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Virginians vote to elect governor, all state delegates
Virginia State Capitol Photo: Anderskev/Wikipedia A neck and neck race between Democratic Ralph Northam and Republican Ed Gillespie has raised the stakes for both parties as the election result will be seen as a political barometer...Nov 7, 2017 1100 0 -
Journalism challenges amid ‘fake news’ and Internet echo chambers
Photo Credit: UNESCO The onslaught of information – that may be wrong and in many cases misleading – in the digital age is posing stiff new challenges for genuine journalism. A new report Monday warned that...Nov 7, 2017 1821 0 -
Pakistani diplomatic staffer gunned down in Afghanistan
Two gunmen riding a motorbike shot dead a Pakistani diplomat serving in the country’s consulate in Jalalabad city. A Dawn newspaper report identified the dead diplomat as Nayyer Iqbal, citing media accounts that said Iqbal was...Nov 6, 2017 1133 0 -
Virginia Gubernatorial Election: Poll sees all tied up before Tuesday’s finish line
Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Photo: Varmin/Wikimedia Commons A survey of likely voters on the eve of Virginia’s gubernatorial election finds that candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general all are deadlocked. The rare neck...Nov 5, 2017 1103 0 -
Climate change demands action
A polar bear jumping in Spitsbergen Island, Syalbard, Norway. Photo Credit: Arturo de Frias Marques/Wikimedia Commons The Bonn Conference opening on Monday will be yet another step in the search for world commitment to climate action....Nov 5, 2017 972 0 -
U.S. economy added 261,000 jobs in October; unemployment lowest since 2000
Photo: Wall Street New York, Credit CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org The U.S. economy rebounded to grow in a range of sectors and added 261,000 jobs in October, reducing the the unemployment rate to 4.1 percent, the...Nov 3, 2017 1181 0 -
Cultural diplomacy: Pakistan House highlights the country’s diversity, heritage and women’s role
Often portrayed in the U.S. media in the light of South Asian geostrategic competitions and controversies, Pakistan is stepping up efforts to project its soft power achievements through a series of events. Ambassador Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry...Nov 3, 2017 1197 0 -
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...Nov 1, 2017 1627 0 -
Eight killed in NYC terror attack as man rams pickup truck into bicycle lane
Photo:Screenshot/MSNBC Eight people were dead and 15 more injured, in a pickup truck plowing incident late Tuesday afternoon in lower part of New York City that is being treated as a terrorist attack. A man, said...Oct 31, 2017 1269 0 -
New report rings alarm bells about climate change from soaring CO2 levels
Photo shows a family along with their cattle and possessions stranded atop small islands formed due to massive floods, Sindh province, Pakistan. Credit: IFAD/EPA/Nadeem Khawer via UN The atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) keep soaring...Oct 31, 2017 1333 0
