With a week to go until Election Day, emotions are running high on both sides of the aisle. And on Monday night, those emotions boiled over into public view on CNN’s NewsNight with Abby Phillip when conservative commentator Ryan Girdusky made a bigoted remark to fellow panelist, Mehdi Hasan. Phillip immediately took point on lowering…
The tongue stands as a representative of our intellect. Although small, it is so powerful to the extent that it can do and undo, it can bring about happiness and sadness, peace and destructions. Imam al Ghazali has a great advice for you on the dangers of the tongue. Check out how to guard your…
Converted at the Dinner Table We bow our heads dutifully. A few words are said calmly. We are ready to start eating. Someone has to say those words, more so the young ones who are forced to stick the vowels, the coma, and the full stop into their innocent heads. It became ingrained in my…
Bodies have been recovered after torrential rain caused flash floods in south-eastern Spain, the leader of the Valencia region says. “Dead bodies have been found, but out of respect for the families, we are not going to provide any further data,” Carlos Mazon told reporters. Spain has been hit by torrential rain and hailstorms, triggering…
Helen Tipper Axel Rudakubana – pictured in a court drawing from August – is due to appear in court again on Wednesday The most senior figures in government first became aware of the possibility of new charges against the suspect in the Southport murders in the past few weeks, the BBC has been told. A…
Phoenix — Inside a secure facility with armed guards in Phoenix, Arizona, the sound of democracy reverberates as ballots are printed, sorted, stuffed and shipped. The Runbeck Election Services facility near the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport will print about 35 million ballots for counties in eight states for the November election, including Arizona, Nevada,…
BBC Nyakuma and her husband Sunday, who live in a village in South Sudan, struggle to find food due to drought The area of land surface affected by drought has trebled since the 1980s, a new report into the effects of climate change has revealed. Forty-eight per cent of the Earth’s land surface had at…
BBC Nadim Gemayel has organised a neighbourhood watch in Lebanon The sound of war is loud at night in Beirut’s eastern Achrafieh neighbourhood. Residents can hear Israeli air strikes hitting the Lebanese capital’s southern suburbs, known as Dahieh. Some can even see the explosions lighting up the sky from their balconies. However, on the streets…
NEW YORK: The Nasdaq scored a record closing high and the S&P 500 rose on Tuesday, while the Dow fell as investors digested a host of corporate earnings and awaited Google-parent Alphabet’s results that came after the market close. Alphabet, one of the so-called “Magnificent Seven” megacap technology stocks, reported quarterly revenue that beat estimates….
Teaching your child, training your employees, speaking to a crowd, or doing a simple vlog all require the ability to present your ideas and thoughts clearly and memorably. Public speaking and presentation skills are necessary whether you are addressing a live crowd or a virtual one. Public Speaking skills hold a key role in getting…
