AP news: The regal presence Aretha Franklin exuded in life was captured at her viewing on Tuesday, with the late Queen of Soul in a gold-plated casket dressed completely in red, including high-heeled pumps, proving, as one person put it, that she was a “diva to the end.” As Franklin’s powerful vocals from classic gospel performances…
The Guardian: Potentially worrying news for the human race. If future generations are bred from those we want to sleep with, do-gooders are dying out. No one – no matter how depraved – wants to rip the socks and Birkenstocks off anyone. Yes, if you want us to be brutal we’ll confess – when it…
Desk Report: It’s the back-to-school season – and many young people may be feeling reluctant about returning for the start of another academic year. And in many schools there are deliberate attempts to boost attendance by giving rewards, school prizes and commendations to those who have the best records for not missing any lessons.But do…
Reuters: Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Imran Khan will skip next month’s United Nations General Assembly session to focus his attention on the country’s economy, said his foreign minister. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi will head the Pakistani delegation at 73rd U.N. General Assembly session set to open on September 18. “No, the prime minister is…
Kabir Humayun: The United States said it held high-level military individuals in Myanmar responsible for the widespread human rights abuses. Heather Nauert, Spokesperson of the US Department of State, said this in a regular briefing in Washington on Tuesday. The US imposed different rounds of sanctions in the past and they will certainly let all…
Kabir Humayun: BNP leaders and activists brought out a sudden procession in Dhaka’s Shantinagar yesterday, demanding immediate release of their party chief Khaleda Zia. The rally led by its Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, brought out on the main road adjacent to Shantinagar Bazar, also protested the trial of BNP acting Chairman Tarique…
UNB: BNP on Wednesday said it got permission from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to hold a rally in the city on Saturday, marking the party’s 40th founding anniversary. Talking to UNB, party publicity affairs secretary Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anne said they got the verbal permission to hold the rally in front of their Nayapaltan…
The Guardian, UK: Elon Musk appears to have doubled down on his claim that a British explorer who was instrumental in freeing a group of Thai boys trapped in a cave is a “pedo”. The Tesla chairman was widely criticised last month for making the unfounded allegation against Vernon Unsworth, who was part of an…
CNN: Steve Jobs’ widow and his sister are pushing back against a new blistering memoir written by the Apple cofounder’s daughter, Lisa Brennan-Jobs. Her book “Small Fry” ignited controversy because it portrays Jobs as a cold and sometimes inappropriate parent. But Laurene Powell Jobs and Mona Simpson, Jobs’ sister, say their memory of the late…
Humayun Kabir, Former Ambassador to USA : The international community is now realizing the truth over the Rohingya issue. The world is admitting that mass murder and ethnic cleansing were carried out in the Rakhine state of Myanmar. We, on behalf of the forcibly displaced Rohingya people and Bangladesh, have been saying from the very…