Celebrities Rally Behind Emma Watson's Feminism Speech In Wake Of Nude Photo...
After giving an impassioned, empowering speech at the United Nations about the need for men to take up for the fight for gender equality on Sept. 20, actress and UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma...
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Here's How Much It Costs To Get Married At 15 Iconic Landmarks Around The World
In the first "Sex And The City" movie, Carrie Bradshaw almost ties the knot with Mr. Big at the New York Public Library -- a dream wedding venue for any city guy or gal. Unfortunately, the gorgeous...
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Two Traditional Languages Evade Extinction With the Internet
We live in an age of endless information, an age where knowledge can be preserved and accessed as never before. But with major global languages dominating the internet, smaller languages may be left...
View Article#MuslimApologies Highlights The Absurdity Of Blaming An Entire Religion For...
There is nothing funny about Islamophobia -- but there may just be a way to use humor to combat it. In the wake of the Islamic State, Muslims around the world have found themselves in the spotlight for...
View ArticleVideo Imagines Pushing Rewind On Devastation In Syria, Will Stop You In Your...
Children run backward in slow motion as a bomb retreats into the sky. Demolished houses rebuild. A burning teddy bear is resurrected. This striking video (above) from The Syria Campaign, a U.K.-based...
View ArticleU.S. Must Do Its Part to Support Green Climate Fund
Among the blizzard of announcements made as part of the UN Climate Summit over the past few days, one that should not be lost in the storm is the pledge made by French President Francois Hollande to...
View ArticleU.S., Allies Launch More Airstrikes In Syria
WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - The United States was joined by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in striking modular oil refineries in eastern Syria on Wednesday, in an effort to choke off...
View ArticleMuslim Scholars Release Open Letter To Islamic State Meticulously Blasting...
WASHINGTON (RNS) More than 120 Muslim scholars from around the world joined an open letter to the “fighters and followers” of the Islamic State, denouncing them as un-Islamic by using the most Islamic...
View ArticleEbola -- A Fragile Health Care System's Ripple Effects
Four years ago I traveled over a deeply washed away and rutted dirt track to visit villages in the northern Liberian jungle, in what is now the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak. I focused on a network...
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This Is What A World Without Hunger Looks Like, According To Kids Whose...
Can you envision a world where everyone has adequate access to food? These kids can. The World Food Program's (WFP) "Zero Hunger: A World Without Hunger" contest inspired children across the globe to...
View ArticleDashcam Catches Kids Dancing Like Dorks, And It's Glorious
So this is what teenagers are up to when no one's watching. A dashcam video uploaded to YouTube Monday caught these two kids in Korea goofing off and comparing their adorably awesome dance moves. Says...
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Nelson Mandela's Widow Offers Simply Perfect View On Gender Rights
Graça Machel, Nelson Mandela's widow, took to the stage at Clinton Global Initiative to speak out on behalf of women and girls worldwide. Machel, who is the founder of the Graca Machel Trust, sat down...
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Over 100,000 Elephants Killed in 3 Years, But We Can Stop the Slaughter
When sitting in close proximity to a group of elephants, it always amazes me how small an elephant's tusks are relative to its body. Certainly far less than a hundredth of its weight. But because of...
View ArticleIs Palestine Forgotten in Current War on ISIS?
When US Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets began their bombardment of Syria, it felt strange. Foreigners bombing a sovereign Arab country without the approval of its leadership produced few signs of...
View ArticleBrother Of Imprisoned British-Iranian Woman Speaks Out: She Was Just Trying...
Three months ago, 25-year-old Ghoncheh Ghavami headed to Tehran's Azadi stadium to support Iran's national men's volleyball team and left with handcuffs around her wrist. Ghavami was initially arrested...
View ArticleUkraine Prime Minister Says Russians "Want Us To Freeze'
By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, Sept 25 (Reuters) - The prime minister of the Kiev government accused Russia on Thursday of attempting to freeze Ukraine in the coming winter by using natural gas...
View ArticleContraception: Saving Lives...and the Planet
On Friday, September 26, the world is celebrating World Contraception Day. Okay, 'celebrating' may be too strong a word. 'Observing' may be more like it. And the number of people actually observing the...
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If You Are Born on an International Flight, What Citizenship Do You Have?
What citizenship does a child have if they are born on an international flight?: originally appeared on Quora: The best answer to any question. Ask a question, get a great answer. Learn from experts...
View ArticleThe Most Canadian Reason Not To Deliver A Package: 'Bear At Door'
"And if I could just have your claw mark here, indicating receipt of the package?" So might go a conversation with a postman in Canada, who left this note at a house in British Columbia in lieu of a...
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Why I'm Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro
"Education is the great engine to personal development. It is through education that a daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mine worker can become the head of the mine, that...
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