AUGUST 29, 2019
An Iranian Revolutionary Guard gives directions to speedboats on the water during a ceremony to commemorate the 24th anniversary of the downing of Iran Air flight 655 by the US navy, at the port of Bandar Abbas on July 2, 2012. The plane was shot down by mistake over the Gulf by the US navy's guided missile...
AUGUST 29, 2019
Greta Thunberg sailed into New York Harbor on Wednesday afternoon aboard the Malizia II vessel. - Craig Ruttle/AP
Climate activist, 16, receives cheers as she steps off boat
Thunberg says: ‘Let’s not wait any longer. Let’s do it now’
Greta Thunberg tells Trump to 'listen to the science' as she arrives in New York - video
Greta Thunberg arrived...
AUGUST 28, 2019
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, JUNE ,5, 2004 - Parade in downtown Colorado Springs to honor the troops returning home from overseas service. Nathan Baca, 8, hopes to join the Pikes Peak chapter of The Young Marines at the end of the summer, and practices his salute during the parade. (Denver Post staff photo by Kathryn Scott Osler) (Photo...
AUGUST 28, 2019
As the ice melts at an alarming rate, the people of Greenland are experiencing first hand what the new climate reality will be
A heatwave is gripping The Arctic, melting away Greenland’s ice sheet on an unprecedented scale and threatening a global rise in sea levels – an urgent reminder of the climate crisis we are now...
AUGUST 28, 2019
Google announced that it will shut down its job application tracking system 'Google Hire'. Google Hire was launched just two years ago. Google had built Hire with former Alphabet board member, Diane Greene, who left the board earlier this year.
Google Hire will continue operating for another year before it is shut down on September 1, 2020. Till...
AUGUST 28, 2019
In yet another snub for Pakistan on Kashmir issue, Russia on Wednesday said that it was an internal matter and needs to be resolved bilaterally. Pakistan has been trying to garner international support on Kashmir, after a Presidential order scrapped the special status of the state and divided it into two union territories, but with limited success.
“This...
AUGUST 28, 2019
"A debit card is certainly and truly the worst financial tool ever given to the American consumer," says fraud expert Frank Abagnale.
Every year, millions of American consumers — nearly 7% of the population — are victims of scams and fraud. In 2017, the number of fraud victims in the US reached 16.7 million, with $16.8 billion...
AUGUST 28, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at Keene State College in Keene, N.H., Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Racism in America is an institutional "white man's problem visited on people of color," Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday, arguing that the way to attack the...
AUGUST 27, 2019
U.S. officials turned away a 17-year-old Palestinian incoming Harvard freshman last week after he was questioned about his friends' social media posts, according to the Harvard Crimson.
Harvard freshman deported after officials review friends' social media posts: Report The 17-year-old, a resident of Tyre, Lebanon, was deported about eight hours after arriving at Logan International Airport in Boston...
AUGUST 27, 2019
Amazon Tribal Chief, Ajareaty Waiapi builds a bonfire outside her home in Kwapo'ywyry village.
Deep in the heart of the Amazon, Ajareaty Waiapi performs one of her tribe's most traditional rituals. The tribal chief crushes blood red urucum seeds into a thick paste and generously applies it to her face, bare chest and torso. The mixture protects her...
