Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has been re-elected for a second four-year term,… Continue reading
Issue of the Week: War, Population, Human Rights, Hunger, Disease, Economic Opportunity
Partition of India and Pakistan, 1947, Maragaret Bourke-White
“That there hasn’t been a war between India and Pakistan involving… Continue reading
“Nigeria election: Muhammadu Buhari re-elected as president”, BBC News
London, 27 Feb 2019
“India launches airstrike inside Pakistan; Islamabad denies militant camp hit”, Reuters
Drazen Jorgic, Sanjeev Miglani, February 25, 2019
ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India said its warplanes struck a militant training camp… Continue reading
“Pope Francis beset by global sexual abuse scandal after George Pell’s conviction”, The Guardian
Harriet Sherwood, Religion correspondent, London, 26 Feb 2019
Pontiff talks of ‘remorse’ and ‘never again’ but the church’s culture is… Continue reading
“Waiting for the Trump-Kim Nobel Peace Prize”, The New York Times
By Nicholas Kristof Opinion Columnist, Sunday Review, Feb. 24. 2019
The American and North Korean leaders’ delusions about getting the… Continue reading
“You cannot sack Brexit rebel ministers, Theresa May is warned”, The Observer
Michael Savage Policy editor, London, Sun 24 Feb 2019
Advisers tell PM that dismissing members of cabinet would cause fresh… Continue reading
“Violence flares at Venezuela’s border; Maduro breaks off relations with Colombia”, CNN
By Laura Smith-Spark, Jorge Luis Perez Valery, Claudia Dominguez and Christina Maxouris, CNN, February 23, 2019
Caracas, Venezuela (CNN)… Continue reading
“‘The Monsters Are the Men’: Inside a Thriving Sex Trafficking Trade in Florida”, The New York Times
By Patricia Mazzei, Feb. 23, 2019
JUPITER, Fla. — Something was amiss at a massage parlor near one of the… Continue reading
“Prosecutors reveal sordid details of sex abuse allegations against R. Kelly as judge sets $1 million bond”, Chicago Tribune
By Megan Crepeau, Jason Meisner and Lolly Bowean, February 23, 2019
Superstar singer R. Kelly was ordered held on… Continue reading