Dalai Lama “If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them. ”
Barack Obama “Those who stand up for justice are always on the right side of history.”
The small Australian town of Bundanoon has become the first place in the country, and possibly the world, to ban the sale of bottled water.
Residents of the town southwest of Sydney voted overwhelmingly in favour of the ban on Wednesday night.
Local businesses have agreed to stop selling bottled water and free water fountains will now be installed [...]
A few cups of coffee a day may be all that is needed to reverse the effects of Alzheimer’s disease, new research suggests.
They plan to follow up the initial results from animal experiments with human patient trials. Leading researcher, the US neuroscientist Gary Arendash said: “The new findings provide evidence that caffeine [...]
Over the next fortnight, I want to share my passion for a form of food that lends itself well to summer eating indoors and out, static and mobile. I’m talking tarts – savoury this week, sweet next – and I hope you’ll use the guiding principles to make up your own tarts.
First things first: pastry. [...]
A court in the Indian capital, Delhi, has ruled that homosexual intercourse between consenting adults is not a criminal act.
The ruling overturns a 148-year-old colonial law which describes a same-sex relationship as an “unnatural offence”.
Homosexual acts were punishable by a 10-year prison sentence.
Many people in India regard same-sex relationships as illegitimate. Rights groups have long [...]
The findings of international experts should make it easier to predict which women may need special care during pregnancy.
Women who have a miscarriage are more likely to give birth prematurely in their next pregnancy, doctors have found.
The findings of an international group of experts, to be presented at the annual conference today of the European [...]
Everybody knows the auto world has shifted. The trick is divining which brands have got the gumption to last.
Now, with President Obama’s new efficiency standards requiring a fleet-wide fuel economy average of 35.5 miles per gallon, automakers have their work cut out for them.
Domestic carmakers in particular are gearing up to battle forthcoming offerings from [...]
Global markets for cocaine, opiates and cannabis are steady or declining, the UN’s annual drug report says.
Opium cultivation in Afghanistan fell by 19% in 2008 while cocaine production in Colombia dropped 28%, it says.
Consumption of the drugs in major markets in Western countries is said to be stable or declining.
But the production and consumption of [...]
Troops willing to die to stop Iran unrest, general says
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Two U.S. soldiers killed, Afghan war heats up
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