Pakistan and India could be on the brink of war. A war that, if fully embarked on, could have dire repercussions globally. The last time the two countries were this close to war was in 2019: a series of somewhat
In the immediate aftermath of the death of Pope Francis, fake videos were circulating on social media. Or, we should say, re-circulating – as this particular item of fakery had already been circulated several years ago: and was quickly debunked.
It hasn’t happened, has it? Contrary to Donald Trump‘s carefully managed image as the great
As financial markets were rattled and panic spread early this week, the architect of the
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That seems to be the reflexive, go-to policy. And of multiple governments. The US is bombing Yemen currently. Britain and America were
So… the long anticipated and much hyped ‘JFK files’ document dump. Some 80,000 pages of files have been made public, as per
At about 8:30 pm on March 8th 2025, unidentified agents seized a student from the lobby of his apartment building in Columbia
The latest reports from Syria are horrifying. In the few months following the collapse of the Assad government, international coverage of Syria
There’s no question that the Ukraine situation is a quagmire. And the series of arrangements, miscalculations, provocations and maneuvers that have led
So. The crucifixion. And the resurrection. A story, a myth, or an ideal or a foundation-stone of faith, that has exerted an almost unparalleled power over generations, societies, and millions and millions of people for almost two-thousand years. Did it happen? No one knows. No one will ever know. Even
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I’ve always wondered what treasures sit in the vaults and store houses of the Vatican, gathering dust for years; historical items that may go decades without being disclosed to the public or might even go decades unexamined by anyone. A recent announcement revealed that in 2012 the Vatican authorities employed
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Today the world will say its final goodbye to one of the greatest cultural figures – and probably the most charismatic – of the 20th century. And also the greatest sports star probably of all time.
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The interesting thing about torture – aside from its ineffectiveness
As Mossad operations go, this one was technically impressive. Not
We already looked at reasons why the Orlando Massacre was
‘The world is a stage’, the saying goes. Lately, I’ve
Malala Yousafzai, the now world-famous (and Nobel Prize winning) Pakistani
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The release of the Laurel and Hardy film biopic Stan
You might’ve heard already, but there’s a Supergirl live-action TV
“Omar Sharif…? No one is called Omar Sharif! Your name
In case you missed it, there was just another little
There is something that occurred to me ever since seeing
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The sudden and untimely death of the Cranberries frontwoman Dolores
Considered the ‘darkest album in the history’ of music, and
The tradition of musicians writing songs or composing projects centered
There’s music photographers: and then there’s music photographers. One of
Every couple of months, in the last few years, it