Grounds for Concern
Summary On November 13, 2015 coordinated attacks in Paris at sites including a concert hall and sports stadium killed 130 people and injured hundreds. The extremist armed group Islamic State, also...
View ArticleNew Yorker: Journey to jihad: Why are teenagers joining ISIS? (The Pew Forum...
(Source: The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life) Jejoen Bontinck at his home in Antwerp, in December, 2014. The Belgian authorities who interrogated him emerged with a portrait of the radical...
View ArticleLane Bryant Body-Positive Ad Banned For Being ‘Too Sexy,’ Or Was It Because...
The plus-sized clothing retailer Lane Bryant recently released an ad advocating for body-positivity and plus-sized pride, but it was promptly banned by networks for showing too much skin. According to...
View ArticleNot Safe at Home
Not Safe at Home Violence and Discrimination against LGBT people in Jamaica Glossary Note on Jamaican Language Summary Key Recommendations To the Prime Minister To the Ministry of National Security To...
View ArticleGiannis Antetokounmpo has strong showing in Bucks' loss to Timberwolves
By of the Journal Sentinel Minneapolis – Milwaukee Bucks coach Jason Kidd said Giannis Antetokounmpo would get plenty of minutes Friday night since the 6-foot-11 forward has to sit out Wednesday's...
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Summary [We] have to become good at using… the rule of law to fight corruption, [and] to strengthen national anti-corruption legislation. –Chinese President Xi Jinping, addressing a major Central...
View Article“This Crooked System”
Summary I have no hope of getting justice in this crooked system. —Umar Daraz, Karachi, January 2016 How do you expect us to recover stolen items from hardened criminals? Do you think they will agree...
View ArticleBCCI vs Lodha Committee: A timeline of events
BCCI and Lodha Committee have been at loggerheads since 2013 © AFP Lodha Committee and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have come a long way together right since 2013 to present. Since...
View ArticleNew Novartis data show Cosentyx demonstrated sustained superiority in skin...
EAST HANOVER, N.J., March 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Novartis today announced new late-breaking data from the head-to-head CLEAR study, showing that Cosentyx® (secukinumab) was superior in achieving a key...
View ArticleNithari: Supreme Court rejects killer Koli's mercy plea
Wednesday, 29 October 2014 - 5:20am IST | Place: New Delhi | Agency: DNA Shantanu Guha Ray Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Reddit The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the...
View ArticleNew Hampshire lawmakers spar over public breastfeeding
(CNN)A New Hampshire state House debate about public breastfeeding is getting ugly, following a legislative proposal that would make it a misdemeanor to expose nipples while in public. State Rep....
View ArticlePresident Trump: Irish writers have their say
While we were sleeping, first we voted into office the ones who watch you drown while very articulately expressing concern; then we tried voting for the ones who kind of like to see you drown. – from...
View ArticleREGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE (UNOG - United Nations...
(Source: UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva) 29 July 2016 Michele Zaccheo, Chief, Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons...
View ArticleEvery 25 Seconds
Summary Neal Scott may die in prison. A 49-year-old Black man from New Orleans, Neal had cycled in and out of prison for drug possession over a number of years. He said he was never offered treatment...
View ArticleDemonetisation, surgical strike, Jaya’s death made headlines in 2016
New Delhi: Demonetisation, attack on Indian Air Force Base in Pathankot, imposition of liquor ban in Bihar, fire in Puttingal temple in Kerala, the terrorist attack in Uri and Manipur activist Irom...
View ArticlePublic defender arrested after search warrant served at his house
By of the Journal Sentinel A veteran assistant public defender who supervises other lawyers in the State Public Defender's Milwaukee office and teaches at the Marquette University Law School was...
View ArticleFormer Providence mayor and political rogue Buddy Cianci dies
By Michelle R. Smith Associated Press, Associated Press Providence, R.I. — Former Mayor Buddy Cianci, the wisecracking political rogue who presided over the revitalization of Providence during two...
View ArticlePrince Andrew breaks cover in Davos to publicly deny 'sex slave' allegations
Before British business leaders at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, Prince Andrew said: “For the record I refer to events that have taken place in the last few weeks. I just wish...
View ArticleA Viral Sex Crime Saga of Perverts, Pranksters, and Prosecutors
TIJUANA, Mexico—Just over a year ago, on International Women’s Day, as it happened, I was sexually assaulted in broad daylight in Mexico City. That day I officially became The Victim. What happened on...
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