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At least 26 dead in mass shooting at Texas church
Law enforcement respond to shooting at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, Photo: Screenshot/ABC News Twenty six people were reported killed and several others injured when a gunman opened fire at the First Baptist Church...Nov 6, 2017 1106 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 973 0 -
Will immigrants shape Virginia’s November 7 election outcome?
Virginia’s immigrant communities are vibrant, successful and have a growing political importance that may shape the outcome of November 7 gubernatorial election like never before. More than 12 percent of the state’s population comprises foreign born...Nov 4, 2017 1317 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 -
Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s daughter Dina Wadia passes away in New York
Dina Wadia, daughter of Pakistan’s founder Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, passed away at her home in New York on Thursday at the age of 98. According to Pakistan’s Consul General Raja Ali Ejaz – cited by the...Nov 2, 2017 2710 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 -
‘An entrepreneur should never be afraid to dream the future’
Dr. Aly Gamay embodies the achievement of American Dream. The head of DreamPak Company has navigated some of the stiff challenges in the world of business including intense corporate culture barriers and business competition but always...Oct 30, 2017 4351 0 -
UN warns of winter dangers to children in the Middle Eastern conflicts
Photo shows a three-year-old boy sitting on a box of winter clothing that his family has received from a distribution at Kawergosk Syrian Refugee Camp in Erbil Governorate in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Credit: UNICEF/Khuzaie...Oct 30, 2017 1166 0
