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What Silicon Valley Thinks of Women
On a spring afternoon last year at an outdoor café in San Francisco, two denizens of the tech community sketched out their strategy for a startup. Like most 28-year-olds in Silicon Valley, they had...
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Jordan-ISIS Prisoner Swap on Hold, Fate of Japanese Hostage Unclear
Updated | AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan said on Wednesday it had received no assurance that one of its pilots captured by Islamic State insurgents was safe and that it would go ahead with a proposed...
View ArticleIsrael Says Hezbollah Not Interested in Escalating Violence
Israel said on Thursday it received a message from the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah that it was backing away from further violence, a day after the worst deadly clashes in years erupted along the...
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Relentless: The Dalai Lama's Heart of Steel
The Dalai Lama sat backstage at a theatre in Rome last month, waiting to come on as the star attraction at the Summit of Nobel Peace Prize winners. He was flanked by two of Italy’s most senior...
View ArticleWhy UNICEF Needs $3 Billion
Humanitarian crises stemming from violent conflict, climate change and health epidemics will affect 62 million children this year according to UNICEF, which launched its largest appeal for funds ever...
View ArticleMalaysia Declares MH370 An 'Accident', Airline to Proceed With Compensation
Malaysia has declared the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 an "accident", its Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) said on Thursday.The Boeing 777 aircraft disappeared on March 8 last...
View ArticleNorth Korea 'Demanded $10 Billion in Cash and Food' for Summit With South
North Korea demanded $10 billion in cash and half a million tons of food in 2009 as a precondition of holding a summit with the South, former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak said, adding that he...
View ArticleDepression a Factor in Binge-Watching TV Shows
With Netflix’s House of Cards returning next month and an increasing number of TV networks making entire series available online, there’s no better time for researchers to shine a light on...
View ArticleJeffrey Epstein: The Sex Offender Who Mixes With Princes and Premiers
Even by the standards of the British Royal family, the case of Prince Andrew and the underage sex slave is a peculiar one. An American woman called Virginia Roberts – now a married, 31-year-old mother...
View ArticleTwo Russian Bombers Intercepted by RAF Off Bournemouth
Updated | Britain has summoned the Russian ambassador after two Russian military bombers were intercepted over the English channel by the UK Royal Air Force on Wednesday afternoon. The Russian...
View ArticleGas Blast at Mexico Maternity Hospital Kills 7, Including Kids: Government
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A gas truck explosion decimated large parts of a maternity hospital on the western edge of Mexico City on Thursday, killing one woman and a child and leaving dozens injured,...
View ArticleNewsweeks Past: 'In Cold Blood... An American Tragedy'
In November 1959, the American author Truman Capote read in The New York Times about the brutal murders of a well-to-do Kansas farmer, and his teenage son and daughter. He spent the next three years...
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Al-Qaeda ‘Islamic Police’ on Patrol in Libyan City Contested With ISIS
Images have emerged of al-Qaeda-affiliated “Islamic police” on patrol in the Libyan city of Benghazi, once hailed by British prime minister David Cameron as an “inspiration to the world”, but now the...
View ArticleWhy Punishment Doesn't Help Psychopathic Criminals
People with full-blown psychopathy are generally remorseless, callous, don’t take responsibility for their actions, lie and manipulate others, says Sheilagh Hodgins, a professor at the University of...
View ArticleFalling Oil Prices Won’t Hurt Clean Energy
The price of crude oil has crashed in the past few months. That’s bad for the clean energy sector, right?Actually, not necessarily. Not only do falling oil prices have limited impact on clean energy,...
View ArticleSeven Reasons the U.S. Shouldn’t Help Ukraine’s Fight With Russia
Ukraine’s military has lost control of the Donetsk airport, and the rebels have launched another offensive. Fortune could yet smile upon Kiev, but as long as Russia is determined not to let the...
View ArticleOver 50,000 Podemos Supporters to March Through Madrid
Over 50,000 people are expected to take to the streets in central Madrid this Saturday in a huge show of support for the Spanish far-left, anti-establishment party Podemos.The march will be the party’s...
View ArticleAs Demand Grows, Kayak Adds Cuba to Its Travel Search Engine
President Barack Obama’s decision earlier this month to ease restrictions on travel from the United States to Cuba has already increased demand from travelers, and travel websites are responding....
View ArticleHealth of Saudi Blogger Flogged Over Website Keeps Declining
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The wife of a Saudi rights activist, who was sentenced to 1,000 lashes last year, said Thursday her husband's health had worsened after the first round of flogging and that he could...
View ArticleWatchdog Condemns Questioning of 8-Year-Old for ‘Defending’ Paris Terror Attacks
The questioning of an eight-year-old boy for “defending terrorism” by police in Nice, France after he made a comment in school about siding with the Charlie Hebdo attackers has been condemned as...
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