Hundreds of Twitter accounts, including media outlets, celebrities, international aid organisations and political entities, appear to be hacked by a group supporting the Turkish government. The tweets from alleged hackers include a swastika, as well as the hashtags ‘Nazialmanya’ (NaziGermany) and ‘Nazihollanda’ (NaziHolland), which refers to the increasing diplomatic tensions between[Read More…]
Companies in the European Union can ban “the visible wearing of any political, philosophical or religious sign” as it does “not constitute direct discrimination,” the European Union’s top law court ruled on Tuesday. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) said it does not constitute “direct discrimination” if a firm has[Read More…]
Researchers in Germany have finally unveiled the secret behind Mona Lisa’s enigmatic facial expression. According to a recent study by University of Freiburg, the figure in Leonardo da Vinci’s 16th-century portrait is unequivocally happy. Twelve participants were shown nine black and white photos of the Mona Lisa, eight of which[Read More…]
American rapper Snoop Dogg’s latest politically charged music video discusses police brutality, travel ban and all other issue ‘Trumpland’ is facing now. In the video, a character named Ronald Clump gets shot with a prank gun. With his long, bright red tie and orange makeup, Ronald Clump is a stand-in[Read More…]
Barack and Michelle Obama’s upcoming book is to be a global event. As per reports, the Penguin Random House announced on Monday that it has lined up publishers from Ireland to South Africa for the two books, to be released by the Crown imprint in the US and Canada. Titles and[Read More…]
German police said on Sunday they put an end to their major operation which was launched after they received information of a potential threat of an attack in the south-western town of Offenburg on Saturday night. Officers stepped up security in the town centre and on public transport and police[Read More…]
At least 33 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a twin bombing in Syria’s capital, Damascus, Syrian state news agency SANA has reported. Two explosive devices went off near Bab al-Saghir cemetery in Damascus’ Bab Mousalla area, the city’s Police Command was quoted by SANA news[Read More…]
Almost a decade after it was believed missing, India’s first lunar spacecraft – Chandrayaan-1, has been “re-discovered” by Nasa’s ground-based radars – the American space agency declared on Friday. Chandrayaan-1, was launched on October 22, 2008 and was credited with the first discovery of water on the moon on November[Read More…]
Pakistan’s Parliament has passed the landmark bill to regulate marriages of minority Hindus in the country. The law was passed after a lengthy process of enactment. It is the first comprehensive personal law applicable for the Hindu community in the country and covers marriage, registration of marriage, separation and remarriage. The[Read More…]
Starbucks’s customers seem to be offended by Starbucks Chief Executive Howard Schultz’s declaration, promising to employ thousands of refugees, post President Donald Trump’s first executive order that temporarily banned travel from seven mostly-Muslim nations. Schultz in a letter to employees said the promise of the American Dream was “being called into[Read More…]
Two men shot dead two people and seriously injured a third on Thursday at a cafe in Basel, north-west Switzerland, said police as they hunt for suspects. “Two men came into Cafe 56” around 8.15 pm local time (1915 GMT) “and fired several rounds of shots,” police said in a[Read More…]
Iceland became the first country in the world to force companies to pay equal wages to all employees irrespective of gender, ethnicity, sexuality or nationality. On International Women’s Day, Iceland government announced a new law that will require every company with 25 or more staff to gain a certificate demonstrating[Read More…]