Discover

Read News in Few lines

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn clashed over Brexit in the first TV debate, Image via ITV
Politics
UK General Elections Debate: Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn played safe

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn clashed over Brexit in the first TV debate for the upcoming General Elections on December 12. Both leaders played safely over key political issues as the audience remained skeptical about their answers. Brexit remained the main issue. Mr. Johnson promised to "end this national misery" while Mr. Corbyn said Labour would "get Brexit sorted by giving you, the people, the final say"

brexit elections tv uk borisjohnson debate corbyn

Wed Nov 20 - TheGuardian
Jose Mourinho has been named as the new Tottenham Manager
Sports
Jose Mourinho is the new Tottenham Boss

Jose Mourinho has been named as the new Tottenham Manager after the Team management sacked Mauricio Pochettino on Tuesday. The 56-year-old Portuguese who previously served as manager of Chelsea and Manchester United has signed a contract until the end of the 2022-23 season with Spurs. He expressed his excitement about the new role, he said that “The quality in both the squad and the academy excites me”

chelsea spurs jose mourinhotottenham manager premierleague

Wed Nov 20 - BBC
A Scammer managed $1 Million fraud from prison
International
A Scammer managed $1 Million fraud from prison

Internet fraud is common these days, but what about a million-dollar fraud from a person who is already serving a 24-year prison sentence? Yes, it’s true, Nigerian internet fraudster Hope Olusegun Aroke has been placed under investigation for allegedly masterminding $1 million scams from inside the Lagos prison. The scammer has been serving 24-year prison in Nigeria but a preliminary investigation found that he still had access to the internet.

internet fraud scam nigeria aroke

Wed Nov 20 - BBC
Each year International Men’s Day is celebrated on November 19 in more than 70 countries worldwide, image via Getty Images
International
International Men’s Day: It’s all about Health, Gender Equality, and Positivity

Each year International Men’s Day is celebrated on November 19 in more than 70 countries worldwide. Men’s issues are sometimes overlooked in society. Issues like mental health, toxic masculinity are common for male suicide. The official website of International Men’s Day states that the day is “focus on men's and boy's health, improving gender relations, promoting gender equality, and highlighting positive male role models”.

health internationalmensday men gender positivity

Tue Nov 19 - TheSun
Californian solar energy startup Heliogen is being backed by Bill Gates. Image via CNN.
Technology
Bill Gates invests in solar energy startup Heliogen

Bill Gates just joined a growing number of private equity investors who are backing California-based Heliogen, founded by Bill Gross, which aims to transform the most heavily polluting industries by providing them with a high-energy, solar-based alternative. The company uses software to align an array of mirrors that concentrates sunlight, reaching temperatures upwards of 1000 degrees Celsius, an improvement three times over legacy systems.

california microsoft energy pollution bill gates solar heliogen silicon valley

Tue Nov 19 - TheGuardian
Messi's equalizer brings Argentina back for a tie with Uruguay. Image via Reuters.
Sports
Messi equalizes, Argentina manages a tie with Uruguay

In a friendly match between the two South American rival football teams in Tel Aviv, Argentina barely managed a draw in injury time as star player Lionel Messi scored with a penalty set-piece. The final scores were 2-2, with Uruguay's Edinson Cavani scoring first, following by Argentina's Sergio Aguero. After half-time, Suarez scored to grant Uruguay a 2-1 lead, with Messi's equalizer coming in injury time with very limited time remaining.

football soccer suarez messi lionel cavani uruguay argentina telaviv

Tue Nov 19 - BBC
Snapchat CEO says Snapchat vets all political ads. Image via Getty Images.
Technology
Snapchat vets political ads for misinformation says CEO

Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel chimed in on the recent controversy surrounding social media platforms airing political ads with factually incorrect content, stating that his company vets all political ads for factually incorrect content to prevent misinformation, unlike Facebook. Earlier, Facebook refused to take down a factually incorrect Trump campaign advertisement about Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, citing its belief in free speech and expression.

