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Social media companies step up battle against militant propaganda

Facebook, Google and Twitter are stepping up efforts to combat online propaganda and recruiting by Islamic militants ...

First published by | December 7, 2015 | Business & Politics | 0 responses

Liberty University president urges students to be armed

At a time when most college campuses prohibit guns, Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. thinks the opposite should be the case -- urging his school's students to be armed ...

First published by | December 7, 2015 | Education | 0 responses

Private universities ‘only way to meet demand’ in emerging economies

Private, for-profit universities are the only way to meet the huge demand for “good, not great” higher education in emerging economies, it has been argued.

First published by | December 7, 2015 | Education | 0 responses

The Right to Write History

Japanese and American professors clash over a textbook's depiction of the Japanese government's involvement in a system of sexual slavery during World War II.

First published by | December 7, 2015 | Education | 0 responses

Canada’s indigenous bands rise up against a Tar Sands pipeline

TransCanada, the company behind the now-defunct Keystone XL, is proposing another pipeline that would ship Alberta tar sands oil to Canada’s Atlantic coast.

First published by | December 7, 2015 | Environment | 0 responses

Colombia says it found Spanish galleon; U.S. firm claims half of treasure

Colombia says it has found a Spanish galleon sunk 300 years ago in the Caribbean with treasure estimated as high as $17 billion in gold, silver and gems.

First published by | December 6, 2015 | Lifestyle | 0 responses