The little things in life often are what make us the happiest. A hug from a loved one. The taste of homemade chocolate chip cookies. Wearing warm socks right after they come out of the dryer. And, of course, the earthy smell that overwhelms the air after it rains. If […]
Fiji is the the only country with a $7 banknote. Its national team consistently wins international tournaments and, when the sevens made its Olympic debut at the 2016 Rio Summer Games, they became the first Fijians to bring an Olympic medal of any kind home. This achievement was immortalised with […]
When the world is changing more quickly than ever before, here is a list of of 10 words and phrases that can help us think differently. Ghosting In the 2017 film A Ghost Story, directed by David Lowery, a happy man dies suddenly in a car accident and ends up […]
Malala Yousafzai born 12 July 1997 is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate. She is known for human rights advocacy, especially the education of women and children in her native Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northwest Pakistan, where the local Taliban had at times […]
Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul TC, known as Sir Vidia Naipaul or Sir V. S. Naipaul, was a Caribbean writer of Indian descent and Nobel Laureate who was born in Trinidad with British citizenship. Born: August 17, 1932, Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago Died: August 11, 2018, London, United Kingdom Literary Works A House For Mr. […]
V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose precise and lyrical writing in such novels as “A Bend in the River” and “A House for Mr Biswas” and brittle, misanthropic personality made him one of the world’s most admired and contentious writers, died Saturday at his London home, his family said. […]
Every day it seems like there’s some new online challenge getting our teenagers’ attention. Some are fun and harmless, like dance-offs. Others can cause serious injury to our children. Here’s what you need to know about the Hot Water Challenge, a new, viral danger causing severe burns in the real […]
After 12 long years of planning and six year after it made an announcement, Ikea is finally opening its first store in India today. The world’s largest furniture retailer is all set to open its Hyderabad store on August 9, the first of 25 it plans to open in India […]
NASA is poised to launch a $1.5 billion spacecraft on a brutally hot journey toward the Sun, offering scientists the closest-ever view of our strange and mysterious star. After the Parker Solar Probe blasts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida on August 11, it will become the first spacecraft ever to […]
Some teachers and schools in the USA have utilized a program called “Drag Queen Story Hour” to teach children about gender identity. Videographer Sean Fitzgerald and the David Horowitz Freedom Center released a video explaining the program and highlighting testimonials on the program’s website from teachers in public schools. Fitzgerald drew attention […]