9 Perfectly Legal & Ethical Things Banned in Russia
Russia is the largest country in the world in terms of territory, with a total area of 6,601,668 17,098,242 square kilometers as compared to...
Kipling to Jinnah- Mumbai’s Crippling Colonial Homes
Hidden behind a blanket of trees at the back of a university in Mumbai lies the dilapidated, but once grand, former home of writer...
WHO Launches $56 Million Zika Response Plan
The World Health Organization on Wednesday released its initial response plan to the Zika virus outbreak, launching a funding appeal for the $56 million...
New GCSE Grading System to Be Introduced in 2017
The Department for Education (DfE), responsible for education and children's services in England, and Ofqual, England’s qualifications and exams regulator, announced some important changes...
‘McChoco Potato’ Fries: A Big Hit At McDonald’s Japan
Customers like Shigeaki Yamaguchi may be the last hope for McDonald's Japan as it battles slumping sales in the wake of an embarrassing string...
Pakistani Scientist Samir Iqbal Develops Early Age Cancer Diagnosis Device
Samir Iqbal, an associate professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Texas at Arlington has developed a new cancer cell detection...
Pakistani Court to Hear Bid to Reclaim Koh-i-Noor From British Crown
A Pakistani court is set on Thursday to hear a petition asking Britain's Queen Elizabeth II to return the Koh-i-Noor diamond more than 150...
Chinese New Year 2016: Online ‘Red Envelopes’ Sales Rocket
Billions of online money transfers have taken place in China as the ancient Lunar New Year tradition of handing out red envelopes of cash...
Australian Muslim Teenager Dreams To Be The 1st Hijabi Ballet Dancer
A young Australian teenager, Stephenie Kurlow, wants to become the first hijabi ballet dancer; Stephenie along with her entire family had converted to Islam in...
Chinese New Year 2016 Celebrations Around The World
On February 8, the lunar New Year will ring in the Year of the Monkey, or more precisely, the Fire Monkey, a sign that's...
2 Two Yves Saint Laurent Museums Set To Open In 2017
Two museums entirely devoted to French designer Yves Saint Laurent's life and work will open in 2017. One will be located in Paris and...
Disabled Passenger Forced To ‘Crawl’ By Air India
A disabled passenger said Sunday she was forced to crawl on New Delhi airport's tarmac after Air India failed to provide a wheelchair when...
Transformers Movie Theme Park Set To Open In China In 2017
US-China based film studio DMG Entertainment and toy manufacturer Hasbro have signed a deal to create "Transformers Live," according to the Hollywood Reporter. This...
Early New Year Glow for China’s ‘Lantern Capital’
Carefully steadying the gleaming red lantern between her knees, a worker applied the Chinese character for "wealth" in golden glitter -- one of the...
China’s Online Population Nears 700 Million
China's Internet users -- already by far the world's most numerous -- rose to nearly 700 million last year, authorities said Friday, more than...
Google Pays $1 Billion To Become iPhone’s Default Search Engine
Google and Apple partnered up where Apple received $1 billion to make the former it's search engine by default.
This tidbit of information does place...
Malala Fashion Line Launched by International Brand ‘TOMS’
Malala Yousafzai is doing her best to empower young girls, and this time the 18-year-old global education advocate has joined hand with the popular...
Google Chrome To Get Huge Speed Boost With Its Latest Algorithm
Google Chrome, in an amazing move, will be becoming way faster than before.
The reason behind the improved leap is the new compression algorithm, Brotli,...
First Space Flower Blooms on International Space Station
A bright orange zinnia has blossomed aboard the International Space Station, marking a first in space.
"First flower even grown in space makes its debut,"...
World’s Oldest Man, Yasutaro Koide Dies at 112 in Japan
The world's oldest man, Yasutaro Koide, died on Tuesday at the age of 112 in central Japan, a local official said.
Koide, born just months...