Austrians’ Rejection of Far-right Carries a Message
Centrists and leftists across Europe are expressing relief after projections from Austria’s presidential election showed far right, anti-immigrant, Euroskeptic Norbert Hofer lost by a 7 percent margin to Alexander Van Der Bellen, an independent supported by the Green Party in a race seen as a test for the strength of populist movements in Europe. It […]
‘The world will suffer’: Prize-winning researcher worries about limits on immigrants like her
All six Americans who won Nobel Prizes in science this year were immigrants – a fact widely noted as anti-immigrant rhetoric flared on the campaign trail. At the glitzy Breakthrough Prize ceremony in Silicon Valley on Sunday night, two of the five winners of the $3 million prizes for biomedical science were US immigrants. And […]
Lawyer: Trump Tweet Shocked, Silenced Ohio State Attacker’s Family
The lawyer representing the family of Abdul Razak Ali Artan, the man who wounded 11 people at Ohio State University last week, has said U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s Twitter response to the attack shocked the family and kept them silent and mystified. In the tweet early Wednesday morning, Trump said, “ISIS is taking credit for […]
Pakistan Opposition Politicians Slam Hard-line Cleric’s Provincial Win
Pakistani opposition political parties are expressing outrage after a hard-line cleric of a banned terror group with links to the Taliban and al-Qaida won a legislative seat in the country’s most populous province. “Rest in pieces National Action Plan,” Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party and son of slain Pakistani Prime Minister […]
Report: Isolation fuels Islamic and far-right extremism in Britain
London (dpa) – Pockets of Britain where immigrants live in clustered communities are stifling social integration, setting back gender equality and fueling Islamic and far-right extremism, a government report has found. The year-long review from Dame Louise Casey accused government leaders of ignoring or condoning “regressive, divisive and harmful cultural and religious practices for fear […]
Nuts Are Nature’s True Superfood
While many studies have shown that nut consumption can help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality, not much is known about how it affects less common causes of death. There have been previous reviews of the existing data but they may have missed certain studies, as well…
Phone Call, Tweets Shake China’s View of Trump Presidency
Many in China initially welcomed the election of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States, viewing it as a win for Beijing and believing that as a businessman his approach would be more straightforward than that of his contender. But a phone call and a few Tweets later, that view is starting […]
Fake US embassy in Ghana shut down
Authorities in Ghana have busted a fake US embassy in the capital, Accra, run by a criminal network that for a decade issued illegally obtained authentic visas, the US State Department has said. Until it was shut down this summer, the sham embassy was housed in a run-down, pink two-storey building with a corrugated iron […]
Sugar Ages Your Skin, Hurts Your Memory, And 4 Other Surprising Facts
This question originally appeared on Quora. Answer by Keck Medicine of USC. We all know what sugar does to our waistlines. New studies show its impact on the brain — and it’s not good. As it turns out sugar is not so sweet. Besides causing obesity and diabetes, eating a diet saturated with sugar is […]
Iran, China Urge Countries to Continue to Adhere to Nuclear Deal
The foreign ministers of China and Iran have urged the governments that signed the Iran nuclear deal to continue to adhere to the agreement regardless of “any changes in the domestic situations of the countries concerned.” Their remarks appear to be directed at U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who said on the campaign trail this year […]