Violence soared in Afghanistan during the first six months of 2014, according to a report released amidst brewing political crisis and rising insurgency. Between January 1 and June 30, 2014, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan documented 1,564 civilian deaths and 3,289 injured civilians, marking a 24 percent overall increase in Afghan civilian casualties compared…
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In what the global fossil fuel divestment movement is claiming as a “major victory,” the World Council of Churches has agreed to phase out its financial holdings in the world’s dirtiest energy sources and will encourage the congregants in the churches it represents to do the same. Passed by a vote taken Thursday in Geneva…
NXT Champion Finn Balor has undergone surgery following the injury he suffered at TakeOver 31. Balor announced on social media today that he underwent successful surgery last Friday after suffering a broken jaw at TakeOver on October 4. “Recovering from a successful surgery with @dr.anuppatel, @dr.edgarsosa and nurse @verolaguera,” Balor wrote. “Last Friday, i underwent surgery for 2…
Large-scale protests against the ongoing blockade and bombardment of the Gaza Strip are expected to continue and grow across the occupied West Bank on Friday, a day after at least two Palestinians were killed during an enormous demonstration outside Jerusalem on Thursday night. At least two people were killed and many injured last evening as…
The humanitarian situation in eastern Ukraine is getting worse, as violence intensifies, supplies dwindle, and more than a thousand people flee their homes every day, a UN official said Tuesday. At an emergency Security Council meeting called by Russia on Tuesday, director of UN humanitarian operations John Ging called for “immediate action” to quell the…
The UK Advertising Standards Authority, an independent regulator of advertising across all media, has ordered coal company Peabody Energy to stop running a national print ad that claims “clean coal” is emission-free. The ad in question stated that Peabody Energy, the world’s largest private-sector coal company, “is working to build awareness and support to end…
The U.S. Department of Justice is launching a broad civil rights investigation into the Ferguson Missouri police department after officer Darren Wilson shot to death unarmed African-American teenager Michael Brown last month. The investigation was first reported by the Washington Post — which cited anonymous federal law enforcement officials — and could be announced as…
Conservative advocate Grover Norquist on Christmas compared liberals’ views of the government to children’s views of Santa Claus. Click Here: cheap all stars rugby jerseyADVERTISEMENT “Mom and Dad earn the $,buy, wrap the presents. Children believe Santa did it,” Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform, tweeted Sunday. “Kinda like the view liberals have:…
Ferguson activists disrupted a stunned city council meeting in St. Louis on Tuesday evening to demand an end to the continued delays of justice in the volatile aftermath of Michael Brown’s death. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the council listened for two hours as protesters raged against police and city leaders’ inaction after Brown,…