The wild week of Bitcoin
Source: BBC News By Bryan Lufkin 1 December 2017 This week has been a rollercoaster ride for Bitcoin – and could signal an equally unpredictable future. What happened this week? […]
In Mexico City, pleasantries help keep the city afloat
Source: BBC News By Megan Frye 27 November 2017 I’d lived in Mexico City for about six months before witnessing somebody get visibly angry in public. And it wasn’t a […]
3 Secrets to Becoming Emotionally Intelligent
Source: Time By Eric Barker December 2, 2017 Barker is the author of Barking Up The Wrong Tree Emotional Intelligence. It’s everywhere. They won’t shut up about it. And yet nobody seems […]
Comey after Trump tweet about Flynn firing: The truth ‘cannot be long hidden’
Source: MSN news By Jacqueline Thomsen Former FBI Director James Comey offered a cryptic message on social media Saturday, saying the truth “cannot be long hidden” shortly after President Trump said he […]
Senior Trump Transition Official Suggested Russia ‘Threw’ Election In Leaked Email: Report
Source: Huffington Post By Carla Herreria KENA BETANCUR VIA GETTY IMAGES Robert. C. ‘Bud’ McFarlane, Michael Flynn and KT McFarland walk in the lobby at Trump Tower in New York […]
Americans Who Identify As Spiritual Feel More Gratitude And Life Satisfaction
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg A new study released Monday by Public Religion Research Institute in partnership with Florida State University found that Americans who identify as spiritual report […]
USA: Zainab Ahmad – taking down terrorists in court
By Mike Finnegan, The New Yorker Zainab Ahmad had a small disaster in Saudi Arabia. “I always borrowed an abaya from the legat in Riyadh,” she said. An abaya is the full-length robe that is required dress for women and girls in Saudi Arabia. “Legat” is short for the legal-attaché office, […]
Iran inaugurates Chabahar port
Source: TheHindu The port is expected to make Chabahar, Iran’s closest sea link to the Indian Ocean, a rival to the Gwadar Port, some 80 km away across the border in Pakistan Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on December 3 inaugurated a newly built extension to the country’s main Arabian Sea […]
Pakistan’s tryst with religious extremists
Source: The Hindu It was pointed out by a legislator that the oath for lawmakers, which declares that Mohammed is the final prophet, was replaced with another undertaking in one of the amendments. The original oath was introduced to bar the Ahmadiyya community from contesting elections on a Muslim seat […]
Sale of the century? $300-billion Saudi state sell-off moves slowly
DUBAI/RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s $300-billion privatisation programme was billed as the sale of the century when Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman unveiled his plan to great fanfare. Nineteen months later, […]
Iran’s Rouhani calls for Middle East ‘dialogue’
Agence France Presse TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday that Middle Eastern countries should solve their problems together without relying on external powers. “We believe that if there […]
Saudi Arabia’s corruption crackdown looks like a plot to shore up the country’s depleted coffers — but it won’t work
Ambrose Carey, Alaco Ambrose Carey, Director at Alaco Alaco Saudi Arabia’s so-called corruption crackdown is likely an attempt to fill the kingdom’s depleted coffers. This plot is unlikely to succeed, […]
Triple talaq: India considers jail for ‘instant divorce’
Source: BBC Husbands who attempt “instant divorce” could be sentenced to three years in prison under draft legislation being considered in India. The traditional practice involves a Muslim man saying […]
Making Eye Contact With a Baby Changes Both Your Brain Waves, Study Says
Source: Time By Belinda Luscombe November 30, 2017 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. A new study has found that when adults and babies look at each other, their brain waves […]
White House considering recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital soon
Source: CNN By Elise Labott, Michelle Kosinski and Nicole Gaouette, CNN Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is seriously considering recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in early December, even as President Donald Trump signs […]
In China, Aung San Suu Kyi Finds a Warm Welcome (and No Talk of Rohingya)
Source: The New York Times By JANE PERLEZ NOV. 30, 2017 Daw Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar with President Xi Jinping of China, in Beijing last year. She arrived for another […]
Pope says ‘Rohingya’ in emotional encounter with refugees
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD and JULHAS ALAM DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Pope Francis asked for forgiveness Friday from refugees in Bangladesh for all the hurt and persecution they […]
Muslim student says she was ordered to remove headscarf at McDonald’s
Source: The Guardian By Patrick Greenfield and Kevin Rawlinson Fast food chain apologises to 19-year-old stopped from entering and repeatedly told her to take off hijab McDonald’s said it did not […]
Yuba City woman named first female Sikh mayor in the U.S.
Source: THE SACRAMENTO BEE BY BENJY EGEL begel@sacbee.com NOVEMBER 30, 2017 10:33 AM UPDATED NOVEMBER 30, 2017 03:31 PM Vice Mayor Preet Didbal will be sworn in as Yuba City’s mayor […]
Rex Tillerson Could Become One of the Shortest-Serving Secretaries of State
Source: Time By Alana Abramson November 30, 2017 Rex Tillerson could be on his way to serving one of the shortest tenures of any Secretary of State in U.S. history. The […]