On 11 Nov 2014, various websites, including The Telegraph, posted one-minute viral clip purporting to show a boy of around 8 years old get up after being hit by gunfire and save another child stranded in the middle of the road under a burnt-out
The Iraqis have done it at last. It took some touches at the level of organization and tactic with the guidance of General Qassem Soleimani to say that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is not invincible, that it is a bogeyman
US President Barack Obama began by promising to reduce US greenhouse gas emissions 26-28% below 2005 levels by the 2025. Chinese president Xi Jinping took the next small, but important, step of agreeing to stop China’s emissions from growing by 2030 at the latest.
Democracy is not inherently the best system, and some even describe it as the “tyranny of the majority.” The reason it is probably the best system we have available is because although the majority may falter, the odds of so many making corrupt decisions is
A mystical and rare cloud formation appeared in the sky of Wonthaggi, in the Gippsland area of Victoria, Australia on Monday, November 3, at approximately 1:00pm. The unusual cloud is actually known as a “Fallstreak Hole” or cloud punch holes. The cloud was infused
Harvard Professor Lawrence Lessig brilliantly explains how money, and the “nomination filter” has destroyed our elections. By our, we mean for everyone from Hong Kong to Alabama, from London to Moscow. It’s only a six-minute presentation, and he says so much. To put it
Recently, the relations between Israel and the United States have been deteriorating ever since Obama administration officials described the Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu as a “chickenshit” and “coward”. They accused him of being more interested in political posturing instead of engaging in efforts at Middle-Eastern
Remember that joke: “how does Bush know there are chemical weapons in Iraq? Because he still has the receipt.” which was popular around 2004? Well, there may be some reason to think this joke holds more than just laughs: it is now coming to
During the last few months, hundreds or thousands of Christian / Yazidi women and children have been captured by terrorists from the so-called “Islamic State in Iraq and Syria”, formerly known as ISIS, in Iraq. UN reports revealed later that ISIS has created slave markets,
In newly published survey, students at Harvard University revealed that they think America is a bigger threat to world peace than ISIS. The results were revealed during an interview by Campus Reform, a self-styled ‘campus watchdog’ for conservative students. The students were asked by
