AFP: The surprise Kamikaze “attack” claimed two victims, with Eminem (above) overtaking Abba and Led Zeppelin to clinch the record for the most consecutive chart-topping albums in Britain. It is the American rapper’s ninth straight album release to hit No. 1, said the British Official Charts Company. “Does this mean I get to call myself Sir…
Bill Johnson, CEO of the Bill Johnson group/The Detroit News The Rev. Jasper Williams Jr., pastor of Salem Bible Church in Atlanta, Ga., ignited a cauldron of controversy at Aretha Franklin’s funeral by that suggesting black America is losing “its soul.” His description of single mothers and absent fathers as tantamount to “abortion after birth”…
Hossen Sohel: Top officials from the US and EU met in Brussels yesterday in an effort to iron out differences on trade talks announced to great fanfare this summer, reports AFP. US President Donald Trump and European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker in July pledged to hold off from further tit-for-tat tariffs and to work towards…
Desk Report: A doctor-to-be has given his primary school teacher a new lease of life by donating part of his liver to save her. Chen Ze Rong, a 25-year-old medical graduate, donated 67 % of his liver to Liang Feng Pin, his former teacher from Kong Min Chinese primary school in Kuantan of Malaysia. Liang…
ANI: According to a study, bile acids – which are critical for digestion and absorption of fats and fat-soluble vitamins in the small intestine – could reduce the desire for cocaine. Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the University of Alabama at Birmingham suggest that targeting bile acid signaling in the brain may be…
Reuters: On reclaimed land on the island of Changxin near the port of Dalian, workers are putting the finishing touches on a plant that is the future of China’s refining and petrochemical industry. Here, private chemical company Hengli Group will begin testing its $11 billion oil refinery and petrochemical complex in October. The plant is…
Tech Explorist: Deccan traps are one of the largest volcanic features on the earth. Polygonal patterns and columnar joints in basaltic rocks are the most fascinating structures for geologists and volcanologists. Now Indian scientists have discovered a rare, well developed polygonal column basalt structure in a village in Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.The newly discovered basalt…
Russia Today: Indian Congress spokesman Manish Tewari has thought of his own out-of-the-box idea to halt the longstanding conflict between his country and Pakistan. His idea? Cheese. Amid speculation the Pakistani government and military are willing to hold talks with India to ensure regional stability after a 71-year conflict between the two neighbours, Tewari took…
Kabir Humayun: A Kushtia court yesterday granted bail to the owner and driver of Faisal Ganj-e-Raj Paribahan in a case filed in connection with the death of 13-month-old Akifa Yasmin. Akifa, who was hit by the bus in the town on August 28, succumbed to her head injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on August…
Hindustan Times: Jet-air hand dryers should not be used in hospital toilets as they spread more germs than disposable paper towels, a study warns. Published in the Journal of Hospital Infection, the study looked at bacterial spread in a real world setting — in two toilets in each of three hospitals, which were in the…