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NYC terror attack shocks American Muslims
The scene of the 2017 New York City attack approximately an hour after it took place Photo Credit: Gh9449/Wikimedia Commons Outraged at the loss of eight lives in Tuesday’s terror attack in Manhattan, American Muslims have...November 1, 2017 1627 0 -
Minority-owned businesses add over $1 trillion to U.S. economic output annually
Photo: Naturalization ceremony in Grand Canyon, Credit: Grand Canyon National Park/Wikimedia Commons American minority-owned businesses are contributing more than one $ 1 trillion in annual economic output, the White House said Tuesday as President Donald Trump...October 25, 2017 1291 0 -
New study says rising acidity to affect all ocean life
Photo: Terry Goss/Wikipedia With carbon dioxide emissions continuing to make oceans more acidic all sea life faces threats, according to a new study. Oceans become more acidic because CO2 from fossil fuels dissolves in seawater, produces...October 24, 2017 1059 0 -
Pakistani scientist Shahida Hasnain wins prestigious UNESCO Prize
Photo: Courtesy Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan Professor Shahida Hasnain of Pakistan and Dr Samir Saha of Bangladesh have been named as the two laureates of the 2017 Carlos J. Finlay UNESCO Prize for Microbiology, the organization...October 20, 2017 1633 0 -
D.C. proposes 4 locations for Amazon HQ2
Washington Monument, Photo: U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway/Wikimedia Commons Five billion dollars in investment, 50,000 new jobs. Still, that is not all that is driving American cities to house the second headquarters of commerce...October 17, 2017 1464 0 -
Discovery how brain cells control appetite may help improve dieting, curb obesity
A chicken tikka dish, Photo Umair Mohsin from Karachi/Wikimedia Commons A landmark discovery shedding light on how brain cells control appetite is expected to establish a key way for humans to dictate their diet intakes. The...October 16, 2017 1252 0 -
Can universal basic income work in the US?
Photo by User:Knulclunk/Wikimedia Commons shows a view of Spanish Harlem in NYC The release of a new report estimating a $ 2.5 trillion addition to the US. economy through a universal basic income plan for all...October 15, 2017 1209 0 -
In rare move, Motion Picture Academy expels Weinstein
Photo: Zff2012/Wikimedia Commons Amid growing accusations implicating producer Harvey Weinstein in “sexually predatory behavior” toward actresses over the past decades, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has expelled him from the ace Hollywood body....October 14, 2017 1174 0 -
Trump disowns Iran nuclear deal; Congress has 60 days to decide on sanctions
In a major foreign policy move, with President Donald Trump declared Friday his Administration would not certify that Iran is in compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal negotiated with major powers to keep Teheran from acquiring...October 13, 2017 1254 0 -
American Richard Thaler wins Nobel Prize for making economics more human
American professor Richard H. Thaler, who has incorporated psychologically realistic assumptions into analyses of economic decision-making, has won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics for his work – hailed as making economics more human. “By exploring...October 10, 2017 1420 0
