Celebrity pot wars: which stars are the real high flyers?
Some stars have come out in favour of weed being legalised in America. For others, the whole issue is a drag…...
View ArticleGoodman students set to show school spirit at JDCC (Brock University)
(Source: Brock University) Co-captains Dayna Stephenson and James Fioretti will lead a team of 47 students selected to represent the Goodman School of Business at the JDC Central (JDCC) 2016...
View ArticleIsrael bans Islamist group over Jerusalem mosque clashes
Israel banned the radical wing of the country's main Islamist organisation Tuesday, accusing it of having instigated violence at a sensitive Jerusalem holy site that sparked weeks of Palestinian...
View ArticleAs Working Groups Present Reports, Legal Committee Chair Disappointed...
(Source: United Nations General Assembly) Observer Status for Union for Mediterranean Approved Without Vote Prior to approving without a vote the request for Observer status in the General Assembly for...
View ArticleStudent Leadership Awards (University of Cape Town)
(Source: University of Cape Town) Student Leadership Awards 25 November 2015 UCT raised a glass to some its most accomplished young role models at the annual Student Leadership Awards, held in...
View ArticleFormer Mexican president says country will legalise all drugs within a decade
All drugs including cocaine, heroin and crystal meth will be legal in Mexico within 10 years, said the country’s former president Vicente Fox, after a court ruling that he said makes the legalisation...
View ArticleMedical marijuana should be held to same standard as other drugs, UB...
(Source: University at Buffalo, State University of New York) BUFFALO, N.Y. - When medical marijuana dispensaries in Oregon opened their doors to sell to anyone who is 21 years or older last month, the...
View Article‘Education for evolving consciousness needed’
The old paradigm of education converting knowledge into insight holds true even in the new age, more so ever now, Vijay E. M., human resource consultant and corporate trainer, has said. Speaking at the...
View ArticleSpeakers Cite ‘Disturbing Evidence’ of Human Rights Violations as Fourth...
(Source: UN - United Nations) As Delegations Decry Settler Violence, Unjust Detentions, Israel's Representative Voices Regret over Focus on 'One-sided' Report of Special Committee Disturbing evidence...
View ArticleThe US university making students the masters of marijuana
Jean Kennedy has degrees in biology and a Master’s in special education. Now, she’s trying to decide what to do with her third degree: a certificate of achievement from...
View ArticleStudents, drugs and rock and roll: Chinese students held for taking drugs...
Chinese police raided a music school in Beijing on Wednesday night, taking away dozens of students after they allegedly failed urine tests for drugs, news portal Sohu reported. A verified Weibo account...
View ArticleVote Required in General Assembly for Adoption of Resolution on International...
(Source: United Nations General Assembly) The General Assembly today adopted, by a recorded vote of 99 in favour to none against, with 10 abstentions (Bolivia, Chad, Cuba, Nicaragua, Russian...
View ArticleFourth Committee Approves Texts Relating to Gibraltar, Special Political...
(Source: United Nations General Assembly) Unanimously approving a draft resolution on special political missions today, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) also concluded its...
View ArticleOU’s Model UN team takes first place at international conference (Oakland...
(Source: Oakland University) For the second time in three years, Oakland University's Model United Nations team took first place at the Lake Erie International Model UN Conference. More than 200...
View ArticleJunior Visiting Qatar as Part of Exchange and Fellowship Program (Mercer...
(Source: Mercer University) Alayna Williams MACON - Mercer University junior Alayna Williams is one of 10 students from American universities visiting Doha, Qatar, Nov. 27-Dec. 4, as part of an...
View ArticleThe GOP and Benjamin Netanyahu
In last week's effort to beguile America, Benjamin Netanyahu eschewed confrontation in favor of exhuming convenient pieties regarding peace with the Palestinians. But such gauzy emollients cannot...
View ArticleHillary Clinton's Pot Proposal Is Popular, But It Probably Won't Help Her Win
WASHINGTON -- Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's proposal this month to loosen restrictions on marijuana and spur more research into the drug’s medicinal benefits wasn't especially...
View ArticleIU Southeast students win top awards at model United Nations conference...
(Source: Indiana University Southeast) By Steven Krolak It's one thing to have opinions about the war in Syria or Chinese expansion. But what if you sat on the United Nations Security Council as the...
View ArticleThree-day Model United Nations begins
A gala event marked the beginning of Model United Nations (MUN) organised by Meridian School, providing an opportunity for...
View ArticleExpulsion of Jews from Arab countries marked at United Nations in New York...
(Source: World Jewish Congress) For the third year in a row, the World Jewish Congress (WJC) on Tuesday co-sponsored an event at the United Nations in New York, organized by Israel's Permanent Mission...
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