Thu 30 September 2021: Lego reported record profits and revenue in the first half of 2021, owing to robust demand and the reopening of retail outlets, according to the Danish toy manufacturer. In the first half of the year, the company’s net profit increased by 140 percent to 6.3 billion kronor (847 million euros, $989 […]
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Thu 30 September 2021: Archaeologists in the United Arab Emirates uncovered several antique Islamic coins, including rare silver dirhams from the Abbasid Dynasty, in the central region of Sharjah. The rare coins include the iconography of five caliphs, including Abu Jaafar Al Mansour, Mohamed Al Mahdi, Haroun Al Rashid, Mohamed Al Amin, and Abu Jaafar Abdullah Al […]
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Wed 29 September 2021: Two of the first portraits of persons of African heritage in the history of European art are being exhibited together in what can be described as a “Black Lives Matter” movement effect. The curators of the Rijksmuseum claim that this is the first time in the museum’s 500-year history. The show […]
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Wed 29 September 2021: The annual Women in the Workplace report finds American women are more burned out than they were a year ago – and women of colour are still facing more challenges and receiving less support. Women who work in the United States are more burned out than they were a year ago, […]
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Tue 28 September 2021: TikTok, a popular social media platform, revealed on Monday that it had reached 1 billion active members globally. “Every month, over 1 billion individuals from all around the world visit TikTok to be entertained while learning, laughing, or discovering something new. We’re honored to be a home for our immensely diverse […]
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Tue 28 September 2021: The Euro-Mediterranean Centre LIBREXPRESSION (Fondazione Giuseppe Di Vagno -1889-1921) boldly chose a suitable successor for 2021 after the competition ‘freedom of expression and satire in danger’ in 2020. The category for the best political cartoonists in Europe in 2021 was ‘Cancel Culture and Political Correctness.’ With his “Black Lives Matter” cartoon, […]
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Tue 28 September 2021: The pause gives the photo-sharing app a chance to listen to concerns of parents and lawmakers and respond accordingly, Instagram’s chief said on Monday. Development plans for Instagram Kids are on hold for now, the photo-sharing app’s chief announced on Monday, after The Wall Street Journal reported in a series of […]
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Tue 28 September 2021: French President Emmanuel Macron was hit by an egg Monday afternoon while making a visit to a restaurant trade fair in Lyon, France. The moment was captured widely on social media, the president was seen greeting fair-goers and cheerily socializing when a brown egg hit him on the left shoulder. It […]
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Tue 28 September 2021: The Euro-Mediterranean Centre LIBREXPRESSION (Fondazione Giuseppe Di Vagno -1889-1921) boldly chose a suitable successor for 2021 after the competition ‘freedom of expression and satire in danger’ in 2020. The category for the best political cartoonists in Europe in 2021 was ‘Cancel Culture and Political Correctness.’ With his “Black Lives Matter” cartoon, […]
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Mon 27 September 2021: An allergic response to a snake bite during a stunt performance to entertain fellow watermelon pickers has killed a man in Astrakhan, Russia. The unidentified agricultural worker, 55, can be seen in a video putting the snake in his mouth to entertain fellow watermelon pickers in Astrakhan, a city on the […]
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