Galileo Galilei (Image: Wikipedia) People often assume old quotes survive because they sound wise. Sometimes they survive because they sound uncomfortably accurate.The quote: “There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly” by Galileo Galilei feels like one of those lines.It does not sound poetic. It is not…
Donald Trump departing from China (Image/AP) US staff and members of the travelling press accompanying President Donald Trump reportedly dumped all materials handed out by Chinese officials before boarding Air Force One on Friday.The move came as Trump concluded his high-profile two-day visit to Beijing after meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping.According to the White…
Carla Nelson ends legislative career after years of service in Minnesota Senate Minnesota State Senator Carla Nelson has declared that she will retire and leave the Minnesota Senate when her current term comes to an end. Since being elected to represent the state in 2010, Nelson has been serving communities in both Olmsted and Dodge…
50 Green Card holders in the US have been identified for deportation. At a time when 11 million immigration applications are pending with the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Donald Trump administration announced earlier that it would take time to go back on older Green Card cases and find out if any undeserving people…
Quote of the day by Michelle Obama Some quotes become popular for a few weeks and then quietly disappear. Others somehow stay around for years because people keep finding new situations where the words still fit. Michelle Obama’s famous line about “going high” feels like one of those quotes that refuses to fade away. Even…
Meningitis outbreak in Berkshire causes panic in three schools There have been reports that two Berkshire schools have been linked to an outbreak of meningitis that caused the death of one student at Henley College. The students who are undergoing treatment are attending Reading Blue Coat School and Highdown Secondary School and Sixth Form Centre,…
FBI said it’s still searching for Monica Witt who spied for Iran and fled to Iran in 2013. The FBI reinforced its search for Monica Witt who is wanted in the US for allegedly spying for Iran, using her post as a US Air Force officer, before fleeing to Iran. “The FBI has not forgotten…
Polish Member of the European Parliament Dominik Tarczynski has threatened legal action against UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer after the British leader accused organisers of a controversial London rally of promoting “hatred and division”.The dispute erupted ahead of the “Unite the Kingdom” march in London, an event linked to anti-immigration activist Tommy Robinson and expected…
The United Arab Emirates unsuccessfully tried to persuade Gulf nations including Saudi Arabia and Qatar to join a coordinated military response against Iran following Tehran’s large-scale attacks on Gulf states earlier this year, Bloomberg reported citing people familiar with the matter.UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan reportedly held a series of calls with regional…
Trump says admitting 500,000 good Chinese students is beneficial for the US. US President Donald Trump spoke about accepting 500,000 Chinese students in the US at a time when his administration has cracked the whip on even legal immigration, and said it’s a very insulting thing to say to a country that “I don’t want…