This week, Pope Francis has named 17 new cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church from around the world, many of whom will help choose his successor. The new cardinals come from five continents, and include the Vatican’s envoy to Syria. Though some observers expected to see a new cardinal from India, the Pope chose to […]
The sanctification of the newly restored Boudhanath Stupa in Nepal begins today (18 November). And it didn’t take one penny of government funds! With gold, cash and labour contributed by locals and Buddhist organisations, Kathmandu’s famed Boudhanath stupa has been fully restored, making it the first of the country’s more than 700 quake-damaged heritage structures […]
Rock group Green Day say they “fully support” the protests against US president elect Donald Trump. “I don’t think any of us were prepared for Donald Trump to be president,” singer Billie Joe Armstrong told the BBC. “I think there’s going to come a time when the protests get larger and larger – and that […]
It was with stunned silence that many music lovers across the world received the news that Leonard Cohen, that great singer-songwriter who gave us the iconic “Hallelujah” and “Suzanne” and countless other reasons to believe was no more. (November 11) Musicians, authors and politicians have paid tribute to singer Leonard Cohen following his death at […]
A suicide bomber has rammed a truck into the German consulate in the Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif, killing at least two people, officials say. Reports described a huge blast at the diplomatic mission followed by gunfire. A hospital official said more than 80 people were hurt in the attack, which happened around 18:30 GMT( midnight […]
The High Court in London has ruled that the British Parliament does have the right to vote on whether or not to trigger the mechanism for Britain to leave the EU – against the opinion of the government, which said that Prime Minister Theresa May had the powers to do so without resorting to a […]
If El Nino brought the dry spells… now La Nina will giving China the chills. They say that its going to be really cold this winter. Most of China－but especially the northeast and northwest－is expected to feel a big chill this winter, thanks to a climate pattern in the Pacific Ocean called La Nina, meteorologists said […]
Elena Mikhailovna is an 89-year-old Russian pensioner from the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk and she’s not your average grandma. Granny Lena, as she refers to herself, has recently become popular on Russian media for her active traveller life-style, having already visited several European and Asian countries. In an interview to Sputnik Vietnam, Elena Mikhailovna revealed […]
He’s one of the world’s best known modern crooners, but who would believe that nobody wanted to sign Canadian singer Michael Buble because they thought his kind of music ‘old fashioned? Michael Buble has revealed how he went from bank to bank to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to persuade a music executive to sign […]
They blamed Gaeten Douglas (Patient Zero) as the one who brought the HIV virus to America. They demonised the Gay community because Douglas happened to be gay. Now research shows that Douglas was actually a scapegoat. One of the most demonised patients in history – Gaetan Dugas – has been convincingly cleared of claims he […]
Astonishing, alarming, but True! Throughout the United States, trees are dying at an astonishing rate. The reasons for the die-off vary from place to place — drought, disease, insects and wildfires — but reports say the root cause is the same: climate change. The epidemic is even threatening the oldest white oak tree in America, […]
Kigeli V, exiled king of Rwanda who lived on food stamps in US suburbs, dies in obscurity The last king of Rwanda, Kigeli V, who ruled the east African nation for less than a year before being forced into exile, finally settling in the United States, died early Sunday (Oct 16) according to his official […]