twitter facebook elections media snapchat evan spiegel social advertising

Tue Nov 19 - TheVerge
Amazon Music is now free, ad-sponsored on iOS, Android and Fire TV. Image via Amazon.
Technology
Amazon Music going ad-sponsored on iOS, Android, Fire TV

Following up on their release, earlier this year, of an ad-sponsored version of their music streaming service Amazon Music for the Echo and Alexa devices, Amazon has now released free ad-sponsored versions of Amazon Music for iOS, Android and Amazon's own Fire TV devices. Amazon Prime subscribers need not worry about ads, but a Prime subscription is no longer required for access to Amazon's music streaming services, and neither is a billing method.

streaming amazon alexa android echo music ios firetv prime

Tue Nov 19 - TheVerge
Valve is releasing a VR game and it is Half-Life: Alyx. Image via Valve.
Gaming
Valve announces Half-Life: Alyx for VR

Almost three years after Valve declared that they would release three full-length VR games, the company has announced the first of the games to be an installment in the Half-Life franchise, called Half-Life: Alyx. This marks the first additional release to the franchise since 2007, over a decade ago. The name suggests that the VR game will almost certainly involve Half-Life 2 protagonist Gordon Freeman's best friend Alyx Vance.

steam halflife valve vr alyx gordon freeman

Tue Nov 19 - TheVerge
Mass shootings on the rise in California. Image via Getty Images.
Politics
A new wave of mass shootings in California

The state of California, US, has experienced its third mass shooting in four days, marking the deaths of twelve people in the ensuing violence, with ten injured. The shootings occurred at a high school, a home and a backyard party, and have prompted renewed efforts from gun control activists for demanding major gun policy reforms. Everytown for Gun Safety reports that there have been more than 25 mass shootings this year alone.

california school policy shooting mass gun control high

Tue Nov 19 - TheGuardian
A mysterious benefactor is looking after the needs of Istanbul's poor. Image via Dnyuz.
Business
'Robin Hood' of Istanbul pays off poor's debts

A mysterious man has been visiting Istanbul's low-income neighborhoods and inquiring about debts at grocery stores in the areas, after which he pays the outstanding amounts while also leaving envelopes filled with cash on the doorsteps of people who have been struggling under the country's rapidly increasing costs of living. People believe that he is the same man who left envelopes filled with 1000 lira in cash on the doorsteps of poor families.

economy robin decline hood istanbul poor turkey debts

Tue Nov 19 - TheGuardian
A majority share in Kylie Jenner's company was just bought for $600m. Image by Getty Images.
Business
Kylie Jenner sells a majority share in Kylie Cosmetics for $600m

Coty, the company that owns brands like Max Factor and Sally Hansen, has bought a majority stake in Kylie Jenner's beauty company Kylie Cosmetics for USD 600 million after the company was valued at USD 1.2 billion. Coty will have a 51 percent majority share in Kylie Cosmetics, which has expanded its line of products recently to include Kylie Skin. Coty stated they believed Kylie's brand justifies the high valuation.

kylie jenner coty max factor hansen cosmetics skin

Tue Nov 19 - TheGuardian
US international student enrollment continues to decline since 2016. Image via Youyou Zhou.
Politics
International student enrollment declines in the US

For the third year in a row, the total annual enrollment of foreign students in US colleges and universities has continued to decline. The decline began with the arrival of the Trump administration, with enrollment falling by approximately 7 percent in the following year. The Government has stated that the rising tuition cost is the reason. Enrollment declined by 6 percent in 2017 and 1 percent in 2018, the first downturns in a decade.

trump international university student college tuition enrollment

Tue Nov 19 - AP
The current right wing government in Brazil is often blamed for the deforestation,image via Reuters
Politics
Amazon deforestation reached an 11 year high

