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David S. Livingstone As an Australian citizen who has lived, worked and visited the U.S.A. since 1972, I have had the opportunity to compare everyday life in both countries so here are my perceptions of the cultural differences: 1. Language…

I think life is like a roller coaster. One minute you are travelling slowly along a straight, level track, constant in speed and stable in structure. But then you start to climb up a steep gradient, higher and higher you…

PM Oli has much to deliver BY BIHARI KRISHNA SHRESTHA In 2015, a Washington think tank, New America, published the findings of two democracy researchers, Roberto Foa and Yascha Mounk, who said, “The United States is not the only country…

As we gaze out over the beginning of another year, I was reminded of a poem I had heard called at the gate of the year. It was written by Minnie Louise Haskins, a British poet and an academic in…

Maybe some of you saw a flash travelling across the sky on Tuesday night Wednesday morning, and you are wondering what it might have been. Tuesday night was Christmas Eve when Santa and his reindeer were travelling across the world…

Throughout the Christian world one plant has been closely associated with Christmas for the past 150 years and that’s the poinsettia plant. Even though it isn’t native to Europe or North America as they are native to Central America, especially…

Man has been created in the image of God with the wonderful ability to think, consider and reason. People can look at puzzles and work them out. This also allows them to know whether what they do is good or…

57 years ago, on the 3rd December 1967 the first human-to-human heart transplant was preformed by Dr Christiaan Barnard. Barnard was born in 1922 and qualified in medicine at the University of Cape Town in 1946. Following surgical training in…

Where would we be without languages? It is the means of communication one with another. A dog barks, the birds sing but man has a unique ability to speak. The Bible tells us that when God created Adam and Eve,…

This is a story of an incredibly brave and courageous lady. She was born Nora Inayat-Khan 1st January 1014 in Moscow. Her father was Inayat Khan, born in Bombay Presidency, India. Her mother was Ora Ray Baker, an American from…