Are dogs acceptable pets, Muslim scholars ask?
Aug 29th 2020AMONG THE many controversies that divide Muslim thinkers, the status of dogs is a minor one. But every now and then the debate is renewed. Earlier this month Egypt’s grand mufti, Shawki Allam, weighed in on the side of man’s best friend. Whereas some interpretations of Islam deem dogs impure, Mr Allam says:…
Bras aside: Lockdown prompts spike in French ladies going braless
According to a recent survey, an increasing number of women in France are forsaking their bras in the name of liberty and comfort. Like a thriving number of French females, Léa Ramsamy, 22, is ditching her brassière. “This is the last bra I have left,” she says as she fishes the bra out of a…
Kimberly Guilfoyle is the face of Trump Fanaticism
Kimberly Guilfoyle is not just a famous lawyer but she also currently works as an adviser to US President Donald Trump. The former prosecutor, and present girlfriend of US President’s son Donald Trump Jr., has opened the Republican National Convention and it is not exactly the political speech Americans were expecting. Her speech, or rather…
Phil Hogan, Europe’s trade commissioner, resigns
A controversy over quarantine forces him outAug 26th 2020WASHINGTON, DCTOP TRADE negotiators are renowned for being astute and tough. When Phil Hogan took over as the European Commission’s negotiator last year, he was seen a bruiser, and a worthy match for Robert Lighthizer, his American counterpart. But on August 26th, less than a year into…
The war in Mozambique is getting worse
An overwhelmed government is worrying others in southern Africa—and beyondAug 26th 2020JOHANNESBURGCABO DELGADO, the northernmost province of Mozambique, is known to some as cabo esquecido or “forgotten cape”. It has been an apt name. A Portuguese colony until 1975, Mozambique developed as two separate entities divided by the Zambezi river, explains Alex Vines of Chatham…
Robots that can walk are now striding to market
Aug 25th 2020THEY MIGHT appear cutesy, but a pair of robots that turned up recently at the Ford Motor Company’s Van Dyke Transmission Plant, in Detroit, are practical working machines. They may, indeed, point to the future of automation. Putting robots into factories is hardly a new idea—some 2.4m of them are already at work…
Coronavirus scary? Japan group offers chainsaws, coffins for stress relief
COVID-19 scary? A group in Japan is trying to take folks’ minds off the pandemic – by placing them in coffins encircled by chainsaw-brandishing zombies. This weekend in Tokyo customers can lie in a 6 1/2-foot (2-meter) windowed casket, watching entertainers perform, listening to a horror tale while getting squirted with water, and poked with…
Top 5 YouTubers In The World
When you stream a video on YouTube, you are connecting with a global online community. Content creators, vloggers, hobbyists, and professionals from all over the world are reaching out in the hope of entertaining or educating as wide an audience as possible. For those who hit the big time, there are lucrative opportunities for affiliate…
KFC pulls ‘It’s Finger Lickin’ Good’ slogan over COVID-19 worries
For the first time in nearly 65 years, KFC has announced it will pull its main slogan in response to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. The chicken giant has announced plans to eliminate its emblematic “It’s Finger Lickin’ Good” tagline in response to the coronavirus outbreak. From this day on, the renowned line will be suspended…
‘Turkey Dinner-flavored’ candy corn being made by Brach’s
Brach’s is shaking things up this Thanksgiving season by releasing a “Turkey Dinner” flavor of its truly contentious candy corn. Folks have a lot of viewpoints regarding candy corn — some love it, some hate it. Though now we can all concur, its latest flavor sounds … disconcerting. Candy corn, originally dubbed “chicken feed” (first…