Sat 23 October 2021: At least six mosques and over a dozen of houses and shops belong to Muslims were vandalised by Hindutva groups RSS, VHP and Bajrang Dal across Tripura during protests against Bangladesh violence on Thursday. Photos and videos accessed by Maktoob show violent right wing mobs who wear saffron and carry swords […]
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Sat 23 October 2021: Poachers have butchered around 100 rhinoceros in Botswana for their horns in the last three years, according to a wildlife authority. Botswana lost five rhinoceros in 2018, 30 rhinoceros in 2019, and 62 rhinoceros in 2020, according to Kabelo Senyatso, director of the Department of Wildlife and National Parks in Botswana’s […]
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Sat 23 October 2021: Chinese lawmakers on Saturday voted to adopt a new law on family education promotion at a session of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee. The law stipulates that parents or other guardians of minors shall be responsible for family education, while the state, schools and society provide guidance, support and services […]
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Sat 23 October 2021: According to media reports, an assistant director of the “Rust” western movie told actor Alec Baldwin that his prop gun had no live rounds before the fatal shooting on the set. According to The New York Times, the assistant director said in an affidavit that he “did not know live rounds […]
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Sat 23 October 2021: Remains of 29 people, including three children, buried more than a millennium ago, were discovered a few weeks ago by a team of archaeologists at the Huaca Santa Rosa de Pucalá, an ancient ceremonial center in Lambayeque, 750 km north of Lima, that could help experts rewrite the history of the […]
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Sat 23 October 2021: According to an internal study, Twitter’s algorithms are amplifying more conservative and right-wing content. Conservative politicians’ tweets were magnified more than liberal politicians’ tweets in nearly every country studied, according to Twitter. Meanwhile, right-wing news outlets were amplified more than left-wing news outlets for Twitter users. According to the study, Twitter […]
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Sat 23 October 2021: When you think of digital media, you probably think of something like a YouTube video or a meme. Something you can access for free, any time you want. But some relatively new technologies are being used to make pieces of digital media sellable, thereby creating a high-stakes market for them. These […]
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Sat 23 October 2021: Christie’s will offer collectors a chance to purchase rare portraits of six Ottoman sultans at the end of October. The portraits of Orhan Gazi, Bayezid I, Isa Chelebi, Mehmed I, Selim I and Selim II will be under the hammer at the British auction house on Oct. 28 and are expected […]
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Fri 22 October 2021: As South Africa continues to prepare to migrate to digital broadcasting by 31 March 2022, the South African Post Office has called on qualifying households to apply for their free set-top boxes ahead of the deadline. Homes that apply before 1 November, will receive a decoder before the analogue television signal […]
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Fri 22 October 2021: The United Nations said Thursday it has launched a crisis trust fund to provide money directly to Afghans to prevent a humanitarian crisis and the breakdown of the economy following the Taliban’s takeover this August, Anadolu News Agency reports. The UN Development Program (UNDP) launched a new crisis response initiative as part of […]
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