The life expectancy of women living in the impoverished areas of England over the past few years has fallen by 100 days. Between 2012-2014 and 2015-2017, female life expectancy in the richest areas increased by 84 days, widening the gap between rich and poor by half a year. Women in the poorest areas of the country are expected, on average,… Read more »
Six centuries before the year 1941, Lithuania was known as the center of Jewish civilization and learning. Its capital, Vilnius, was nicknamed “the Jerusalem of the North” after Rabbi Elijah son of Solomon, who was most famous for his 18th century teachings. Once WWII and Anti-semitism was spread across much of the globe, however, Lithuanian feelings toward the Jews drastically… Read more »
London (CNN)UK lawmakers rejected Theresa May’s Brexit deal for a third time on Friday, likely killing it off for good and plunging the country further into political uncertainty.The defeat of the Prime Minister’s withdrawal agreement by 344 votes to 286 came on the same day that Britain was originally supposed to leave the European Union, and left the path forward… Read more »
I think that it is good that these men are getting the punishments they deserve, but they are also in their 80s or 90s so time in jail is not going to do anything to them. There should have been conviction when this was recent and their sentences would have actually meant something. Like one guy is 94 and is… Read more »
The protestor was the first person to be arrested with the new bill that says that no minors are allowed to protest. The bill is a very strong sense of communism because it does not allow kids to protest for things they believe in. Before, during, and after the cold war, countries were, including the US, would intervene in places… Read more »
The government’s plans to introduce tighter restrictions on the internet have sparked rebellion within the nation. The bill itself will supposedly reduce Russia’s reliance on other foreign nation’s internet sources. Russian politicians say that by isolating their internet source, the government is simply bettering cyber-security and protecting their citizens. Several recent laws passed in Russia have made their people feel… Read more »
Policy Statements of Canada Committee: IAEA Preventing countries from hiding underground nuclear weapon development by building nuclear power plants: Canada is a non-nuclear weapon state to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and has never had a nuclear weapons program. During the Cold War, as a member of both the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and… Read more »
A football player for Germany is standing up against anti-semitic and racist comments and dongs. He said when he was growing up he remembers people being prejudice and he says that it was extremely common back then. He remembers anti-semitic songs and racist chants at black people. He is starting an educational project that takes people to what-used-to-be concentration camps… Read more »
An Egyptian student saved a bus full of school children and teachers. The man who usually drives the bus kidnapped the kids on the bus and held them hostage. No one is sure of the motives behind the kidnapping, but the man driving made some of the teachers tie up the children. The man then proceeded to confiscate everyone’s phones…. Read more »
On March 6th of this year, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan purchased an air and defense system from Russia: two s-400 batteries that came with their own radar, command center, and missile launcher for $2.5 billion…a killer deal. The United States and NATO, however, greatly opposed of Turkey’s actions as the Pentagon warned them that they would face “grave consequences”… Read more »