The French protests that are spreading over Europe are not receiving proper attention. The explanation that students all over France, with the disturbances spreading into Italy and Belgium, are burning down historic
Dr. King touched all the themes of the day, only better than anybody else. He was full of the symbolism of Lincoln and Gandhi, and the cadences of the Bible. He was
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Despite all the lunacy of the last century, all the absurdity of war and genocide, we believe that human beings are rational and are made to seek the truth.~ Timothy Radcliffe Prolegomena
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“It’s not given to people to judge what’s right or wrong. People have eternally been mistaken and will be mistaken, and in nothing more than in what they consider right and wrong.”
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I meant what I said and said what I meant: an elephant is faithful one hundred percent. ~ Dr. Seuss World Elephant Day falls on 12 August each year. Elephants, like the
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“If you had been here on that day and at that hour, if you had seen the hell that opened up on Earth before our eyes, if you had even a glimpse
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Show respect to all people, but grovel to none…Tecumseh Introduction On 9 August each year, the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is observed globally, a day designated by the United
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Artificial intelligence is the future, but we must ensure it is the future that we want. ~ Tim Cook On the twelfth day of June 2025, Air India Flight AI 171, a
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Each year, the first week of August is observed across the globe as World Breastfeeding Week, a gentle reminder of a truth known to humankind long before the formulation of public policy
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The seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time this year coincided with a day of profound symbolism: the twenty-seventh of July, which the international community has dedicated to grandparents and the elderly. In a
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I was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in a modest suburb called Dematagoda, a town whose rhythms, smells, and voices are etched in the deepest grooves of my memory. There was nothing
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“A person stands a better chance of being tried and judged for killing one human being than for killing 100,000.” ~ José Ayala Lasso, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
More INTRODUCTION The preliminary report on the Air India Flight AI 171 accident presents an account that is as haunting as it is complex. The sequence of mechanical events—interrupted engine thrust, fuel cutoff,
More Mayday…Mayday…Mayday…No Power…No Thrust…Going Down ~ Final words of Captain on AI Flight 171 Introduction The Preliminary Report on the accident of Air India Flight 171 was released on Friday, 11 July 2025.
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The collapse of good conscience and the absence of accountability and public scrutiny have led to crimes against humanity and violations of international law. ~ Nelson Mandela International law? I better call
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Where is everybody? ~ Enrico Fermi Are We Alone? The phenomenon of World UFO Day, observed on both the 24th of June and the 2nd of July each year, stands as a
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