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This three-week holiday represents a time of glee and feasting between two periods of fasting. The first records of the carnival in Bohemia and Moravia comes from the 13th century. The masquerade is the highlight of the Carnival. The important parts of the parade constitute singing, dancing and feasting. Doing pranks, jokes and fun on the audience … Read more

And why a good bar is special One of the national newspapers in Ireland hosts a blog called Generation Emigration and it reveals insights into the whos, whats, hows, and whys of the people who choose to leave Ireland. There are those who wish to return and those that don’t, those that miss it and … Read more

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair has adamantly restated his opposition to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s anti-terror bill, which is set to be reviewed this Wednesday in the House of Commons. He is hoping the Liberals will do the same. Mulcair has called Bill C-51, which has been proposed as a tool in the fight against terrorism at … Read more

Starvation is preventable in much of the world, serving as a reminder of the Talmudic teaching, “to save one life is to save the world.” Lily is a 31-year-old woman living in a remote village in Guatemala with earthen floors and no walls. She and her two children, ages 7 and 1, are living in … Read more

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — After hearing about Hanna Lalango’s story, I immediately joined the #JusticeForHanna campaign and began raising awareness against gender-based violence. I was committed to making Addis Ababa a safer place for everyone. My only problem was that I campaigned heavily for other people’s safety, but I somehow completely forget about my own. … Read more

To vaccinate or not to vaccinate is a choice which is undoubtedly the right of every person in the “free world.” Yet, when the discussion of the anti-vaccination movement comes up it becomes immediately obvious that we are not talking about individuals. At least not people who are able to make individual choices. Rather, we see … Read more

PARIS – This is the first Sunday after the terrorist shootings in Paris. The French government decided to launch a large-scale solidarity rally to show support for the victims of the extremist attacks. However, one may wonder whether it would be safe to go into with a large crowd. Would it also become the target of terrorist … Read more

Currently in Romania there are over 19,000 people living on the streets, including hundreds of children. Some such children are taken care of in shelters. In this video portrait, Alberto, a 14-year-old from a shelter home in Bucharest, explains what it’s like to live in an orphanage and how he got there in the first place. “The … Read more

Predispositions to prejudice can be manipulated, according to new research. By making social minorities appear to hold egalitarian beliefs, researchers demonstrated that those minority individuals would bear less prejudice–both implicit and explicit–from American and Chinese nationals. By manipulating the would-be judges so that they made their appraisals of minority individuals while in a collectivist mind-set, … Read more

Kenya woke up to the death of the son of the former prime minister on Sunday, January 11. The son of the former premier had spent the previous night out with friends. He arrived home at 2 a.m. and a few hours later was pronounced dead. Fidel Odinga, who was the eldest son to Rt. Hon Raila … Read more

The Moringa Oliefera tree claims to contain powerful supplement that can aid in the treatment and prevention of many diseases. While usage of nearly all parts of this tree for many different purposes has been utilized for thousands of years, mostly in Asia, the notoriety of this potential superfood is rapidly increasing into the rest … Read more