Source: 12019 at Pixabay, Creative Commons During the civil war in Syria, veterinary surgeon Amir Khalil from the charity organization Four Paws International travelled to Aleppo to rescue surviving zoo animals. Before the war began, the zoo was home to around 300...
Source: liborius at Flickr, some rights reserved Under the ivy-covered walls of many universities lies a disturbing phenomenon: homelessness. Many find it incomprehensible that homelessness would exist in these spaces, but it does. A study by Michael Sulkowski shows...
Source: James Sutton, creative commons On occasion, we hear of extreme cases of child abuse, making family names like the Turpins infamous. The 13 Turpin children were held captive in their house, where they were limited to only one meal a day and one shower a year....
Source: Cristina Jiménez Ledesma at Flickr, some rights reserved In a busy, urban community church, Reverend John Tahir, a parish minister, enjoys many moments helping and advising members of his congregation. One of his more meaningful responsibilities is...
Source: Feature: skeeze at Pixabay, Creative Commons They had known each other well enough in the early days of medical school, when they were students studying well into the night. After graduation, they went their separate ways, each assuming the other was doing...
Source: Free-Photos at Pixabay, Creative Commons During the summer of 2017, Adrian and his partner, Kayla, ventured out to explore the dense forest in a remote area of south-eastern Canada where they were vacationing. Hiking on a trail that took them deep into the...
