theguardian: by Van Badham — The gender pay gap hasn’t moved in a decade. Women are retiring with half the super of men and they still do more housework. Sisters, it’s time to kick ass ‘Early childhood educators have diplomas that are weighted the same as comparable qualifications for male-dominated […]
Washington (CNN) Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said Friday that Donald Trump is the most vulgar person to ever run for President of the United States. “Donald Trump has been perhaps […]
Source: Time The Supreme Court was divided along ideological lines in oral arguments on Wednesday in what is perhaps the most important abortion case in a generation, while swing vote Anthony Kennedy appeared to question the medical consequences of changing abortion practices in Texas. The women on the Supreme Court […]
Source: Time By Fred Kaplan On August 9, 2013, a hot, humid Friday, shortly after three in the afternoon, the laziest hour in the dreariest month for news in the […]
Source: BBC Scientists believe they have discovered a way to “steer” the immune system to kill cancers. Researchers at University College, London have developed a way of finding unique markings […]
Mar 02,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – DAOUD KUTTAB A big question is looming regarding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict: How serious is the French initiative that aims at leading an international effort to help kick start negotiations on the two-state solution? Equally important is to figure out where exactly Washington stands on this […]
Mar 03,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI Jordan gave the Arab world two reasons to be proud this week. One was the nomination of the film Theeb for an academy award, the other was the statement to the 31st session of the UN Human Rights Council by HH […]
After pouring billions into rebuilding the country following successive Israeli invasions and air raids, the Saudis find that they cannot prevent the Shia from expressing their fury at Riyadh Robert Fisk Beirut @indyvoices Wednesday 2 March 2016 If you drive from Sunni Muslim Sidon to Shia Muslim southern Lebanon, you […]
Video by Israeli Law Centre puts violent words into the mouths of US celebrities as part of campaign against Palestinian television Source: The Telegraph By Raf Sanchez, Jerusalem Oprah Winfrey, Stewie from Family Guy, and characters from Game of Thrones all urge viewers to “kill Muslims” in a dubbed-over video […]
Source: The Guardian From Russia to Pakistan by way of the US campaign trail, bigotry and ideas of policing belief need to be confronted The murder of Salman Taseer was […]
The masjid comes as a relief to the lone Muslim family in the village, and others in the area, who otherwise had to travel to Jagraon or Raikot to offer namaz – See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/hindus-sikhs-rebuild-mosque-shut-since-1947/#sthash.06slCjP0.dpuf In a remarkable show of fraternity and communal harmony, Hindus and Sikhs from Malla […]
The following is the full text of the speech delivered on Thursday by former Massachusetts Governor and 2012 Republican nominee for U.S. president Mitt Romney to the Institute of Politics […]
A course being offered in a Saudi academic institution titled Is a Woman a Human Being? provoked an angry response on social media, both in Saudi Arabia and abroad. The course, which was to begin Monday in the Saudi Academy for Training and Consulting, was ultimately cancelled due to the criticism. In response, […]
Trump may win most primaries and may have the most delegates, but, if he does not end up with a majority of delegates, then he is likely to loose in […]
Source: CTV A Calgary woman who was granted a legal exemption for doctor-assisted death has ended her life in British Columbia with the help of a physician. The woman, who […]
Source: Aleteia By John Burger Church Begins Gathering Evidence for Possible Canonization of Pakistani “Martyr” Shahbaz Bhatti fought “blasphemy laws,” defended Asia Bibi It has been five years since a […]
Source: Daily Mail By Jennifer Newton for MailOnline Bangladesh considering abandoning Islam as its official religion following wake of extremist attacks Supreme Court is considering dropping Islam as country’s state […]
Source: BBC For a nation whose king calls himself “Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques”, it’s probably not surprising that Saudi Arabia’s “superstars” of social media are clerics. Naturally, that […]
Source: BBC Skadar Lake is the biggest freshwater body in the Balkans. Shared between Montenegro and Albania, it hosts the westernmost breeding colony of the endangered Dalmatian pelican. This […]
Source: BBC On an internet full of hurried, scruffy ballpoints, Medium is the web’s fountain pen. We’re told our attention spans are short. That we cannot focus on anything beyond […]