Breaking his silence over the factional feud in the Samajwadi Party, its supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday said there can be no division in the party till he is there, a day after the dramatic resignation from the Cabinet and party posts by his brother Shivpal Yadav. Addressing party ... Read More »
Once upon a time in Jamaican history, Patois dialect was considered a language reserved for people of the lower social class. Today, thanks to cultural icon and poet Louise ‘Miss Lou’ Bennett-Coverley, the language – some call it Patwa, some say Ju-may-kan – has become an accepted part of communication ... Read More »
In a disappointment to theorists, neutrino physicists at the IceCube neutrino detector in Antarctica drew a blank in their search for a “sterile” neutrino. If discovered, this particle would have been a fourth type of neutrino and would have indicated the existence of new physics beyond the “standard model” of ... Read More »
Days after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal told party colleagues that they should be prepared to “go to jail many times” and alleged that the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi could get him “killed”, another AAP MLA, Sharad Chauhan of Narela, was arrested late Saturday night in connection with ... Read More »
The announcement took place in Copenhagen in October 2009: International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge opened the envelope and told the world that Rio de Janeiro had won its bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games. Crowds watching a live broadcast on Rio’s famous Copacabana Beach exploded into a delirious uproar. Ticker tape ... Read More »
Congressman Hank Johnson should apologize for calling Jews ‘termites’ On Monday a Democratic U.S. congressman said that Jewish settlers in Israel were “like termites.” Now, you might be tempted to not take Rep. Hank Johnson from Georgia seriously if I explain that this is the same congressman who expressed a ... Read More »
The latest numbers from Royal LePage suggest that Vancouver remains Canada’s hottest real estate market, strongly outpacing the rest of the country during the second quarter of 2016. According to the Royal LePage House Price Survey released Wednesday, the aggregate price of a home in Greater Vancouver rose 24.6 per ... Read More »
The latest numbers from Royal LePage suggest that Vancouver remains Canada’s hottest real estate market, strongly outpacing the rest of the country during the second quarter of 2016. According to the Royal LePage House Price Survey released Wednesday, the aggregate price of a home in Greater Vancouver rose 24.6 per ... Read More »
Australia is now the world’s second most transparent real estate market, according to the recently released JLL Global Real Estate Transparency Index 2016, supporting the solid investment fundamentals that have attracted high levels of foreign investment into Australia. The index, compiled every two years, ranks countries by looking at factors ... Read More »
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said she has not scheduled special meetings for Friday or Saturday in order to respond to the “Brexit” vote in Britain over its membership in the European Union. “Brexit is a risk that we are monitoring. We will be watching closely to see what the ... Read More »
Running water is essential to providing basic healthcare, but in developing countries where the population lives without running water, doctors must weigh the danger of not washing hands, instruments or wounds during surgery against not performing a procedure at all. More than one-third of hospitals in developing countries do not ... Read More »
During an unusually cold and rainy winter in Phoenix, Arizona, Carlos, a senior at Phoenix Union High School, stopped going to school. Not because he was struggling academically or because he’d lost interest in his education. He didn’t have discipline or behavioral problems either. Carlos stopped going because the only ... Read More »
