Source: independent.co.ukIsishas killed at least 128 people in aSyriantown deep insideregime-heldterritory, a human rights monitor has said.Government forces managed to retake Al-Qaryatayn over the weekend, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) confirmed on Monday.Rumours of execution-style killings of captured soldiers or civilians suspected of links to the government had not previously been verified.Al-Qaryatayn, some 300 kilometres (190 miles) from one of Isis’s strongholds of Deir

Source: nydailynewsA picture is worth a thousand words.Former Governor of Puerto Rico Alejandro García Padilla took a jab at President Trump on Twitter following comments the President made about the United States' relief efforts on the island.Padilla questioned Trump's rating of hisperformaceas a 10, showing a group of surgeons operating on a patient using only light from their cell phones and flashlights more than one month after Hurricane Maria.This is what POTUS calls a 10! Surgery

Source: goodnewsnetwork.orgA note that Albert Einstein gave to a courier in Tokyo, briefly describing his theory on happy living, has surfaced after 95 years and is up for auction in Jerusalem.The year was 1922, and the German-born physicist, most famous for his theory of relativity, was on a lecture tour in Japan.He had recently been informed that he was to receive the Nobel Prize for physics, and his fame outside of scientific circles was growing.A Japanese courier arrived at the Imperial Hote

Source: npr.comStephen Hawking's doctoral thesis,Properties of Expanding Universes,has crashed Cambridge University's open-access repository on the first day the document was posted online.By late Monday local time, the thesis had been viewed more than 60,000 times, says Stuart Roberts, deputy head of research communications at Cambridge. He added, Other popular theses might have 100 views per month.The acknowledgements page of Stephen Hawking's doctoral thesis includes his certifica

Source: forbes.comToday, 13 original Xbox games will be available to play on the Xbox One via the system's ever-growing backwards compatibility list.Thesearen't remasters, but according to Microsoft the games will look and run better on the Xbox One and Xbox One S. Performance will be even better on the Xbox One X which launches in November.The games will have up to 4 times the pixel count on Xbox One and Xbox One S, and up to 16 times the pixel count on the Xbox One X according to Micro

Source: coventrytelegraph.netArmed police stormed a bowling alley in Nuneaton, England, to rescue two workers who were being held hostage by a man allegedly wielding a sawn-off shotgun.Thefour hourstand-off at the MFA bowling alley at Bermuda Park in Nuneaton was brought to a dramatic end shortly after 6.30pm when a series of loud bangs could be heard.Thomas Hitchens, a fast food manager from Nuneaton, was bowling with his family - a party of 12 - when he saw people around him starting to run.Ev

Source: bbc.comThe World Health Organization has revoked the appointment of Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador following a widespread outcry.I have listened carefully to all who have expressed their concerns,WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus saidin a statement.He had previously praised Zimbabwe for its commitment to public health.But critics pointed out that Zimbabwe's healthcare system had collapsed in recent years.During the first 20 years of his 37-year rule, Mr Mugab

Source: independent.co.ukNew Zealand’s new prime ministerrenounced her faith when she was in her twentiesin favour of equal rights forLGBTpeople.Pledging to be a progressive leader, after forming a government earlier this week,Jacinda Ardern, who at 37 will be theworld’s youngest female leader, said shewouldbuild a “fairer, better” version of her country.“We aspire to be a government for all New Zealanders and one that will seize the opportunity to build a fairer, better New Zealand,” she

Source: washingtonpost.comFormer Fox News host Bill O’Reilly secretly settled a sexual harassment allegation with a network contributor for $32 million — the largest, by far, of six such agreements that eventually toppled the outspoken commentator, according to a new report.The New York Timessaid Bill O’Reilly agreed to the settlement in January with Lis Wiehl, a longtime legal analyst at Fox who had worked with O’Reilly and had once offered him legal advice.Despite knowledge of a settlement

Source; abc.go.comPresident Trumpsaid he will allow the release of long-classified CIA andFBIdocuments about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy subject to further information.A White House official said later that the release of the files could be held up if national security or law enforcement agencies believe that is necessary.The president believes that these documents should be made available in the interests of full transparency unless agencies provide a compelling and clear nat