-Hill 17 January 2018 Can a daily dose of classical music change your life? It sounds like an impossibly grand claim, but in my case, […]
Pope Pleads For Forgiveness In Chile For Clergy Sex Abuse Scandal
Source: Huffington Post By Philip Pullella, Dave Sherwood SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Pope Francis expressed “pain and shame” on Tuesday over a sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church in Chile, seeking […]
This Country Is Making It Illegal to Boil Live Lobsters
Source: Time By JENNIFER CALFAS January 16, 2018 Boiling lobsters alive — a common practice for cooks transforming the popular crustaceans into a meal — will soon be illegal in Switzerland. The […]
Serena Williams shares the No. 1 lesson she hopes to teach her daughter
Source: CNBC BY Courtney Connley When Serena Williams isn’t competing on the tennis court, you can find her gushing over her new baby. On Sept. 1, 2017 she gave birth to […]
Minorities packing their bags as religious freedom plunges in Pakistan
Thousands of Christians, Ahmadis and Hindus are fleeing as the government turns a blind eye to Islamic groups’ harassment of other faiths and beliefs; even atheists have now gone quiet […]
The Real Meaning of the Separation of Church and State
Source: Time By JAMES LANKFORD, RUSSELL MOORE January 16, 2018 IDEAS Lankford is a U.S. Senator from Oklahoma; Dr. Moore is the President of the Southern Baptist Convention Ethics and Religious […]
Pregnancy really does cause ‘baby brain’, new research finds
Source: Independent BY Sarah Young From forgetfulness to poor decision-making and a lack of concentration, pregnant women have long complained of so-called ‘baby brain’ but until now it has been […]
Why the Arabic World Turned Away from Science
On the lost Golden Age and the rejection of reason Hillel Ofek Contemporary Islam is not known for its engagement in the modern scientific project. But it is heir to […]
How feeling bad changes the brain
Source: BBC News By Melissa Hogenboom 15 January 2018 In Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel A Handmaid’s Tale, the many wrongs that befall Offred strike a chilling chord among most readers. […]
I’m a Republican. What on Earth Is Wrong With My Party?
Source: Time By ELISE JORDAN January 15, 2018 IDEAS Jordan is an NBC News/MSNBC political analyst and a TIME columnist I am a Republican in the era of Donald Trump, and […]
Olympic Champion Simone Biles Says She Was Also Sexually Abused by Team Doctor
Source: Time By ALICE PARK January 15, 2018 In a tweet hashtagged #MeToo, reigning Olympic all-around champion Simone Biles revealed that she was a victim of sexual abuse by team doctor Larry Nassar. […]
Saudi Prince Salman conveys details of ‘Deal of Century’ to Palestine
ANADOLU AGENCY RAMALLAH, Palestine Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman attends the Annual Horse Race ceremony, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 30, 2017. (Reuters Photo) The Palestinian leadership […]
Annexation of the West Bank Would Lead to Endless Civil War
Opinion Israel’s right, which prides itself on its realism regarding the peace process, has become surprisingly optimistic about the possibility of coexistence Gadi Taub Jan 17, 2018 Israeli soldiers deploy following a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as lsrael’s capital, Hebron, Friday, Dec. 15, […]
NATO says wasn’t consulted before announcement of YPG army, understands Turkey’s concerns
DAILY SABAH WITH ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg NATO’s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said late Tuesday that the organization wasn’t consulted before the U.S. announced its plans to form […]
Pakistan clerics issue fatwa against “un-Islamic” suicide bombings
Reuters International This content was published on January 16, 2018 ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – More than 1,800 Pakistani Muslim clerics have issued an Islamic directive, or fatwa, forbidding suicide bombings, a book due to be unveiled by the government on Tuesday says. The South Asian nation has for years been […]
Kosovo Serb leader assassinated in divided town of Mitrovica
Summary Kosovo Serb leader Oliver Ivanovic, who was standing trial over the killings of ethnic Albanians during the 1998-99 war, was shot dead Tuesday in what Serbia called an […]
Why are doctors in the Middle East cosying up to foreign armies?
Jonathan Whittall of Medecins Sans Frontieres scathingly attacked what he called ‘stethoscopes for hire’, those who operated ‘as contractors driven by profit rather than the principles that guide humanitarian action […]
The Differences Between God and Jesus Christ from the Sayings of Christ Himself
Author of the book: Abdulmujeeb Busari, Nigeria This booklet takes into consideration the differences between God Almighty and Jesus Christ, from the sayings of Jesus Christ himself. This work makes […]
What is South America Telling Organized Religion?
Religion in Latin America: Widespread Change in a Historically Catholic Region Source Pew Research Center Latin America is home to more than 425 million Catholics – nearly 40% of the world’s total […]