Why has the pope said no to women priests?
By Delia Gallagher, CNN Rome (CNN) Pope Francis’ resounding no to women becoming priests may come as a surprise considering the popular narrative of him as a reformer who seeks […]
10 ways your THINKING is causing you Parental ANGER
Parental Stress Centre: by Jackie Hall — “IT IS NEVER THE EVENTS THAT CAUSE STRESS, IT’S HOW WE PERCEIVE THOSE EVENTS AND WHAT WE PERCEIVE THEM TO MEAN ABOUT OURSELVES.” Often we blame the things going on around us for feeling stressed or angry – it’s the child’s behaviour, it’s […]
Take Off Your Shoes Before Entering Your Home (Science explains why)
United Soul Theory: by Dondi Leigh — At my house, we take off our shoes. I live with two roommates and the no shoes rule was in place when I moved in so I have abided ever since. We have a little area by the front door where we kick […]
Judaism’s greatest mystical text ‘predicts Trump victory,’ Israel GOP head reveals
Citing an unnamed ultra-Orthodox expert on the seminal ‘Zohar’ work, Marc Zell says Trump campaign staffers in US were ‘amazed’ at the news By Times of Israel staff November 2, 2016 Donald Trump holds a question-and-answer session with Jewish reporters at his offices at Trump Tower, New York, April 14, […]
Russia tells rebels to leave Syria’s Aleppo by Friday evening
By Reuters – Nov 02,2016 -JORDAN TIMES People walk past a damaged site after an air strike in the besieged rebel-held town of Douma, eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria, on Wednesday (Reuters photo) MOSCOW — Russia on Wednesday told anti-government rebels holed up in Syria’s Aleppo to leave […]
A century after the Balfour Declaration
JORDAN TIMES – DAOUD KUTTAB – NOV 3, 2016 November 2 is etched in the minds of Palestinians and Arabs as a dark day. November 2, 2017, will mark the 100th anniversary of the date when a British official promised a Zionist leader a Jewish state in a country that […]
The tales of bodies and blood that surround a front line in Syria
In the village of Soran, near Hama, and the surrounding area, civilians speak of their loss as part of one battle in Syria’s larger civil war, writes Robert Fisk Robert Fisk Soran, near Hama, Syria @indyvoices The Hamdo family collect what is left of their home Nelofer Pazira We arrived so soon […]
Judaism’s greatest mystical text ‘predicts Trump victory
Source: Times of Israel Two days ago, a great mekubal came to me — I don’t want to say his name — with all his entourage from Bnei Brak, just to give me this message for Donald Trump,” Zell reportedly said. “According to the rabbi, the Zohar says Donald Trump […]
Germany searches soul after old man left to die in bank
Source: The Local The incident took place on October 3rd – the holiday of German Unity Day when the country celebrates German reunification at the end of the Cold War in 1990, meaning Germans could once again live as brothers and sisters in one society. But footage caught on a […]
Pope Francis Says the Ban on Women Priests Will Last Forever
Source: Time Pope Francis told reporters Tuesday that the Roman Catholic Church’s restriction on women entering the priesthood is likely to remain in place forever. The remarks — issued aboard the papal plane as the Pope flew back to Rome from Sweden — came in response to a journalist asking […]
Orlando Shooter Omar Mateen’s Wife Speaks Out: ‘I Am Human’
Source: Time By Melissa Chan The wife of Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen broke her silence since her husband’s deadly rampage in June, insisting in her first media interview that she was “unaware” of his plans and that she has been left broken by the tragedy. Noor Salman, 30, told the […]
Big Soda-Funded Studies Don’t Often Link Drinks to Obesity
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin When studies are funded by the beverage industry, they are less likely to find a link between sugary drinks and obesity and type 2 diabetes, according to a new report. A team of researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) looked at 60 studies […]
Russian Warships in Mediterranean Prompt Fears Among Syrian Rebels
Source: Time By Jared Malsin / Istanbul As rebels hope to hold onto their half of Aleppo A fleet of eight Russian warships that entered the Mediterranean on October 26 […]
Donald Trump More Trustworthy Than Hillary Clinton, Poll Finds
Source: Time By Melissa Chan More voters trust Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton, according to a new tracking poll released Wednesday. The Republican presidential nominee leads his Democratic rival on honesty and trustworthiness by eight points in a Washington Post-ABC News poll, which found 46% of likely voters saying Trump is […]
President Obama Criticizes FBI Chief on Disclosure of New Hillary Clinton Email Probe
Source: Time By Maya Rhodan “We don’t operate on leaks. We operate based on concrete decisions that are made,” Obama said President Obama offered his first public comments on the FBI […]
The benefits and downsides of building into the sea
Source: BBC By Bianca Nogrady 1 November 2016 All around the world, cities are edging further into the sea. Plans are afoot to build huge islands and giant constructions in […]
US election: The state that defines the American divide
Source: BBC By Katty KayPresenter, BBC World News Derwin Gray won’t say which way he is voting. The charismatic, former NFL-playing pastor of Transformation Church doesn’t want to upset the carefully choreographed racial balance of his evangelical congregation in Charlotte, North Carolina. But as an African-American man, he sympathises with black […]
What really happened to mammoths and other ice age giants
The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles about guided evolution. Read a book online: A New Book: The Quran and the Biological Evolution. Source: BBC By Niki Rust […]
FBI Releases 17-Year-Old Records From a Bill Clinton Presidential Pardon Investigation
Source: Time By Stephen Braun (WASHINGTON) — Only days before the presidential election, the FBI released a 17-year-old archive of documents from a long-closed investigation into Bill Clinton’s presidential pardon of a fugitive financier, prompting questions from Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign about its timing. The release comes amid the bureau’s controversially […]
Science Says This Is the Best Motivation to Exercise
Source: Time By Mandy Oaklander People primed to be competitive went to 90% more classes than those who weren’t If you play well with others, then it might be time to […]