Shocking and deadly mob attack on a Sri Lankan factory manager priyantha kumara accused of blasphemy in eastern Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Dec 6 - A shocking and deadly mob attack on a Sri Lankan factory manager accused of blasphemy in eastern Pakistan last week prompted days of soul searching as the man's remains were flown to his home country. The violence, which was condemned by rights watchdogs including Amnesty International, also drew intense responses from politicians, celebrities and journalists on...
Houston’s Astroworld festival.-Teenagers are among the eight people killed in a concert crush
A crowd rush at a music festival in Houston killed eight people and injured scores more on Friday night, in what the city's mayor called "a tragedy on many levels." Sylvester Turner told reporters on Saturday that the dead ranged in age from 14 to 27, with the second young victim being 16 years old. He claimed that 13 of...
‘I got to Hollywood at 28 and they said: You’re very old’ – Fiona Shaw
There is a man outside, doing something to the windows of Fiona Shaw’s house in London, and he appears to be following her from room to room. No sooner has she chuckled, apologized, picked up her laptop (we’re speaking on Zoom), and sought peace elsewhere than – scrape, tap – the top of a ladder appears again, and his...
R Kelly had sexual contact with underage boy as well as girls, prosecutors says.
Jury selection nears in the sex-trafficking trial of R&B star Prosecutors detail new claims but not new charges Federal prosecutors in R Kelly’s sex trafficking case say the R&B star had sexual contact with an adolescent boy as well as girls, and jurors should hear those claims. In a court filing on Friday, prosecutors aired a raft of new accusations...
Covid 19 – Italy imposes ‘Green pass’ Restrictions on Unvaccinated People
Government seeks to drive up the vaccination rate amid restoration in coronavirus infections. The Italian prime minister, Mario Draghi, has urged all Italians to get Covid-19 jabs after his government approved restrictions on unvaccinated citizens as it struggless to contain a resurgence of infections. Draghi told a press conference on Thursday that the country needed to act quickly to avoid the...
Great Barrier Reef should be listed as ‘in danger’, Unesco recommends
Australian government ‘stunned’ by recommendation and will strongly argue the draft decision, environment minister Sussan Ley says The Great Barrier Reef should be placed on a list of world heritage sites that are “in danger”, according to a recommendation from UN officials that compulsion Australia to take “accelerated action at all possible levels” on climate change. The United Nations Educational, Scientific,...
Golden Buzzer: Nightbirde’s Original Song Makes Simon Cowell Emotional – America’s Got Talent 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZJvBfoHDk0 Simon Cowell gives Nightbirde the Golden Buzzer after her beautiful performance of "It's Okay." Nightbirde chases her dreams and proves that she is so much more than her cancer!
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have declared the birth of a daughter they have named Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor.
Harry and Meghan’s daughter, who was born in a hospital in California on Friday, weighed 7lb 11oz (3.4kg) and has been named after the family nickname for the Queen, the baby’s great-grandmother. Her middle name was chosen to honor her late grandmother Diana, Princess of Wales, the couple said. The baby is the Queen’s 11th great-grandchild and is eighth...
Sri Lanka’s worst ever maritime Pollution reveals the true cost of our identity crisis.
Expanding up in Sri Lanka in the 1990s, it was drilled into me from a previous age that my island was destined to be a maritime hub. At school, I was taught that Sri Lanka was once the heart of the maritime Silk Road, a network of industry ways that linked the east and west from 130BC to the...
Police in Malaysia use drones to detect high temperatures amid Covid surge
Police in Malaysia are using drones to reveal people with high temperatures in public spaces as part of Covid avoidance measures, according to local media. The drones, which can detect people’s temperatures as high as 20m above ground, emit a red light to alert the authorities if someone has a high reviewing, Bernama, Malaysia’s state news agency, disclosed. Malaysia entered a...
