German chancellor Angela Merkel revealed her plans to push forward for faster deportation of failed asylum seekers. Merkel, who stood for an open-border policy, took the U-turn in the light of the Berlin Christmas attack, in which the deportation of the Tunisian terrorist was delayed due to slow processing of[Read More…]
Nike launched a star-studded short film titled “Equality,” featuring Nike-sponsored athletes LeBron James, Serena Williams, Kevin Durant, Gabby Douglas, among others. The new campaign “amplifying their voices in an effort to uplift, open eyes and bring the positive values that sport can represent into wider focus,” said the company. Actor[Read More…]
At least 130,000 people living below the tallest dam in the United States have been asked to evacuate as a spillway appeared in danger of imminent collapse, Sky News reported. The California Department of Water Resources said Monday on Facebook that the spillway of California’s Oroville Dam was “predicted to[Read More…]
The 59th Annual Grammy Awards was a star-studded affair at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles. But, the star of the night was Adele who won as many as five awards. While the top three honors including, Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Song of the Year,[Read More…]
Yoga instructor Steph Gongora took to Instagram with a bold move intended to break the stereotypes around menstrual blood. Steph Gongora , dressed in white clothes, posted a video of herself doing different yoga postures that revealed a red stain from her period. The video was posted six days ago[Read More…]
Manchester United became the first club to reach 2,000 points in the Premier League after registering their 16th successive win in the league against Watford at Old Trafford on Saturday. .@BlindDaley is convinced #MUFC will finish in the @PremierLeague’s top four: https://t.co/7mqi8IHJds pic.twitter.com/Agguelf2LN — Manchester United (@ManUtd) February 12, 2017[Read More…]
North Korea on Sunday reportedly test fired a ballistic missile from North Pyongan province in what would be its first such test of the year and an implicit challenge to US President Donald Trump’s new administration. South Korea, Japan and USA condemned the missile launch. USA and Japan held a[Read More…]
There is a probability of an El Nino-like condition around September — the last month of monsoon this year. The India Meteorological Department’s latest El Nino/La Nina update suggests that such a condition could be possible during the transition season during the end of Monsoon this year. However it has also said[Read More…]
Soon after an undocumented mother was deported back to her home country, the Mexican government is asking its citizens to be aware and precautions in the United States. It’s asking citizen to “take precautions” amid the “new reality” in the United States. Undocumented mother, Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos was sent[Read More…]
On Friday, 17 football fans lost their lives and 56 severely injured themselves in a tragic stampede at a stadium in northern Angola. The incident was witnessed at a match in the town of Uige between Santa Rita de Cassia and Recreativo de Libolo in Angola’s domestic league season. A[Read More…]
The legal fight over President Donald Trump’s executive order banning the travelers from seven Muslim-majority is on hold after the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals declined to block a lower-court ruling that suspended the ban, allowing previously barred travelers to continue coming to the United States. The three federal[Read More…]
Pakistan on Thursday accused India of accumulating a stock of nuclear armaments and building a ‘secret nuclear city’, which the Foreign Office claimed to be a potent threat to the balance of power in South Asia. Foreign Office (FO) spokesman Nafees Zakaria made the remarks at the weekly press briefing while[Read More…]
Russian airstrikes accidentally killed three Turkish soldiers and wounded 11 others during an operation against Islamic State in northern Syria on Thursday morning, Turkey’s military said in a statement. Russian President Vladimir Putin called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and expressed sorrow and condolences for the accidental killing, the military[Read More…]