BBC: When Chinese author Liu Yongbiao was convicted earlier this week of bludgeoning four people to death in a guesthouse in 1995, it might not have come as such a surprise to his readers. In a preface to his 2010 novel, itself titled The Guilty Secret, Liu said he was already at work on a…
AP: Nagasaki marked the anniversary of the world’s second atomic bombing Thursday with the United Nations’ chief and the city’s mayor urging global leaders to take concrete steps toward world nuclear disarmament. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the first United Nations chief to visit Nagasaki, said fears of nuclear war are still present 73 years after the…
Hossen Sohel: Frantic rescue operations have been continuing since Sunday’s earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok. The latest aftershock had a magnitude of 5.9 or 6.2, according to monitors. It brought down some buildings, reports BBC. Rescue workers are still digging through rubble and trying to get aid to survivors of the earlier, larger…
Chipo Dendere/Al jazeera Going forward, Zimbabwe’s opposition must unite and create a brand that resonates with both urban and rural voters. Zimbabwe’s highly anticipated first post-Mugabe and post-Tsvangirai election just ended. The election was very close and tightly fought between the ruling party and the opposition. The pre-election environment was largely peaceful, however, at least…
Fawaz Turki, Journalist, lecturer and author based in Washington/Gulf News The zionist regime’s future is no more assured than was the future of segregation in America Is there a doubt in anyone’s mind about the core belief in the social sciences that one individual, or a small group of like-minded individuals motivated by teleological forces…
UNICEF #EarlyMomentsMatter 1. Myth? Breastfeeding is easy. Babies are born with the reflex to look for their mother’s breast. However, many mothers need practical support with positioning their baby for breastfeeding and making sure their baby is correctly attached to the breast. Breastfeeding takes time and practice for both mothers and babies. Breastfeeding is also…
Syed Yusuf Saadat, Research Associate at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)/Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) A bank is a financial institution which acts as an intermediary between borrowers and savers, and thus enables efficient allocation of financial resource across various sectors of the economy. Banks are the main source of indirect finance in a…
Bernadette Deron/All Thats Interesting.com(ATI) They sold the boy, now just nine, to dark web pedophiles on at least 50 different occasions. A woman in Germany — identified in accordance with German privacy law only as Berrin T — who sold her own son to pedophiles on the dark web on at least 50 occasions was…
Susan Del Percio,New York–based Republican strategist/OZY.com It’s almost as if the ballots read: “We’re just not that into you, Donald Trump.” As we look at Tuesday’s special election in Ohio’s 12th Congressional District, and the primaries in Kansas and Michigan, two things become clear: Women are voting, and women are winning. Republicans have held the…
Peter Apps,Reuters global affairs columnist/Reuters Ten years ago on Wednesday, the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics showcased a fast-growing, economically powerful China with unmistakable ambitions to be a major global player. Just a few days ago, the Chinese authorities demolished the studio of artist Ai Weiwei, designer of the iconic “bird’s nest” stadium and…