Judge Blocks Arkansas From Enforcing 4 Abortion Restrictions
Source: Time BY Andrew DeMillo / AP Jul 29, 2017 (LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) — A federal judge has blocked Arkansas from enforcing four new abortion restrictions, including a ban on […]
The Batman Killer – a prescription for murder?
Source: BBC News He slumps wild-eyed across the desk from detectives, with a mess of badly dyed red hair, his clothes hanging off him. James Holmes looks every inch the […]
Electric trucks and vans cut pollution faster than cars
Source: BBC News By Chris Baraniuk Technology of Business reporter Image copyrightSEAImage captionKings Transport in Melbourne now has an all-electric fleet The clock may be ticking for petrol and diesel-powered […]
Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capitalism
Source: BBC News By Kate Raworth 28 July 2017 ‘Buy land – they aren’t making it any more,’ quipped Mark Twain. It’s a maxim that would certainly serve you well […]
Pakistan PM: Brother of ousted Sharif lined up to take over
Source: BBC News The brother of ousted Pakistani leader Nawaz Sharif has been lined up to take over as prime minister. The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) anointed Shahbaz Sharif […]
The automation-resistant skills we should nurture
Source: BBC News By Livia Gershon 26 July 2017 Disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data are changing the world of work. Retail jobs are disappearing in the US while […]
Australia police ‘foil terror plot to bring down plane’
Source: BBC News Counter-terrorism police in Australia have stopped a suspected plot to bring down an aeroplane, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said. He was speaking after four people were […]
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Elder Association launch a Charity Walk for Peace
Ahamdiyya Muslim group is launching a walk for peace in a bid to build bridges and mend divisions across the community. Source: http://www.surreyandhantsnews.com/ | By Surrey and Hants News in Events Ahmadiyya Muslims are calling on people to walk shoulder to shoulder with them at a Charity Walk for Peace to be held […]
UK: How three-day Convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community prove Islam is a Religion of Peace
Source: http://www.dbknews.com/2017/07/28/islam-peace-ahmdiyya-conventiona/ By Zafir Ahmed is a sophomore public health major. He can be reached at zafirahmedmalik@gmail.com London has always been a traveler’s fascination, but for me the real thrill lay some 50 miles southwest of the capital, in a small community known as ‘Hadeeqatul Mahdi’ (previously called Oakland Farm). Though from […]
Are science and faith finally learning to coexist?
Source: THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC By Joanna Allhands Can science and faith coexist? Not if you ask most people. Roughly six in 10 Americans said science and religion often conflict, according to a 2015 […]
Chinese police detain ‘female Jesus cult’ members
Source: BBC News Police in China have detained 18 suspected members of a banned religious cult, state news agency Xinhua said. The group is notorious for some of its members […]
China and India File Rival Claims Over Tibetan Medicine
Source: The New York Times By MIKE IVES HONG KONG — China and India have jockeyed for centuries over the Himalayas. The Chinese military invaded Tibet in 1950. India granted asylum to the Dalai Lama, […]
USA: Priyanka Chopra is making an American series inspired by the life of Madhuri Dixit
Priyanka Chopra has been a busy bee in Hollywood! After Baywatch, the Quantico star has already started shooting two other films; A Kid like Jake and Isn’t It Romantic?. But that wasn’t enough for PC! The star decided to juggle an ABC series with it all. https://images.dawn.com/news/1178096 According to Variety, Priyanka is developing a TV series based […]
Freed From ISIS, Yazidi Women Return in ‘Severe Shock’
Source: The New York Times By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI SHARIYA CAMP, Iraq — The 16-year-old lies on her side on a mattress on the floor, unable to hold up her head. Her […]
Top Saudi appeals court upholds death sentences of 14 Shi’ites: paper
Source: Reuters DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s top court has upheld the death sentences of 14 men convicted of armed attacks, all of them from the Sunni-ruled kingdom’s Shi’ite Muslim […]
Bible verse at Knoxville Police HQ to be removed after legal threat; mayor defends decision
Source: KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL BY Jamie Satterfield,Travis Dorman and Tyler Whetstone, Knoxville “If God be for us, then who can be against us?” Generations of Knoxville Police Department officers have passed by a […]
Erdoğan: Israel is harming Jerusalem’s Islamic character
Source: The Guardian By Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem Israeli officials brand Turkish president’s comments ‘absurd’ as unrest continues at Jerusalem’s holy sites The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has intervened in the continuing […]
The hazy issue of weed and work
Source: BBC News By Ronald Alsop 26 July 2017 More people are smoking weed these days, sparking a haze of complications and confusion in the workplace. A growing number of […]
Michelle Obama Addresses Racist Attacks She Endured As First Lady
Source: Huffington Post “The shards that cut me the deepest were the ones that intended to cut.” By Rebecca Shapiro Michelle Obama has opened up in front of a crowd of about 8,500 at the Women’s Foundation of Colorado’s 30th anniversary event in Denver about her experience as America’s first black first lady. […]
Front-Runner For U.S. Senate Seat In Alabama Calls Islam A ‘False Religion’
Source: Huffington Post Roy Moore said Islam isn’t compatible with U.S. law. Now a Muslim group has invited him to visit a mosque. By Christopher Mathias A U.S. Senate candidate […]