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The overwhelming number of COVID-19 cases won’t deter China from promoting winter travel to the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR). China recently stated that the most popular tourist destination in Tibet’s capital city of Lhasa, the Potala Palace, would soon return to the public. According to sources, the famous Potala Palace will reopen after being closed […]
WhatsApp will allow users to connect to the messaging app via proxy servers for the first time to allow users to stay online without the internet, said the Daily Record (UK). As per the reports, the messaging service, which is owned by Meta, will allow people to use the app even when an internet shutdown […]
English countryside villages stand out for their historic architecture. These charming villages are home to a variety of ancient buildings, including churches, cottages, manor houses, and inns, which have been standing for centuries. Many of these structures are made of stone or brick and have traditional details like thatched roofs, winding staircases, and leaded windows. […]
German Bionic, a robotics company, has announced that it will display new AI-powered smart wearable tools at the CES in 2023 that will revolutionise workplace safety in physically demanding jobs by making work safer, less taxing, and more appealing. Apogee, Smart SafetyVest, and German Bionic IO are a few of the new smart wearable tools. […]
Unless Missouri Gov. Mike Parson grants clemency, Amber McLaughlin, 49, will become the first openly transgender woman executed in the US. She is scheduled to die by injection Tuesday for killing a former girlfriend in 2003. McLaughlin’s attorney, Larry Komp, said there are no court appeals pending. The clemency request focuses on several issues, including […]
According to his racing team and US media on Monday, US rally driver and YouTube sensation Ken Block died after the snowmobile he was riding overturned in Utah due to a steep slope. “It’s with our deepest regrets that we can confirm that Ken Block passed away in a snowmobile accident today,” Hoonigan Racing Division […]
Imran Khan, a Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, claims that retired Army General Qamar Javed Bajwa dubbed him a “playboy” at their final meeting before Bajwa was removed from his constitutional post by a no-confidence vote last year. The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman discussed “dirty audios” allegedly associated with him during his Monday media interview at […]
The IMF Chief projected that this year will witness a third of the world’s countries in recession and warned that 2023 will be “tougher” than last year due to the slowing of the economies of the US, EU, and China. The Chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, delivered these sobering statements on […]
Predicting the outcome of national elections can be a mug’s game. Polls are often wrong, and second-guessing how people will vote months down the line can leave even the most savvy election specialist with egg on their face. In short, there are too many unknowns – the state of the economy, late political shocks and even […]
The Vatican announced on Saturday that the former pope Benedict XVI had passed away at the age of 95, nearly ten years after he made history by becoming the first pope to resign in six centuries. “Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement “With sorrow I inform you that the Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, […]
Elon Musk has become the first person ever to lose $200 billion from his net worth. The 51-year-old’s fortune peaked at $340 billion in November 2021 and he remained the world’s richest person until Bernard Arnault overtook him earlier this month. His net worth now stands at $137 billion. His fortune declined as Tesla shares […]
A lawsuit filed in New York state alleges that Hershey’s “fails to disclose” that some of its chocolate products “contain unsafe levels of lead and cadmium”. On December 28, New York resident, Christopher Lazazzaro, filed the lawsuit in federal court on Long Island. The suit seeks class-action status against the mass-market chocolatier, which obtained the […]
Brazilian football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, famously called Pelé, passed away at aged 82 at a hospital in Sao Paulo on Thursday. His agent Joe Fraga confirmed the news. Widely regarded as one of soccer’s greatest players, Pelé spent nearly two decades enchanting fans and dazzling opponents as the game’s most prolific scorer with […]
In Pakistan’s Sindh province, a 40-year-old Hindu woman was raped and brutally killed on Wednesday. The incident took place in the district of Sinjhoro. Diya Bheel, a Hindu woman who belonged to the Bheel tribe, is reported to have been a widow. Four kids are left behind by her. The first female Hindu senator from […]
A few passengers onboard a Thai Smile Airways plane from Bangkok to Kolkata were reportedly involved in a scuffle earlier this week. A video has gone viral showing a few people fighting on a flight . A video clip of the scuffle inside the aircraft was shared widely on social media on Wednesday, in which […]
In a series of Tweets shared by David Zweig, a New York-based independent journalist and writer, the leaked files purportedly showed how the US government pressured Twitter to intensify certain content and silence others related to Covid-19. Zweig claims that internal Twitter files he viewed revealed that the Trump and Biden administrations directly pressed Twitter […]
Pavel Antov, a multi-millionaire lawmaker from Russia and opponent of President Vladimir Putin, was discovered dead after allegedly falling from a hotel in eastern Odisha, India, as per the media reports. He was rumoured to be on vacation in the state’s Rayagada region for his impending 66th birthday celebrations. According to media accounts, he leapt […]
South Korea reported its first case of infection from ‘brain-eating amoeba’ which is also known as Naegleria fowleri, on Monday. After returning from a trip to Thailand, a 50-year-old man from South Korea passed away, as per the authorities. He was infected with Naegleria fowleri, an amoeba that causes a deadly brain infection. Naegleria fowleri […]
Since US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the democratically-run island in August, China has sent 71 warplanes in its largest military show of force near Taiwan. Taipei has accused Beijing of “military intimidation.” According to Taiwan’s defence ministry, the group consisted of 47 Chinese military aircraft that entered Taiwan’s southwest air defence identification zone […]
In his first Covid-oriented speech since Beijing abruptly lifted strict containment measures last month, Chinese President Xi Jinping urged officials to take action to preserve lives on Monday. China had been mostly immune to the virus throughout the majority of the pandemic, but after regulations that crippled the economy were suddenly loosened, the country is […]
