Thailand: Prem becomes Regent pro tempore
14 Oct 2016 BANGKOK POST Privy Council president Prem Tinsulanonda has been named Regent pro tempore following the passing of His Majesty the King on Thursday, NLA vice-president […]
Racist slur found at scene of mysterious motel fire in central Alberta, belonging to Sikh family
But RCMP say they have no evidence that the Bashaw fire and the graffiti are linkedThis is a screenshot from a video of the fire that destroyed the Bashaw Motor Inn early Sunday morning. (Facebook/Brian Cabelka) Racist graffiti was found at the scene of a deadly fire that burned a central […]
Full Speech: President Obama makes his best case for Hillary Clinton Yet
President Obama Campaign Rally for Hillary Clinton in Cleveland, Ohio (10/14/2016) Incidentally, the chief Editor of the Muslim Times, Zia Hussain Shah, shares the middle name with the President
Israel freezes Unesco ties for ‘denying Jewish holy sites’
Source: BBC Israel has frozen co-operation with the UN’s cultural agency, accusing it of denying Judaism’s connections to the religion’s holiest sites. Its education minister said a Unesco draft decision […]
The stars that hid themselves away
Source: BBC By Melissa Hogenboom 14 October 2016 Astronomers have spotted some ancient stars, known as RR Lyrae. They are at least 10 billion years old and were found hiding […]
Why Apple and Google are moving into solar energy
Source: BBC By Chris Baraniuk 14 October 2016 Most people think of Apple as a company that makes phones, computers and smart watches – not an energy provider. But in […]
Why these Liberty students aren’t supporting Trump — or Falwell’s endorsement
Source: Religion News Service By Emily McFarlan Miller Emily McFarlan Miller is a national reporter for RNS based in Chicago. She covers evangelical and mainline Protestant Christianity. (RNS) In the […]
Catholic University graduate alleges school was ‘indifferent’ to rape report
Source: The Washington Post By Nick Anderson October 13 at 5:22 PM A Catholic University graduate has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that her alma mater was “deliberately indifferent” to […]
Howard County sheriff resigns over alleged racist, anti-Semitic remarks
Source: The Washington Post By Michael E. Miller Howard County Sheriff James F. Fitzgerald is resigning over allegations that he made racist, sexist and anti-Semitic remarks and bullied those who […]
NY Hebrew charter school network awarded $4.9M federal grant
Source: JTA (JTA) — The U.S. Department of Education gave a $4.9 million grant to a New York-based network of Hebrew-language charter schools. The five-year grant, which was awarded last month, will allow Hebrew Public to expand its schools in Harlem and Brooklyn as well as develop new schools in […]
The religious wanderings of Bob Dylan, Nobel laureate
Source: Religion News Service By Kimberly Winston (RNS) For the first time since the last century, this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature went to an American writer — singer, songwriter, author Bob […]
India clips ‘spy’ pigeon’s wings over fears it will fly back to Pakistan
http://tribune.com.pk/story/1198895/india-clips-spy-pigeons-wings-fears-will-fly-back-pakistan/ Indian police have clipped the wings of a “Pakistani pigeon” they claim to have arrested from Bamial village in Punjab province nearly two weeks ago over suspicion of ‘spying’. “The wings of the pigeon have been clipped to ensure the suspected spy does not fly back to Pakistan,” The Telegraph […]
Wonder Woman named UN girls’ empowerment ambassador
theguardian: by Alison Flood — DC superhero punching for gender equality to be honoured at her 75th birthday party, attended by Ban Ki-moon and ‘surprise guests’ Heroic role model … a Wonder Woman party plate. Photograph: Handout The United Nations is due to welcome a new honorary ambassador for […]
Robots promise cure for Swiss manufacturing blues
AUTOMATED PRODUCTION Robots promise cure for Swiss manufacturing blues By Matthew Allen OCT 12, 2016 – 11:00 ABB’s YuMi robot can work, uncaged, alongside humans (AFP) It is hoped that robots can stem, or even reverse creeping deindustrialisation. An automated future is already becoming a reality in Switzerland. Squeezed by […]
The late Thai king’s youth in Switzerland
BHUMIBOL OBITUARY The late Thai king’s youth in Switzerland By Luigi Jorio OCT 13, 2016 King Bhumibol of Thailand, who reigned for seven decades, died in hospital aged 88(Keystone) Thailand’s […]
Exploring new responses to war crimes
Oct 13,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI The military campaigns in Syria and Yemen have been characterised by non-stop brutality and indiscriminate attacks from the air that killed and injured huge numbers of civilians. Not only have we witnessed the deaths of hundreds of thousands in Syria and thousands […]
UNESCO fully backs Jordan’s pro-Jerusalem moves
UN agency’s latest decision condemns Israeli unilateral policies, violations anew By JT – Oct 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES This photo taken on October 2, 2007 shows an aerial view of the Dome of the Rock in Al Haram Al Sharif in Jerusalem’s Old City (AFP photo) AMMAN — […]
Iraq is invaded… and the first casualty of war is truth
Mark Steel @mrmarksteel Thursday 6 October 2016 3 April 2003 You expect lies, but usually they’re found out once a war is over. But in this war the lying is so inept that it gets rumbled the next day. So the news starts “Oh, apparently that uprising we yelled about […]
A quarter century after I was arrested by Turkish police, things have only got worse for Kurdistan
When I was hauled into the local police station 25 years ago, a lonely copper stood outside. Today the place is ringed by barbed wire, armed guards and iron anti-rocket screens Robert Fisk in Diyabarkir @indyvoices ‘The Kurds are Turkey’s enemy – just as they always were’ The fine black stone […]
27 Times Trump has been insulting to women
By Michael Sebastian, Oct 13, 2016 Donald Trump has insulted women for decades. Trump reminded us of this when he unleashed a war of words on Fox News host Megyn Kelly, questioning her professionalism and suggesting she treated him unfairly at a Republican debate last year because she was menstruating. (Trump later denied that […]