In a recent keynote speech at the Future of Work Summit at NASA Ames Research Park, award-winning journalist and author Federico Pistono elaborated on the concept of “free money”–giving money to all people with no strings attached, an idea that Pistono explored in his best-selling book, “Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That’s OK.” Pistono spoke about … Read more
The warring parties in South Sudan signed a Cessation of Hostilities Agreement Sunday. The agreement was called “the real beginning” by the South Sudanese government and was welcomed by regional trade bloc IGAD, which has been mediating the negotiations since civil war broke out in South Sudan last year. Chief negotiator for the government of … Read more
An international group of protesters has been pointlessly waiting for the arrival of people oppressed by Russia–at Prague airport holding placards. The protesters are reacting to legal actions recently taken by Russia against a well-established Russian human rights society. Activists stood patiently in the arrivals area of the Prague Vaclav Havel International Airport and waited for hours holding placards displaying the … Read more
In what is considered to be a significant step towards resuming political and economic relations between the two contentious Asian superpowers, the leaders of Japan and China have publicly admitted that each nation has a claim to Japan’s Senkaku Islands and other territory in the East China Sea which China began to claim last year. Both sides … Read more
Several top Islamic State leaders are thought to be dead, and the leader of IS has been reported wounded, after a targeted US-coalition airstrike attack on a house on the Iraq-Syria border. The leader of IS in Anbar province, as well as that leader’s deputy, are though to be killed. IS top commander Abu Bakr … Read more
Radical British cleric Anjem Choudary is asking the UK government to guarantee safe passage for him to travel to the Islamic State, saying that he was willing to consider renouncing his British nationality, but only “as a last resort.” “I believe the world belongs to God and that one day, hopefully, the UK will be … Read more
Photography by Maxim Dondyuk In this photojournal, Ukrainian photographer Maxim Dondyuk documents the tuberculosis epidemic in the hospitals, prisons and homes of the East European nation where multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) affects almost 7,000 people annually, and approximately 30 lives are lost to the disease each day. Ukraine has the highest mortality rate from infectious diseases in the WHO European region–90 … Read more
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir collapsed Tuesday at Khartoum airport. Sudanese intelligence agents seized cameras from Journalists who were covering the event–a visit by Kiir to the capital of Sudan. Kiir was visiting Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, from which nation South Sudan split in 2011. Kiir reportedly fell down soon after his arrival at … Read more
Ugandan war plans detailing wide-ranging actions against South Sudanese rebels, currently fighting South Sudanese government troops, were leaked by the South Sudan News Agency Wednesday. The report disparaged the East African authority EGAD, and included a timeframe for beginning of the attack. “These rebels are a threat to our general security, and they must either … Read more
Heir to the throne of the United Kingdom, Prince Charles, has made a video statement in response to recent persecutions of Christians and other faith members in the Middle East, Africa and Asia, calling it an “indescribable tragedy” that Christian and other communities face persecution in the Middle East and elsewhere, and offering several suggestions … Read more
Religious persecution in the world is worsening, mostly in Muslim countries linked to extremist Islam, but also under authoritarian regimes in Asia, according to a comprehensive report by Aid to the Church in Need, an international charity group based in the UK. “Where there has been a change concerning religious freedom, that change has almost always … Read more
A statement by the spokesman for al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) released Sunday has called for all Muslims to unite against the US, citing the US-led coalition against ISIS in Syria and Iraq and calling it “an attack on the entire Community of Muslims.” The Maghreb and Arabian branches of al Qaeda have also been … Read more