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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 — […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Source: Dawn News AFP | NASIR IQBAL The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned a hearing of the final appeal against the execution of Asia Bibi, accused for blasphemy. Police and troops had been stationed across Islamabad as the apex court readied to hear the appeal of Bibi who has been […]
Source: BBC Calls for women to be denied their right to vote have trended on Twitter as polls suggested Donald Trump would win if only men could cast ballots in […]
Source: BBC Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, has died after 70 years as head of state. The 88-year-old king was widely revered but had been in poor […]
Source: Pew Research Center Nearly 70 years after the establishment of the modern State of Israel, its Jewish population remains united behind the idea that Israel is a homeland for […]
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD FILE- In this Sunday, May 17, 2015 file photo, Pope Francis arrives to celebrate a canonization. VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis this […]
Source: The Washington Post By Kevin Sieff BANKI, Nigeria — They survived Boko Haram. Now many of them are on the brink of starvation. Across the northeastern corner of this […]
Source: BBC Olympic medal-winning gymnast Louis Smith has told BBC 5 livethat he’s had death threats “every day” since a video was leaked showing him mocking Islamic prayers. Talking to Emma Barnett, he admitted that he and fellow gymnast Luke Carson were drunk when they filmed the late-night video, which […]
Source: Huffington Post BY Tom Krattenmaker Author, ‘Confessions of a Secular Jesus Follower’ Despite the fact I am a secular person, I find that there is something compelling and transformative about […]