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USD22.6 million to keep Mark Zuckerberg and family safe
MASSACHUSETS: Facebook Inc more than doubled the money it spent on chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg’s security in 2018 to USD22.6 million, a regulatory filing showed on Friday. Zuckerberg has drawn a base salary of USD1 for the past three
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NaMo TV crisis: BJP’s Amit Shah and Narendra Modi can be prosecuted
INDIA POLLS NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah and Indian Prime Minister Narendra could be prosecuted as the ruling party flouted election laws and broadcast laws since the Election Commission characterised NaMo TV channel as political advertising.
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NaMo TV Channel’s first hurdle from Election Commission
INDIA POLLS NEW DELHI: NaMo TV channel, a broadcast channel linked to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing its first hurdle as the ruling party, Bharathiya Janata Party’s media organ. India’s Election Commission barred it from airing political content
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The Lion King: Disney reveals magnificent trailer
A new trailer for Disney’s live-action remake of The Lion King just dropped and it’s quite something. While the term “live-action” must be used rather loosely here, given these are all CGI beasts, it looks quite good—very much in keeping with The Jungle Book live-action remake. That
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Penang, Kedah roads closure for Le Tour De Langkawi
KUALA LUMPUR: Road closures can be expected in Penang and Kedah tomorrow during the sixth stage of Le Tour De Langkawi (LTDL) 2019. Main sponsor, Petronas, issued a statement today informing that the roads will be closed in stages to
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Killed by elephant, mauled by lions
SOUTH AFRICA: Park authorities recovered the remains of a suspected rhino poacher they believe was killed by an elephant before his remains were devoured by a pride of lions earlier this week. In a statement released by South African National
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Kuwait sends more humanitarian aid for Iran flood survivors
Tehran: Kuwait sent a second consignment of humanitarian aid for the survivors of the recent devastating flash floods in Iran that continue to cause heavy damage in the southwest. “After establishing an air corridor to dispatch humanitarian aid by the
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Trending: Air hostess raps safety instructions on flight, passengers beatbox with her.
How many of us actually hear when the air hostesses are saying and demonstrating the safety instructions before the flight is about to take off? Hardly anybody. Right? However, a flight attendant from Southwest Airline, who goes by the name
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Nigeria’s richest man cashes out 10 Million Dollars just to confirm he is rich
Nigeria’s richest man, Aliko Dangote withdrew 10 Million dollars from bank just to look at them and confirm that he is actually rich. Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, once withdrew 10 Million dollars just to confirm that he was actually
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Nebraska woman says carrying her gay son’s baby was her gift
NEBRASKA: When Cecile Eledge offered to carry a baby for her adult son and his husband, they thought she was kidding – and that her doctors in the family’s Nebraska hometown would balk at a 61-year-old woman serving as a
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