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A series of photos by Aubrey Wade, backed by UNHCR, highlights how UK households have discovered that offering a room to a refugee can benefit both parties. Opening one’s home — and life — to someone who has been forced to flee their own country is not a decision to be taken lightly. But, as a new photographic exhibition on refugee-hosting in Britain demonstrates, it can bring real benefits to both parties. Offering a room to a refugee can help them find their feet and better integrate in their new country, a process that can prove alienating and confusing. And for those wanting to do their part for the refugee crisis, it is a tangible, meaningful and potentially life-changing gesture. Often, bonds are forged that stand the test of time. “ The most lovely, surprising thing that happened is that we became friends, ” Emily Reynolds, 28, said of her experience in London hosting ”sassy” Areej, a refugee who fled Sudan needing international protection. Thi

While the top Pentagon brass assert their commitment to the use of diplomacy to stop the threat of a nuclear confrontation with North Korea, military rank and file are quietly taking steps to prepare for the unthinkable. As US Secretary of Defense James Mattis and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson avow that the US is — according to Tillerson — "ready to talk anytime" to end the threat of nuclear war with the increasingly isolated People's Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK), an uptick in mock battle drills and logistical exercises mimicking a full scale land-based war are taking place on American soil. Recent large-scale training exercises, while referred to (if noted at all) by Pentagon spokespersons as standard Defense Department operations are increasing in size and frequency, according to the New York Times, indicating a move to readiness — albeit more quietly — not seen since the ramp-up to the 2003 US invasion of Iraq. Pentagon remar

Artificial Intelligence is a frighteningly powerful new tool — and weapon. Who and what will it serve? In the U.S., tech giants Facebook, Google, and Amazon and their corporate agendas; in China, the needs of the public and the economy. These two models should be thought through now. by Jim Carey Part 3 - Tech Giants’ symbiotic relationship with the U.S. Deep State These three tech giants sometimes complain that they don’t work in a healthy business climate in nations like China, where Facebook has been banned for not complying with government regulations, but these factors don’t seem to bother them when it comes to operating in the United States. Facebook, for example, has become a focal point of the hysteria in the U.S. media surrounding “Russian interference” in the 2016 election. Following congressional hearings, Mark Zuckerberg apparently decided that changes were needed at Facebook, saying in a post on his social media platform that “ the world feels anxio

Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr., January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using the tactics of nonviolence and civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs and inspired by the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi. King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957, serving as its first president. With the SCLC, he led an unsuccessful 1962 struggle against segregation in Albany, Georgia, and helped organize the nonviolent 1963 protests in Birmingham, Alabama. He also helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. On October 14, 1964, King received the Nobel Peace Prize for c

Δεν μπορεί να είναι τυχαίο ότι ο Εμανουέλ Μακρόν έχει ίσια και κατάλευκα δόντια, έγραφαν πριν από ενάμιση χρόνο οι Φαϊνάνσιαλ Τάιμς, ενώ ταυτόχρονα συμβούλευαν τον Τζέρεμι Κόρμπιν να κάνει μια ελαφρά… λεύκανση. Για τους αγγλοσάξονες συντάκτες της εφημερίδας, τα λαμπερά δόντια αποτελούσαν ένα σημάδι κύρους και ευμάρειας που κάθε ηγέτης και επιχειρηματίας πρέπει να διαθέτει. Τι γίνεται όμως αν κάποιος κοιτάξει στα δόντια (κυριολεκτικά) τους ανθρώπους που ζουν στις μητροπόλεις του σύγχρονου καπιταλισμού; Πρόσφατες έρευνες στις ΗΠΑ απέδειξαν ότι τα χαλασμένα δόντια αποτελούν την βασικότερη μακροχρόνια ασθένεια στη χώρα, καθώς τουλάχιστον 100 εκατομμύρια πολίτες δεν έχουν πρόσβαση σε κανενός είδους ιδιωτικό ή δημόσιο πρόγραμμα οδοντιατρικής περίθαλψης. Η τραγική κατάσταση που βιώνουν εκατομμύρια άνθρωποι έφτασε να απασχολήσει και την πρόσφατη περιοδεία εμπειρογνωμόνων του ΟΗΕ για την ακραία φτώχεια στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες. Λίγα σημεία του ανθρώπινου σώματος μπ