Thu 01 September 2022: Sharing articles on Facebook or Twitter, even if we haven’t read them, might encourage us to assume we are experts on a certain area, which can be dangerous, according to new research. According to a new study by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin in the United States, sharing […]
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Ravil Maganov, chairman of Lukoil, with Russian president Vladimir Putin (left). Thu 01 September 2022: Chairman of Russia’s second-largest oil producer Lukoil, Ravil Maganov, died on Thursday after falling from a hospital window in Moscow, according to Russian media reports. No immediate comment was available from Lukoil. The hospital, known as the Kremlin Clinic for […]
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Thu 01 September 2022: Even more inspirational women are now represented in the latest round of Barbie dolls. The first black woman to become a self-made billionaire is the newest entry in the Guinness Book of World Records. Madam C.J. Walker, a person of color and former slave, was born in December 1967; she was […]
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Wed 31 August 2022: Local authorities in Girona, Spain, said on Wednesday that a strong hailstorm that tore through the town claimed the life of a 20-month-old infant and injured dozens of others, Anadolu Agency reported. Speaking to Catalan broadcaster TV3, officials said that the little girl was struck in the head by large hailstones […]
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Wed 31 August 2022: Shamima Begum, who had traveled to Syria in 2015 to join the Islamic State (IS), was allegedly smuggled into the country by an intelligence agent, according to a new book by writer Richard Kerbaj. Mohammed al-Rashed, a spy working for Canadian intelligence, smuggled British schoolgirl Shamima Begum and her two friends into Syria […]
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Wed 31 August 2022: Mikhail Gorbachev, the last president of the USSR, passed away at the age of 91. When Gorbachev assumed office in 1985, he was lauded for his efforts to liberalize the USSR and improve relations with the West, but he was unable to prevent his nation’s collapse in 1991. According to the […]
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Tue 30 August 2022: According to a recent poll, the majority of Americans feel that civil war is at least somewhat likely in the next ten years. Citizens in the United States believe that social divisions will increase in the next years, and that they have gotten worse since the year 2021 began. In comparison […]
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Tue 30 August 2022: Millions of households in the US have unpaid utility bills as a result of increased living expenses and the effects of inflation; this problem could become worse as power outages and cooler winter approach. The National Energy Assistance Directors Association, which collects national data on energy assistance programs, says 1 in […]
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Tue 30 August 2022: The EU defense ministers have decided to begin the procedures necessary to establish an EU military assistance mission for Ukraine, EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell said on Tuesday, Reuters reported. “There are many training initiatives on the way but the needs are enormous and we need to ensure the coherence of […]
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Tue 30 August 2022: The Kherson area of southern Ukraine, which is controlled by Russian forces, has “heavy fighting,” in “almost the entire territory, according to the Ukrainian presidency.” Earlier, as his soldiers launched an offensive near the city of Kherson, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pleaded with Russian troops to evacuate for their lives, claiming […]
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