Record number of British people say they have no religion
Source: Independent BY May Bulman The number of Britons who say they have no religion has hit a record high, new data has revealed. More than half of the British public […]
Malta-based charity group suspends Mediterranean migrant rescues
Reuters International This content was published on September 4, 2017 FILE PHOTO: Migrants disembark from the Malta-based NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) ship Phoenix after it arrived with migrants and a corpse on board, in Catania on the island of Sicily, Italy, May 6, 2017. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi/ File […]
Swiss History: 500 years Reformation: The Anabaptist Felix Manz meets a terrible end
By Regula Bochsler September 3, 2017 Felix Manz was sentenced to death by drowning in Zurich’s Limmat river. It is a symbolic ending for a man who had put water baptism at the centre of his Faith (Heinrich Thommann, Abschrift Bullingers Reformationschronik, 1605) The people of Zurich crowded along […]
UN chief calls for lifting of Gaza blockade
By AFP – Aug 31,2017 -JORDAN TIMES This file photo taken on July 29 shows a Palestinian woman preparing bread during the few hours of electricity supply they receive every day in Gaza City (AFP photo) JABALIA, Palestinian Territories — UN chief Antonio Guterres called for the blockade of Gaza […]
Church leaders ‘united’ in defence of Jerusalem
By JT – Sep 04,2017 -JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL AMMAN — Heads of churches in Jerusalem on Monday issued a statement expressing their concern over Israeli violations of the status quo of the city’s holy sites. In July 2017, the heads of the Churches in Jerusalem were issued a […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Croatia celebrates Idul Azhia
By Zubair Khan Withe Mercy and Blessings of God Almighty, Ahmadiyya Mission Croatia organised celebrations of Idul Azhia 2017. After Slatul Id which was offered in Ahmadiyya mission office, members of Ahmadiyya Jamaat traveled to sheep farm house Kasina where arrangements were made to sacrifice the goats. With kind courtesy […]
Elon Musk predicts World War III
Source: CNN Tesla (TSLA) and SpaceX’s CEO wasn’t making doomsday predictions because North Korea istesting nuclear weapons. What’s got Musk much more worried about world war is artificial intelligence. North Korea “should be low on our list of concerns for civilizational existential risk,” Musk said inone of a series of posts […]
Poke in the eye
Source: CNN hina — North Korea’s only global ally and biggest trading partner — has put on a stoic face since Pyongyang successfully conducted its sixth nuclear test Sunday. President Xi Jinping didn’t mention his country’s unruly neighbor at all in his closing address at the BRICS summit of emerging […]
Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program
Source: Amazon By Sharon Salzberg Thousands of years prove it, and Western science backs it: Meditation sharpens focus. Meditation lowers blood pressure, relieves chronic pain, reduces stress. Meditation helps us experience […]
More than half UK population has no religion, finds survey
Source: The Guardian British Social Attitudes survey shows generation gap on religious affiliation is widening with only 3% of adults under 24 describing themselves as Anglican The survey found that […]
Barack Obama Offers Trump Advice In Inauguration Letter: ‘American Leadership in This World Really is Indispensable’
Source: Time BY Alana Abramson Sep 03, 2017 Barack Obama left Donald Trump four pieces of advice in a letter he put in the Oval Office as he was exiting […]
XFEL: Brilliant X-ray laser comes online
Source: BBC News By Jonathan Amos BBC Science Correspondent One of the most powerful X-ray machines ever built has officially opened in the German city of Hamburg. The facility, which […]
The health benefits of asparagus
Source: BBC Food By Nicola Shubrook What is asparagus and when is it in season? Asparagus is a spear-like vegetable that is a member of the lily family. It’s typically in season […]
Daca: Trump ‘to scrap’ amnesty for young immigrants
Source: BBC News US President Donald Trump has decided to scrap a programme that protects young undocumented immigrants, according to reports. He will give Congress six months to draw up […]
Wildfires Across Western U.S. Force Thousands to Flee Their Homes
Source: Time By Christopher Weber and Ellen Knickmeyer / AP 4:59 AM ET (LOS ANGELES) — Wildfires forced thousands to flee their homes across the U.S. West during a sweltering, […]
Holy Men – theirs and ours
Dr Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy INDIA and Pakistan have more influential holy men per square mile than anyone has ever counted. Some are just rich, others both powerful and rich. Once upon a time their followers were only the poor, superstitious and illiterate. But after the massive resurgence of religion in […]
Malala Yousafzai Says ‘the World Is Waiting’ for Suu Kyi to Condemn Treatment of Myanmar’s Rohingya
Source: Time Pakistani education advocate Malala Yousafzai has called on fellow Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to condemn the “tragic and shameful” treatment of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. In […]
Why Congress Made Labor Day a National Holiday
Source: Time BY Olivia B. Waxman Sep 01, 2017 Nowadays, many think of the Labor Day holiday in the U.S., which falls on the first Monday in September, as a day for […]
Why people think Germans are so efficient
Source: BBC News By Giulia Pines 4 September 2017 In summer 2011, I was working at a small Berlin travel agency and facing a conundrum: my clients literally held tickets […]
Texas to Canada – send prayers no aid
Do Facebook prayers count? Texas Secretary of State rejects aid from Canada, asks for prayers instead. When the good people of Quebec offered blankets, beds, water, and other much needed relief effort to those devastated by Hurricane Harvey, Texas Secretary of State Rolando Pablos rejected the generous offer, and asked […]