(From dpa) The moss-covered trees and the narrow trail in the distance disappear in the mists of a small waterfall and the setting is like from some Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Even more mysterious on this hike through the forests… Read More ›
The Devil’s Pleasure Palace, by Michael Walsh. Encounter Books, 2015. 222 pages. US $23.99 Western culture has been under attack by enemies within since the leveling collectivism of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Michael Walsh observes in The Devil’s Pleasure Palace. But something… Read More ›
(From AP/New York Times) Joysticks at their fingertips, the mostly male students packing the classroom lift their virtual helicopters into the air, part of a new cottage industry that’s sprung up in China: drone pilot schools. China is already the… Read More ›
(From Reuters) Syria’s main opposition group met U.N. mediator Staffan de Mistura for the first time on Sunday, but the talks ran straight into trouble after Islamic State bombers killed more than 60 people near the country’s holiest Shi’ite shrine…. Read More ›
(From PTI) Australia captain Shane Watson struck the second-highest Twenty20 international score ever but his 124 not out went in vain as a combined batting effort helped India score a thrilling last-ball victory to complete a 3-0 whitewash on Sunday…. Read More ›
(From Reuters) A son of former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa was arrested on Saturday under the country’s money laundering act and remanded in custody until Feb. 11, the police said. Several members of the Rakapaksa family are facing police… Read More ›
(From Kyodo) The United States urged Japan to consult with China prior to Tokyo’s 2012 purchase of the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea from a private owner, a declassified email forwarded to then U.S. Secretary of State… Read More ›
(From Reuters) One of China’s leading Christian pastors Gu Yuese is being probed for suspicion of embezzling funds, state-backed church authorities in Zhejiang province said, a move that comes after the pastor opposed a campaign to remove crosses from atop churches…. Read More ›
In a country where a woman is raped every 20 minutes, Smita Sharma has started a Kickstarter page to raise funds to educate Indians about sexual violence and to buy bicycles to empower women to go to school. Since 2014, she… Read More ›
(From agencies) NATO-member Turkey said another Russian warplane violated its airspace on Friday despite several warnings — two months after Turkey’s military shot down a Russian jet for crossing over its territory. Turkey’s foreign ministry said it summoned the Russian… Read More ›