Japanese and Canadian scientists win Nobel Prize in Physics 2015
In a press release released by the official Nobel Prize academy they announced the winners for 2015 in Physics to be Takaaki Kajita from University of Tokyo in Japan and Arthur B. McDonald from Queen’s university in Canada for their “discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass.” As follows the press release they issued, “The […]
China prepares to join the fight against ISIS
Al-Masdar Al-Arabi reported that Chinese military advisers are expected to join with their Russian counterparts in weeks. It comes after China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said that Chinese and Iraqi foreign ministers agreed to offer intelligence and personal training in September 2014. As China breaks it’s long history of non-interference, due to the threats that ISIS […]
EU leaders duck responsibilities on refugees
European Union leaders meeting on September 23, 2015, focused on how to stem the flow of asylum seekers instead of strategies for a responsible, humane response to the crisis at its borders, Human Rights Watch said today. “Listening to EU leaders, you could almost be forgiven for thinking there is no refugee crisis,” said Judith […]
Guantanamo Bay releases ‘Bin Laden bodyguard’
A Saudi man, Abdul Shalabi, 39, has been transferred back to Saudi Arabia after being freed from Guantanamo Bay, the Pentagon said. Shalabi is said to have once worked as a bodyguard for Osama Bin Laden Shalabi was captured by Pakistani forces in 2001 and sent to the US base in Cuba, where he went on a long […]
British help academics escape war
A British foundation created in 1933 to help academics flee Nazi Germany started helping Syrian and Iraqi academics escape in the hope that one day they will return and rebuild. In their headquarters in London’s South Bank University, Five full-time employees helped by interns work to make it easier for refugees to continue their studies and live […]
South African boy triumphs at ballet awards
Young South African dancer Leroy Mokgatle was the winner of the gold medal at the prestigious Genee International Ballet Competition, Held at London’s Sadler’s Well Theater, as it was streamed worldwide for the first time in its history. The 15-year-old, who was awarded the top prize by the judging panel, also won the Margot Fonteyn Audience Award. […]
Military coup takes over Burkina Faso
Guards detained interim President Michel Kafando and other government ministers during the raid in the capital Wednesday, the United Nations said. It’s unclear where the guards took the President, Prime Minister Isaac Zida and the other officials. Hours after their detention, an unidentified military official took to the airwaves Thursday and said the group, now […]
French AccorHotels becomes first international chain to open in Iran
The French group AccorHotels, the world’s sixth-largest hotel group, announced on Monday it would become the first international hotel group to operate in Iran as the Islamic republic opens up to the west after the deal on its nuclear program. AccorHotels will open an Ibis hotel and a Novotel branch near Tehran’s international airport, report […]
EU recognize use of force against migrant smugglers
European Union decided to use military force against migrants smugglers , after 34 new bodies were retrieved from Aegean sea near Greece while trying to go to Europe, among those were 11 children. It’s expected that this decision will be in effect starting October, and it will give the European military ships the right to […]
Russia offers french plane carriers for sale
Russia has offered to sell two french air craft carriers “Mistrals” to Egypt, equipped with Russian equipment that Moscow installed before breaching their contact with France. A french official told “Defense News” that they were expecting that Egypt is most likely to buy the two carriers, due to the recent framework of convergence between Moscow and Cairo. […]
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