Reuters International This content was published on November 18, 2017 COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lankan police arrested 19 people after a clash between “extremists” from the majority Buddhist and minority Muslim communities in which four people were injured, a spokesman said on Saturday. Tension has been […]
By Duc-Quang Nguyen November 19, 2017 For the first time, Switzerland has 2 million foreigners living in its midst. As of last year, these non-Swiss – often the subject […]
As we commemorate the International Day of Tolerance, we should bear in mind that everyone deserves our respect irrespective of the differences that we have. Times of Ahmad | […]
Sixteen years after Bush Snr launched his so-called ‘war on terror’ an untold number of civilians have been killed by disease, illness and by the US and UK-led military campaign Andrew Buncombe New York @AndrewBuncombe An injured child in Iraq. body really knows how many civilians have been killed in […]
Source: Letters to Independent Letter by Dr Siema Iqbal GP In between the crazy weekend cooking and endless school homework tasks, I have managed to carve a few minutes to […]
SOURCE: UN Dispatch By: Mark Leon Goldberg on November 17, 2017 (Ottawa, Canada) — Ottawa is a natural home to an outfit called the Global Center for Pluralism. As other […]
Source: NY Times By Mona Eltahawy LAGOS, Nigeria — The unending tide of accounts of sexual harassment and assault by powerful men that women are suddenly allowing themselves to share […]
Source: The Guardian Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent Six in 10 women in the UK who have had a traditional Muslim wedding ceremony are not in legally recognised marriages, depriving them of […]
Source: Time You don’t have to break a sweat to reap the health benefits of physical activity, according to new research in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. In a […]
Source: Time By Jamie Ducharme Now is the season to think about what makes you most thankful, but research supports making it a year-round habit. Many studies have found there are […]
Source: Time By Jeffrey Kluger 12:47 PM EST There is no natural disaster sneakier than an earthquake. Hurricanes can be predicted and tracked weeks in advance, and even tornados, monsoons and […]
Source: BBC News By Leo Kelion Technology desk editor Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionVolvo hopes to sell tens of thousands of vehicles to Uber under the deal Uber has struck a […]
Source: BBC News Women are being advised to sleep on their side in the last three months of pregnancy to help prevent stillbirth. A study of just over 1,000 women […]
Source: BBC News The people behind Blue Planet 2 say there was rarely a time when they were filming that they didn’t come across plastic in the sea. This week’s […]
Source: BBC News By Amanda Ruggeri 20 November 2017 To be successful or fulfilled, we all know you need to have specific goals. To achieve them, you should visualise, plan […]
Source: BBC News German Chancellor Angela Merkel has failed to set up an unprecedented coalition between her conservatives, the Greens and liberal Free Democrats (FDP). The idea was nicknamed “Jamaica” […]
Source: Time By Jeffrey Kluger November 14, 2017 Millions of Americans believe in conspiracy theories — including plenty of people who you might expect would be smart enough to know better. […]
Source: ET An Indian ruling party politician has been left red-faced after a video of him urinating in public went viral on World Toilet Day, despite government efforts to stop people relieving themselves in the open. Ram Shinde, a minister for water conservation in the western state of Maharashtra, was filmed […]
Source: ET Members of parliament have introduced a third amendment into the Elections Act 2017 that was adopted last month. The fresh clause – simply known by the moniker 48-A – borrows a bit too heavily from clause 7B and 7C of the Conduct of General Elections Order, 2002 and […]
Source: Dawn An Israeli cabinet minister said on Sunday that Israel had covert ties with “many” Arab and Muslim states but was obliged not to name them at the other sides’ request.A rare interview given by the head of Israel’s armed forces to a Saudi-owned news site was published on […]