A growing climate of fear
It was meant to be one of the “biggest civil disobedience events” ever, and spur on effective political action on climate change, but the protests in Paris on Sunday were muted and marred by tit-for-tat violence between masked youths and riot police. Read More Read More
Friday night far from Home
My phone blinks repeatedly with news alerts of an unfolding plague. I read them two, three times and still struggle to believe what I’m reading. Gunmen and suicide bombers are on a killing spree across my adopted city. It’s a city I have not only come to love like no other; I’ve persuaded the woman of my dreams to start a new life there. Now she’s somewhere in Paris... Read More
Homeless migrants leave French shelters for the streets
Waking at dawn to the shouts of police and the bright headlights of buses waiting to take them away, Yacoub Mansour and more than 300 other migrants living under a bridge were becoming aware that their time in this part of Paris was up. In the early hours of June 2, 27-year-old Mansour, a Libyan, and the others – mainly from Sudan and Eritrea – were told by police to... Read More
The worldwide race to end a deadly epidemic
Scientists and medical experts in more than a dozen countries are racing to develop vaccines to stop the spread of an epidemic that has wreaked havoc in West Africa, killing more than 10,000 people. In Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, where the virus has devastated communities for more than a year, many wonder whether a vaccine or treatment will arrive in time. Read More Read More
How to Fix Windows Update When Windows updates not Downloading
Windows Update is an integral part of keeping your computer. New operating system versions, program upgrades, security updates and even firmware upgrades are published through it. Sometimes, you’re having problems with downloading programs from the Windows Store which is obsolete and needs an upgrade and sometimes your device may experience Windows updates not downloading... Read More
Following the Charlie Hebdo Massacre, how long will the Solidarity Last?
When masked gunmen emerged on Wednesday from the magazine’s offices and onto the street proclaiming, “We killed Charlie Hebdo,” it was a reference not only to the 12 people they shot dead in cold blood, but to the satirical magazine itself. An attack, in other words, on the very organs of free speech. Read More Read More
Will this Island of Wealth close the door to Foreigners?
The spotless train from Lausanne to Geneva coasts past a glistening Lac Léman and snow-capped mountains in the distance. Anyone looking out at the wooden-beamed houses scattered across the hillside would be puzzled by the recurring debate over population density and immigration. Read More Read More
How To Participate In Taco Bell Survey At www.TellTheBell.com Official
How to participate in the Tellthebell survey? Tellthebell survey is the customer satisfaction survey conducted by the Tacobell store. If you are the regular customer of the Tacobell store, this information will be useful for you to win a sweepstakes prize of $500 and also free tacos from the Tacobell store. Read the complete article to know the detailed information about the Tellthebell... Read More
South Africa faces Challenges as World Cup Approaches
“Here, ladies and gentlemen, the dream is now reality.” With these words, FIFA president Sepp Blatter did his best Tuesday in Durban, South Africa, to set the tone for the 100-day countdown to the World Cup opener in June. But this is South Africa, where the drama is invariably unscripted. Read More Read More
Chile’s Dictatorship: Were Soldiers Victims, too?
In a modest hilltop home off of a long, winding road that leads out of Santiago into the Andean mountains, Anastasio Palma and Carlos Ortega recall life in the Armed Forces. But this isn’t your typical soldier reunion, filled with tales of camaraderie. Palma and Ortega were conscripted during the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship, and are part of a growing movement demanding... Read More
