Last month was the hottest November on record as Europe basked in its highest Autumn temperatures in history, the European Union’s satellite monitoring service said Monday. The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) analysis of surface and air temperatures found that November 2020 was 0.8C warmer than the 30-year average of 1981-2010 — more than 0.1C […]
Huddled on the cold concrete behind the tonne trucks cutting off the Indian capital’s major highways, camp tens of thousands of farmers, weathering the bite of the air together as they fight against the country’s new agricultural reforms that they fear could devastate livelihoods. Layers of hay, mattresses and blankets lay clumped as bedding inside […]
Hands in the air, get those feet pumping — this DJ is wiring up a bop! Catch Robot DJ YuMi’s Unforgettable Performance at Gitex 2020, where Advanced Robotics Meets the Art of DJing. Witness as this Pioneering Robot Captivates the Crowd with its Masterful Beat Mixing and Rhythmic Dance Moves, Defining a New Era in […]
The annual tech extravaganza GITEX hits the UAE once again, now in its 40th run, ready to draw in experts and buffs alike. The exhibition this year has taken a unique ‘LIVE in-person’ route boasting insightful talks by industry gurus, mind-blowing innovations from start-ups to enterprises, uber immersive pavilion experiences and a Robo-DJ and cook […]
YouTube is now set to follow in the hate-combating footsteps of fellow social sites and spring the question: “Is this something you really want to share?” The new feature will target comments that it screens as offensive and alert users that they may be posting harmful content. The idea behind its conception is to allow […]
“Why don’t you wear a bra and bangles also?”“You need to come out of the closet.”“Gay.”“Start behaving like a man, try playing football.” These are just some of the (more decent) comments that India’s male influencers are bombarded with on a daily basis. Why, you ask? Because they use make-up. And this truly exposes the […]
In a slanderous document laced with conspiracies and falsehoods, a prominent law enforcement training group has urged local officials to view Black Lives Matter activism as a terrorist plot towards a grander violent revolution. The International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association [ILEETA] have spread inflammatory rhetoric that could misinform the reader and consequently incite […]
A Hong Kong television station said on Tuesday about 100 staff were “affected” by a shake-up as it seeks to remain competitive in a challenging economic environment, a move that has re-ignited worries over media freedom in China’s freest city. Local media said 40 workers had been laid off from i-Cable, including the entire team […]
Denmark now plans to dig up thousands of culled mink to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, after the animal carcasses began to bloat out of their mass graves. According to Danish state broadcaster TV2, the gas used to kill the mammals caused the bodies to swell and resurface, prompting the media to dub them “zombie […]
The K-pop band members of BTS are offering up their outfits from the music video of their hit single “Dynamite” to the highest bidder in a Beverly Hills, California, charity auction in January. The pink, blue, yellow and lavender pastel outfits the seven singers wore in the record-setting video are expected to fetch what Julien’s […]
A row of colourful teepees cluster across the horizon, overlooking the Indonesian city of Bandung, set up each evening in front of a large screen. Named the ‘Cinema Under the Stars’ for its unique outdoorsy camp-style set up, the movie venue opened two months ago in the populous province of West Java with the aim […]
