When the Roman Empire took Judea in 63 BCE, it ruled through vassals. It lost Palestine briefly to the Iranians, but then came back and from 37 BCE ruled through a vassal king, Herod. Jesus of Nazareth, according to the Gospels, was a displaced person. In his childhood his parents fled Herod the Great and […]
Read MoreAs the gap between the world’s richest and poorest people has widened to an extreme not seen since the Gilded Age, the 500 wealthiest people have gotten $1 trillion richer in 2017, according to Bloomberg‘s Billionaires Index. The richest people in the world have been able to amass huge wealth this year thanks to a […]
Read MoreJames Le Mesurier, the 48-year-old founder and director of the Mayday Rescue group and an ex-British army officer, died in the Kemankes Karamustafapasa neighborhood early on Monday, the Istanbul governorship said in a statement. ### Mayday, a non-profit based out of Istanbul and Amsterdam, supports Syria Civil Defense. The group was established in 2014 and […]
Read MoreCiting a raging humanitarian crisis as well as constitutional law, more than three dozen legal scholars, human rights advocates, and former officials urged the U.S. Senate on Thursday to back a proposal that would end U.S. involvement in the war in Yemen. Yale Law School professor Bruce Ackerman, Nobel Peace Laureates Jody Williams and Tawakkol […]
Read MoreJust months after proclaiming to the American public that U.S. soldiers will completely withdraw from Syria “very soon,” President Donald Trump has reportedly agreed to a new strategy under which the more than 2,000 troops currently occupying the war-torn nation will remain “indefinitely.” “We have to force the United States to leave.” —Iranian President Hassan […]
Read MoreShe began cutting school on Fridays and simply sitting on the steps of the Swedish parliament. Her name was Greta Thunberg. She was 15 years old, with a mind of her own and a sign demanding a school strike against climate change. Her parents wanted her to go back to school, but Friday after Friday […]
Read MoreFair warning: You may need a tissue or two to watch this touching and delightful short film. Uploaded to YouTube on Monday by filmmakers Beth David and Esteban Bravo, In a Heartbeat is a charming tale of teenage love that has quickly gone viral. Click Here: habitat tord boontje The animated short, produced at Ringling College of Art […]
Read MoreOn Thursday afternoon, a van sped into large crowds in the famous Las Ramblas tourist area of Barcelona, Spain. At least 12 people have died and 80 have been hospitalized, according to Catalonia’s regional president as reported by the Associated Press. Police are reportedly treating the event as a terrorist attack. Catalonia is a region […]
Read MoreThe First Family is back in the nation’s capital after spending the weekend at Camp David. President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, as well as their 11-year-old son Barron, were joined by Ivanka, Jared, and their three young children on the South Lawn, as they made their way from Marine One to the White House […]
Read MoreSelena Gomez has seriously stepped up her street style game and, luckily for us, some of those show-stopping looks have been shoppable too. The singer stepped out at the Arclight theater in Hollywood to host a screening of Good Time on Saturday night, and she wore your new go-to movie night outfit in the process. […]
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