Sep 11,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – KEVIN RUDD As the existing international order becomes more fragmented, strong global-governance institutions are crucial for addressing the world’s strategic, economic and sustainability challenges. And yet, rarely have our existing institutions — including, above all, the United Nations — been frailer. The UN is […]
Sep 11,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Jeffrey D. Sachs Syria’s civil war is the most dangerous and destructive crisis on the planet. Since early 2011, hundreds of thousands have died; around 10 million Syrians have been displaced; Europe has been convulsed with Daesh terror and the political fallout of refugees; and […]
Donald Tusk is welcomed by Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo CREDIT: AFP Peter Foster, europe editor 13 SEPTEMBER 2016 • 5:36PM An authoritarian European Commission was to blame for Brexit and must give up on its federalist dreams or risk the disintegration of the European Union, eastern European states warned yesterday […]
Tue Sep 13, 2016 US President Barack Obama (R) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval office of the White House in Washington on November 9, 2015. (Reuters photo) The United States and Israel have agreed on a record new package of at least $38 billion in […]
Out of media player. Press enter to return or tab to continue. ‘ 12 September 2016 Last updated at 18:00 BST Actor George Clooney has accused South Sudan’s political and military elite of being involved in “massive criminal behaviour”. Mr Clooney’s investigative unit, The Sentry, commissioned a report that accuses […]
ADITI KHANNA/LONDON REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE/AP Fifty-five people were arrested today after an eight-hour-long armed protest in the West Midlands region of England where a gang of 20-30 sword-wielding men stormed a Sikh temple, apparently opposing a mixed race marriage between a Sikh and a non-Sikh couple. Specially trained officers from Warwickshire […]
Source: Motto By Jessie Van Amburg Anita Sarkeesian, a TIME 100 honoree, blogger and the founder of the Feminist Frequency nonprofit, spoke to Motto via email about the need to feature more women’s stories in media and her new Ordinary Women video series. Motto: What was your goal with this […]
Source: CNN By Ben Westcott, CNN (CNN)A conversation between dolphins may have been recorded by scientists for the first time, a Russian researcher claims. Two adult Black Sea bottlenose dolphins, […]
Source: Time By Josh Sanburn A drug so powerful that it’s used to sedate elephants is finding a new, illicit use laced into heroin, potentially contributing to hundreds of overdoses in the last several weeks. The drug, called Carfentanil, is a synthetic opioid so strong that just a few granules the size […]
Source: The Hill President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on Monday extended their “warmest wishes” to Muslims around the world celebrating Eid al-Adha, calling the holiday a time for […]
Source: The Economist SAUDI ARABIA’S most senior cleric has bluntly said that that Iranian Shias are not Muslim at all. The kingdom’s grand mufti, Abdul Aziz Al Sheikh, was responding […]
Postcards From the Hajj Our correspondent Diaa Hadid is one of millions of Muslims making the pilgrimage to Mecca A mountain of water bottles The pilgrims’ chants of “Here I […]
Malika Bayan sits in a in court in Stavanger Norway Thursday Sept. 8, 2016. A Norwegian court STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — A Norwegian court has found a hairdresser guilty of […]
Source: The Washington Post By Ruth Eglash September 11 at 6:00 PM HOD HASHARON, Israel — One of the most jarring images of the summer was of French police demanding […]
Source: BBC All but one of the “bladed weapons” seized after 55 people were arrested at a protest at a Sikh temple were ceremonial, police said. Armed officers surrounded the […]
Source: Associated Press By PHILIP ISSA and BASSEM MROUE In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad,… Read more BEIRUT (AP) — A U.S.-Russian brokered cease-fire for Syria came into effect on Monday at sunset, with monitoring groups and state media reporting clashes […]
Source: The Washington Post By Amanda Abrams Aaron Graham is talking to Washingtonians about power. “How do you live out your identity and have influence, not just in your personal […]
Source: BBC By Lindsey Galloway 12 September 2016 From mineral water to water slides, things that are free in some countries often cost in others, sometimes much to the surprise […]
Source: BBC By Shannon Wianecki 10 September 2016 When master Hawaiian feather worker Shad Kane received a commission to repair two royal standards, he didn’t know the job would spark […]
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) has appointed Dame Minouche Shafik as its new Director, effective from 1 September 2017. An alumna of LSE with longstanding connections to the School’s research and public engagement programme, Minouche is the first woman to be appointed to the position on […]