The Tunisian women who want to be virgins again

Source:BBC In Tunisia, young women are expected to be virgins when they marry, leading to a growing trade in hymen reconstruction surgery. Yasmine (not her real name) looks nervous. She’s biting her nails and checks her mobile phone constantly.”I consider this to be deception and I’m really worried,” she says. We’re on […]

With an eye on China, Australia-India warily embrace

Source: AT When India recently decided against allowing Australia to join the upcoming Malabar joint naval exercises it holds annually with the United States and Japan, the move immediately sparked speculation that New Delhi’s exclusion aimed to appease China. China had recently warned against expanding the annual Malabar Exercises naval exercises, […]

One of the greatest rivalries in any sport

Source: CNN It’s described as one of the greatest rivalries in any sport, a match that stops the nations, but few expected the latest clash to end like this. Hot favorite India was supposed to trounce underdog Pakistan in the Champions Trophy cricket final in London. Defending champion India had already beaten […]

Texas Governor Signs New Adoption Law, discriminating against Non-christians

Texas Governor Signs Christians First ‘Religious Freedom’ Adoption Law June 16, 2017 by Michael Stone 18 Comments New adoption law allows discrimination against non-Christians: Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed into law legislation allowing publicly funded agencies to deny non-Christians the ability to adopt a child in need. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/06/texas-governor-signs-christians-first-religious-freedom-adoption-law/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=BRSS&utm_campaign=Nonreligious&utm_content=367 Reuters reports: The Texas governor […]