They are buildings in which to teach and learn – but they can be magnificent too. Jonathan Glancey discusses some of the most stunning seats of learning. Nancie Atwell, American winner of the inaugural Global Teacher Prize, was in London in early November where she put across her simple, resonant message: children are...
Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Oleksandr Turchynov said that Ukraine is studying the use of Russian combat aircraft in Syria in order to be prepared to defend the state from Russian airstrikes. Turchynov noted in his interview with the Ukrainian TV Channel 5 that Ukraine is highly concerned...
Soccer bosses from across South and Central America were among 16 people charged on Thursday with multimillion-dollar bribery schemes for marketing and broadcast rights, in a dismantling of a Latin American soccer network by U.S. prosecutors, Reuters has reported. Court documents showed that the heads of the CONMEBOL and...
Sometimes touted as the origin of the phrase "son of a gun," the apocryphal tale of "the bullet through the balls" is a well-traveled legend, often reported by such infamous urban legend vectors as "Dear Abby," as in this example from her 6 November 1982 column: It seems that during the Civil...
The extremist group of Islamic State (ISIS) threw two Syrian men off the top of a building in Palmyra city in the central Syrian province of Homs, after accusing them of being a gay couple, local sources reported on Wednesday. A masked ISIS militant carried out the death sentence against the supposedly “gay...
People who fled the violence in Syria have made shocking claims, adding that children aged between one and nine are sold for $165 (£109). Sex slavery and human trafficking has been a typical method of raising revenue for ISIS. "They cut off heads and kidnapped girls and women and took them to Raqqa. What were the...
Ballerina Anastasia Volochkova eve celebrated the anniversary of his mother. Instagram is now full by family blonde mom and daughter pictures and funny videos. "Mom, thank you for everything !! ? For that gave birth to, raised, educated, led the theater to ballet and helped to realize my dream — to become a...
Rather than avert their gaze and allow the copulating couple their privacy, the lads shoot a flare to burst directly above the amorous duo's lovemaking. This is the moment a couple brazenly having sex in public were surprised — by a group of lads firing a flare. Rather than avert their gaze and allow the copulating...
Going for a walk in the wood, he did not even suspect that he wiill meet...
Arab Spring badly damage the tourist industry in Egypt. Until 2011, tourists visited the country of sands and pyramids annually by 15 million people. The revolution has helped to reduce the flow of tourists by almost a third. Now began to visit Egypt each year only 11 million people and the number is rapidly...
The mine at Cerro de Pasco, Peru, once funneled silver to the Spanish crown. Today, it’s consuming the town—and poisoning children with lead. CERRO DE PASCO, Peru—For a woman intent on moving an entire city, fifty-six-year old Congresswoman Gloria Ramos Prudencio, barely five feet tall, looks unassuming. Her...
RAF Tornado jets have carried out their first airstrikes against so-called Islamic State in Syria, the British Ministry of Defence has confirmed, according to the BBC. Four Tornados took off from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus shortly after British MPs voted to approve bombing, the BBC wrote. The strikes focused on six targets in an...