On the 17th of July, 2014, a commercial airliner chartered by Malaysian Airlines was shot down suddenly and inadvertently by an unknown operator from a Russian Buk mobile missile launch system. The missile was designed to intercept armored aircraft. The weapon exploded about 20 meters from its mistaken target, the commercial plane, and bombarded it… Read more »
Image courtesy of evrensel.net “In many cases, refugee families lacking financial resources send their children to work to ensure survival. In both Jordan and Lebanon, the researchers found children as young as seven years working long hours for little pay, sometimes in dangerous or exploitative conditions. In Za’atri refugee camp, Jordan, most of the 680… Read more »
In a sobering, yet alarming report delivered by the United Nations’ International Panel on Climate Change in March, the deleterious impacts caused by carbon emissions stood to produce far worse effects on our environment than were predicted. Whether we accept it or not, the fact is that our environment is changing rapidly. Already, climate change… Read more »