In a rather shocking and equally surprising incident, a Manhattan woman’s Zara dress came with an unwanted accessory — a dead rat sewn into the hem, according to a new lawsuit. Cailey Fiesel bought two dresses from the Spanish clothier’s Greenwich, Conn. store last July, and hanged them in the[Read More…]
Egypt’s highest court has overturned a death sentence against ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. The court also ordered a retrial on Tuesday, according to judicial sources. Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Morsi was overthrown by a military coup in July 2013 after having served just one year of a four-year[Read More…]
Russian Economy Minister Alexey Ulyukayev has been detained on Tuesday on suspicion of taking a $2 million bribe from the representatives of major oil company Rosneft. “The circumstances of the crime are connected with Alexey Ulyukayev, who occupies a public post in the Russian Federation, receiving $2 million on November[Read More…]
The upcoming supermoon on Monday will be the most spectacular since 1948 and people will not see another supermoon of this magnitude until 2034. American space agency NASA described the event as “undeniably beautiful”. The moon will appear 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than the average full moon.[Read More…]
US president-elect Donald Trump has vowed to immediately deport up to three million undocumented immigrants from the country once he takes office. “What we are going to do is get the people that are criminal and have criminal records, gang members, drug dealers, where a lot of these people, probably[Read More…]
Accusing Japan of exploiting Sino-India disputes for its own interests, a Chinese state-run media on Sunday said that India will not become a “pawn” for Japan to contain China. “Japan wants to use the disputes between China and India to court India to help contain China. Japan seeks to urge[Read More…]
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, the first ever Indian-American to be elected as a state Governor, is among the shortlisted candidates for Trump’s Cabinet, according to a media report. If appointed, 45-year-old Jindal will be the first ever Indian-American to be included in the president’s cabinet and second ever to be[Read More…]
New Yorker’s regretting the catastrophe of Trump’s victory have finally found a solution to relieve their mind- by expressing their political souls onto sticky notes that fit walls of the Manhattan subway station. Democrat candidate Hillary’s loss over Trump had bought many of her New York supporters in deep stress.[Read More…]
During the US election 2016, Warren Buffet was one of the biggest Hillary supporters. Ironically, Trump’s unexpected victory once again made Warren Buffet the second-richest man on the planet. Buffet added $US5.8 billion to his fortune this week, leading gain for the world’s wealthiest as he leaped over Spain’s Amanio[Read More…]
After his surprising victory, US president-elect Donald Trump elevated vice president-elect Mike Pence to head the operation of transition team. The unexpected move diluted the role of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who had been running the Republican’s transition plan for months. Notable Trump deputies Christie, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson,[Read More…]
The blind psychic Baba Vanga, a Bulgarian born prophetess, was well known for her prediction about Islamic State and 9/ 11 incident. Remarkably, Baba has also forecast that 44th American president would be African-American –but she also warned that he would be the last US president. She forewarned that at[Read More…]
Scientists at Imperial College London and spinout company DNA Electronics have developed a USB stick-based test to measure levels of HIV in the blood that produces results less than half an hour. The computer plug-in needs a single drop of blood to conduct the test and transmit the results to[Read More…]
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday denied the idea that fake news on the social website has influenced the US presidential elections. Zuckerberg spoke at Technonomy conference in an interaction with David Kirkpatrick, who asked about Facebook’s role in the recently concluded US Presidential elections. Facebook has been under scathing[Read More…]
A Chinese police official has been elected president of Interpol, raising alarms from human rights groups concerned that the appointment will lead to abuse of the global police organization’s powers to issue international arrest warrants. Meng Hongwei, vice minister for public security since 2004 and the first Chinese to hold[Read More…]
Legendary singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen has died at the age of 82, according to an official announcement on his Facebook page on Thursday night. Though no further details were available, Cohen’s record label, Sony Music, confirmed his death. A New York Times report quoted Cohen’s producer son, Adam saying, “My father[Read More…]
Leonard Cohen, the Canadian singer, songwriter, and poet best known for penning the oft-covered modern classics like “Suzanne,” “Sisters of Mercy” and “Hallelujah,” died on Thursday night. He was 82 years old. His passing was announced on his Facebook page. “It is with profound sorrow we report that legendary poet,[Read More…]
American women, who fear a possibility of crackdown on reproductive rights, urged others on social media to get an Intra Uterine Device (IUD) contraceptive fitted before president-elect Donald Trump came into power. During his campaign, Trump vowed to repeal the Affordable Care Act or Obama Care, a law under which[Read More…]
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helu’s fortune witnessed a dip in his fortune by $4.7 billion after Donald Trump emerged victorious in the US presidential elections on Wednesday. The drop lowers Slim’s net worth to $49 billion at midday East Coast time on Wednesday, down from FORBES estimate of $53.7 billion[Read More…]
The US presidential election has come to an end and Donald Trump is all set to be the 45th President. In the thick of the action in Arizona, a state which voted for the tycoon is the campaign strategist and the executive director of the Arizona Republican party, Avinash Iragavarapu.[Read More…]
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in several cities across the US to protest the unexpected victory of Donald Trump. Protesters took into the streets in Manhattan on Wednesday night and converged on Trump tower in Midtown. In Los Angeles, protesters burned a Trump effigy at City hall and shutdown a section[Read More…]
On his way to Japan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a surprise stopover in Thailand on Thursday to pay his respects to revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died last month after a protracted illness. Bhumibol, the world’s longest ruling monarch, died aged 88 on October 13. Modi laid a wreath[Read More…]
2016 election was the most divisive in the entire American political history. The campaign exposed the worst in US politics. Trump’s misogynistic and racist comments earned him global notoriety while DNC email leak and other allegations made Hillary untrustworthy. Trump’s victory will definitely tarnish America’s image and will transform the[Read More…]
Taiwan is poised to become the first Asian country to legalise same-sex marriage after the death of a prominent gay professor. The country is already regarded as one of the most progressive in the region when it comes to equal rights and there is already some legal recognition of same-sex[Read More…]
Documentary film maker Michael Moore, well known for the film Fahrenheit 9/11, has issued a five-point plan in Facebook for Americans struggling to come to term with Donald Trump’s victory. In mid-October Moore made an anti-Trump documentary titled Michael Moore in Trumpland , which is based on a one-man show[Read More…]
Donald Trump’s dumbfounding victory over Hillary Clinton in the US elections has sent shockwaves across the world. Many countries are now re-evaluating their stand with the US and what the shock result means to them. India too is now gearing up with plans and probabilities of Trump’s move to the[Read More…]
