Tag: Journalism

  • Why I sued President Trump over the travel ban

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    I’ve always embraced my American identity. At 8 years old, I came home from school crying. I had found out that I could never be president of the United States. Because not only am I an American, I am also an Iranian. Now, as a fully grown woman, I still sometimes come home crying. My […]

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  • Britain’s Prince William and Kate return home with newborn son

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    Britain’s Prince William accompanied his wife Kate as she left hospital Monday evening after giving birth to a baby boy, the couple’s third child who is fifth in line to the British throne. The boy, weighing eight pounds and seven ounces (3.8 kilogrammes), was born at 11:01 am (1001 GMT) with William, the Duke of […]

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  • NASA taking help from students to decide which plants to grow in space: Here’s how

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    NASA has partnered with The Fairchild Challenge — an annual standards-based environmental outreach programme which reaches more than 125,000 students annually — to help determine which edible plants might be suitable for growth in microgravity aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in the Veggie growth chamber. Not only scientists with advanced degrees but students are also […]

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  • Amazon Has a Top-Secret Plan to Build Home Robots

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    Ten years ago, Amazon introduced the Kindle and established the appeal of reading on a digital device. Four years ago, Jeff Bezos and company rolled out the Echo, prompting millions of people to start talking to a computer.  The retail and cloud computing giant has embarked on an ambitious, top-secret plan to build a domestic robot, according […]

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  • What Is A ‘Fair’ Price For Oil?

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    Last week, oil prices hit their highest level since late 2014 on the back of continued global and U.S. stockpile drawdowns and expectations that oil demand growth will stay strong this year. Analysts and officials are once again trying to predict what a ‘fair’ price for oil is – a prediction that must take into […]

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  • Bitcoin hits its highest levels in over a month as crypto markets rebound

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    The price of bitcoin was up more than 4% Tuesday, as high as $9,350 per coin, continuing a streak of gains that have pushed the world’s largest cryptocurrency to its highest price since mid-March. Most cryptocurrencies saw a slight decline ahead of the US deadline for filing income taxes, which was predicted by both cryptocurrency investors as well as […]

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  • Syria: western nations seek to bypass Russian veto at UN

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    Idea is to refer chemical weapons issue to UN general assembly, where Russia’s security council veto would not apply. Western nations want to end the months-long paralysis at the United Nations over Syria by referring the issue of chemical weapons use to the entire UN general assembly, where Russia’s security council veto would not apply. The idea […]

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  • Daily horoscope for Tuesday 24 April

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    Aries Daily Horoscope for Today 24 April 2018: Aries on April 24th will forget about the promise given long ago to their elderly relatives. Nothing terrible will happen, but your parents will call today’s incident a real tragedy. Do not try to explain anything to them, because they will not hear your words. Give your […]

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  • Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross and GT-PHEV Scoop Prestigious GOOD DESIGN™ Awards

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    TOKYO-Two of Mitsubishi Motors’ latest creations – the Eclipse Cross CUV and the GT-PHEV Concept – have received GOOD DESIGN™* awards from experts at The Chicago Athenaeum. The awards are an indication of the success of Mitsubishi Motors’ design renaissance, which include the face-lift for the Outlander, a string of acclaimed concept cars, and the all-new […]

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  • Community to celebrate Asian-American, Pacific Islander culture at May 17 event

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    FORT LEE, Va. — The community is invited to an Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month observance set for May 17 at the Lee Theater. Admission is free and the event is open to the public. Under the theme of “Unite Our Vision by Working Together,” the free event will be held from 11:30 a.m. […]

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