Hong Kong Protesters Will Vote On Whether To Stay In Streets
HONG KONG (AP) — Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong plan to hold a spot referendum Sunday on whether to stay in the streets or accept government offers for more talks and clear their protest camps....
View ArticleWhy Spain's Poor Fear Goldman Sachs
Madrid, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Last year Madrid's city and regional governments sold almost 5,000 rent-controlled flats to private equity investors including Goldman Sachs and Blackstone. At the time, the...
View ArticleMusic Is What Feelings Sound Like
Most of us absolutely love music. We are compelled by it. We are provoked by it. We are moved by it. We are inspired by it. We feel connected to it. It reflects something profound about who we are and...
View ArticleIslamic State Used Chlorine Gas During Fighting, Iraqi Officials Say
BAGHDAD (AP) — Islamic State militants used chlorine gas during fighting with security forces and Shiite militiamen last month north of Baghdad, Iraqi officials said on Friday. The use of chlorine gas...
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West Africans Would Like To Remind You That They're Human Beings, Not A Virus
More than 4,500 people have died from Ebola, but people from West Africa say that some of the biggest threats they face have nothing to do with the epidemic, but rather the widespread stigma they...
View ArticleIt's Been 300 Days Since The Al Jazeera Journalists Were Jailed In Egypt
Friday marked the 300th day that the Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt have been locked up. Al Jazeera's Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohammed were detained in Egypt in December 2013 on charges...
View ArticleThe Answer To Your Question About Catching Ebola On The Subway
Q. Can I get Ebola from public transportation? As in, if a passenger coughed into their hand and then held onto the pole, and then another passenger held onto that pole and inadvertently wiped their...
View ArticleSmugglers Offer Passage From Turkey To Syria For $20
ONCUPINAR, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish border crossing of Oncupinar, an hour's drive from the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo, is a chaotic buzz of people waiting to pass into one of the most violent...
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Evangelical American Extremists in the Middle East Are a Danger to Us All
Can you think of a worse idea than evangelicals, who believe they are serving God by killing Muslims, fighting Muslims who think they are serving God by killing Christians? The US government should...
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This Is Picasso's 'Guernica' Recreated Entirely From LEGO
The world will celebrate Pablo Picasso's 133rd birthday on October 25. So how did master model builder Veronica Watson prepare for such an occasion? She spent a day and a half recreating "Guernica"...
View ArticleCanadian Police Release Video Of Ottawa Shooter
Police released CCTV footage that captured the deadly attack in the Canadian capital, Ottawa, on Wednesday. The videos appear to show the suspected gunman pulling up in a dark vehicle near the...
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The Global Search for Education: China Comes to New York
"Chinese traditional culture is especially important today, when the society is gradually losing its moral standards due to utilitarianism and materialism." -- Lee Shu Ping The number of Chinese...
View ArticleIn Iraq, Relief After News Of Blackwater Convictions
Adel Ali Mehdi was tending his refreshments kiosk on Baghdad’s Nisour Square on Thursday when one of his regular customers stopped by with some important news: After seven years, Blackwater security...
View ArticleMatson Navigation Company, Inc. Pleads Guilty To Criminal Charges In Molasses...
HONOLULU (AP) -- A shipping company pleaded guilty plea Friday to criminal charges from a 1,400-ton molasses spill in Honolulu Harbor that killed more than 26,000 fish and other marine life, but a...
View ArticleScaling Up: What It Takes to Create Responsible Practices on a Global Scale
The complexity -- and potential for good -- of global reach. Companies that are the largest in their industry, such as Unilever or Nike, face a unique challenge each time they make a move in...
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Celebrate Picasso's Birthday By Spending $6 Million On One Of His Paintings
Today marks the birthday of Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, born on this date 133 years ago. What better way to celebrate this joyous occasion than by preparing to spend $6 million on one of his...
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Never Forget, and Never Again
Since the genocide of Armenians, Pontic Greeks and Assyrians (also called Chaldeans and Syriacs) in the Ottoman empire in 1915, these communities have been subject to a diaspora with new settlements...
View ArticleWoman Quarantined In Newark Shows No Signs Of Ebola
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey health officials say a woman who arrived at Newark Liberty International Airport from West Africa has tested negative for Ebola in a preliminary evaluation. The New...
View ArticleSouth Korea Activists Launch Anti-Kim Balloons Despite Pyongyang's Threat Of War
By Ju-min Park PAJU, South Korea, Oct 25 (Reuters) - South Korean activists launched balloons on Saturday to send leaflets to North Korea with messages critical of its leader, ignoring threats of...
View ArticleGay Activists Charged For Kissing At Anti-Gay Protest
Two Italian gay rights activists have been charged with a public order offense for kissing at a protest in Perugia, Italy. Irish news outlet The Journal reports that the men were among six LGBT...
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