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Baroness Sayeeda Warsi with Archbishop Vincent Nicols Photo by English: Foreign and Commonwealth Office/Wikimedia Commons The life of Baroness Sayeeda Warsi has been full of drama. As if becoming a member of the House of Lords,...

Times Square, Manhattan, Photo by Chensiyuan via Wikimedia Commons That we speak, understand, act, and reach out to each other comfortably in a common language has long been the case, and it remains so in the...

Collage Photos: Book by Khalid Mahmood, Bulleh Shah image originally by Tahirakram via Wikimedia Commons Academy of the Punjab in North America has posted a series of new e-Books and magazines on its website, popular among...

As President-elect Donald Trump shapes his administration, international environmentalists are anxiously hoping that Washington would stay the course on addressing climate change. Republicans have largely espoused a different approach to climate change and reasons for environmental degradation...

“I pay tribute to the courage of all media personnel who put their lives on the line for the sake of truth,” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on the occasion of International Day to End Impunity for...

A new analysis by World Health Organization has found that negative or ageist attitudes towards older people are widespread, and negatively affect their physical and mental health. The release of the study coincides with the International...

Washington’s National Mall has a new enriching structure – combining history, aesthetics and diversity in a unique way that reflects both the American heritage and hopes. After years of work, thoughts and devotion, the Smithsonian National...

Seeking to inject a raft of pressing scientific, climate, health and technological challenges into the 2016 election debate, a coalition of more than 50 nonpartisan science and technology organizations has posed 20 high-stakes questions, asking candidates...

More American adults are getting news on social media than previously reported, with a jump from 49 percent four years ago to 62 percent in 2016. Of the 62 percent who see news on the social...

The 2016 election season in the United States may be getting hotter with each passing day but sweltering summer in several parts of the world is into an unprecedented streak of high temperatures, raising alarm for...