Police Station in Matagalpa, Nicaragua. Wikimedia Commons. Officials from Nicaragua’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently granted political asylum to controversial Guatemalan businessman and political broker Gustavo Herrera Castillo, La Prensa reported on August 22. Guatemala’s Attorney General’s Office and the United Nations-backed International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) have for years been investigating Herrera for his alleged role in a multimillion-dollar…

If the Robert Mueller investigation into Donald Trump and associates were a TV show, critics would pan it for being too far-fetched.  On Monday, April 17, Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, appeared in federal court for a hearing in connection with documents seized during an FBI raid on his office, home, and hotel room. While it…

After weeks of staring at the calendar and trying to ignore the late August date circled aggressively in red, Clara grabbed her keys and jumped in the car. Here, now, in the middle of the grocery store, she was finally taking action. Clara knew that staying on task was what would save her. She clutched…

Shutterstock/Montebasso. All rights reserved.While the World Health Organisation warns of major measles outbreaks spreading across Europe, vaccination has stepped into national and EU political debate as a major health issue. Looking at the 2018 Italian general election, some candidates scrambled to deliver a clear position on this matter. Adopted last summer, a new Italian law on vaccines introduced 10 mandatory…

Twelve-year-old journalist Hilde Lysiak is a reporter and the founder of the Orange Street News. She gained national attention at the age of nine after being the first reporter on the scene at a murder in her neighborhood and beating her local paper to the scoop. Lysiak, the youngest member of the National Society of Professional Journalists, is…

Written in 1959 by C.S. Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) of The Chronicles of Narnia fame, “Screwtape Proposes a Toast” is a follow-up to his very popular Screwtape Letters. It is among the most creative pieces of fiction in the last century. Screwtape is a demon who schemes to bring more souls…

Click:NBA直播live November 11, 2018, Warsaw – celebrants of National Independence Day centenary marching with a banner of Polish national symbol. Attila Husejnow/ Press Association. All rights reserved. Some weeks ago, an articleby Aleksandar Hemon instigated an interesting debate about the merit of ceasing all ties with those who consider themselves nationalists, equating them with fascists. However,…

Say goodbye the equality of the internet.   On June 11, the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of net neutrality regulations went into effect.  Previously, internet service providers (ISPs) were required to offer equal access to all web content. Now, ISPs are allowed to block websites or charge for higher-quality service or specific content. They can also push consumers…

“Of course, it’s different for underwear,” the professor said as she hobbled around the desk. “If you happen to be confronted by your assailant while you are dressed only in your nightclothes — which happens more often than you would think …” and she paused a moment there, a wistful gleam in her eye. “Anyway,…

A rural temple in South India, painted stone as deity. If you hear the rising roar of faith, it is election-time in India. Belief in God is stronger than any political belief. Faith rushes to fill ideological vacuum and goes on to cleanse politics of its residual ideological content.   Religious fervour, injected into a…