Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary, has become the second MP to host Ukrainian refugees, after he welcomed a three-generation family and their dog in his Hertfordshire home yesterday.
Documents compiled by a U.S.-based Syrian rights group reveal how Islamic State militants used one of their most powerful bureaucratic bodies to regulate daily life and impose and execute penalties. The Washington-based Syria Justice and Accountability Center said Thursday that the evidence — documents produced by IS itself — could help identify individuals responsible for […]
Why is it Washington State can legalize weed, but not sasquatch? It’s been keeping Tim Binnall up at night and, cathartically, he lays out the politics behind the delay better’n C-SPAN. No word if Pennsylvania will adopt a state cryptid anytime soon despite Lon Strickler’s reports of a ‘Bizarre ‘Black Being’ Encountered Near Pittsburgh. From […]
Why do some ghosts come back, but not others? Are some more equal than others? Daniel Defoe argued how there should be more ghosts but there aren’t, therefore ghosts don’t exist. From the other side of the aisle EsoterX respectfully disagrees, recommending bureaucratic reform to make our world even spookier. Not everyone comes back to […]
Writer and director David Twohy is best-known for his series of films about Riddick, Vin Diesel's intergalactic convict/antihero/badarse. Twohy still hasn't left that world behind yet, but he's also got a new sci-fi project without the character on his …
Pope Francis told members of the Vatican bureaucracy that reforms to make it more efficient and honest will move ahead “with firm resolve”, despite scandals that have rocked the Church. At the start of traditional Christmas greetings to the Curia, as …
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was attending a nursery school in al-Qaim on the Iraq-Syria border, with senior aides and dozens of men set to pledge allegiance to him.
Complicated bureaucracy is delaying the launch of Qatar Airways’ domestic operations in Saudi Arabia, and they are now expected to start in six to 18 months, the airline’s chief executive was quoted as …
Pope Francis has denounced the Vatican bureaucracy known as the Curia for being too caught up in jockeying for power while losing sight of its spiritual.
Pope Francis has unleashed a blistering critique of the Vatican bureaucracy — or Curia — criticizing its “illnesses” ranging from the “disease of feeling immortal” to vainglory and excessive planning. In his annual Christmas …
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