According to Brazil's National Institute for Space Research, the Amazon rainforest has lost 29.5% of its tree cover to deforestation. Many claim the sharp increase in deforestation is due to Brazil's right-wing government and its lack of regulation. Much of it has been caused by illegal logging, mining, and land grabbing.

amazon environment brazil forest deforestation rainforest

Tue Nov 19 - Aljazeera
Chadwick Boseman is going to continue with his role as Black Panther on the big screen, image via Marvel
Entertainment
Chadwick Boseman says he wants nothing to do with Marvel TV

Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman has said that he does not want to do a TV show and is focused on other projects that are no franchises. He will continue to play Black Panther on the big screen and is willing to return for Black Panther 2, so long as it honors the foundation set in the first film.

disney marvel blackpanther chadwickboseman

Tue Nov 19 - CBR
The show has not finalized its entire cast yet, image via New Line Cinema
Entertainment
Amazon's Lord of the Rings show to get season 2

Despite the reason that Amazon's new Lord of the Rings show has not even finished pre-production, it has already been renewed for a second season. The show has not even announced the final cast yet with little information about the plot. Only the show's creative team has been finalized so far.

amazon lordoftherings lotr show hobbit frodo

Tue Nov 19 - Variety
India is about to increase mobile data rates after heavy losses
Business
India is about to increase mobile data rates after heavy losses

India is the cheapest country on the earth to use mobile data. But consumers will now have to pay more as two leading telecom companies announced an increase in tariffs after suffering heavy losses.Vodafone Idea and Airtel declared second-quarter losses of around $10 billion. The battle between the Indian Government and the Telecom companies over adjusted Gross revenue played a major role in this initiative.

india mobile data telecom tariffs

Tue Nov 19 - BBC
The woman has chosen to remain unidentified, image via Reuters
Politics
A woman who has accused Epstein of sexual assault has asked Prince Andrew to come forward

A woman who has chosen to identify herself as Jane Doe 15, along with a dozen other women suing Jeffry Epstein's estate for alleged sexual abuses. During a press conference, she asked Prince Andrew to come forward with any information regarding Epstein and the abuses. The royal family has claimed to have severed ties with Epstein in 2010.

jail epstein deal prosecutors assault princeandrew andrew royalfamily

Tue Nov 19 - Guardian
The original Chinatown was a noir film that became a classic ,image via comingsoon
Entertainment
David Fincher to work on new Netflix 'Chinatown' prequel show

Netflix has signed both David Fincher and Robert Towne to work on the script for a new 'Chinatown' prequel show. The two will executive produce the show and have not yet announced a release date for the pilot. The original Chinatown is still regarded as one of the greatest films ever made.

netflix fincher chinatown davidfincher prequel script

Tue Nov 19 - Deadline
Attenborough released his environmental documentary Blue Planet 2 in 2017, image via BBC Earth
Science
According to Attenborough, the world is changing its attitude towards plastic

Famous broadcaster Sir David Attenborough has said that he feels the world is steadily changing its attitude towards plastic and that people are now more aware of how much damage we have done to the planet. He has previously said that plastic pollution is one of the biggest challenges facing the world's oceans.

plastic climatechange enviornment world

Tue Nov 19 - BBC
China has been stealing research from American universities for 20 years, image via Bloomberg News
Politics
China repeatedly steals research from American universities

According to a new congressional report, the US government is unprepared to deal with the problem of intellectual property theft by China. The report also said that research from American universities has helped China's economic rise over the last 20 years. China has been paying scientists with access to cutting edge American technology to share its research with Beijing.

america china research university reports

Tue Nov 19 - APNews
Three people killed at Walmart shooting in Duncan, Oklahoma
Politics
Three people killed at Walmart shooting in Duncan, Oklahoma

According to officials, three people were killed in a shooting at a Walmart store in Duncan, Oklahoma. Duncan police department said that a husband shot his estranged wife and her new boyfriend in the parking lot of Walmart before turning the gun on himself. Witnesses at the scene said that the shooting was sparked by a domestic dispute between the woman and her husband.

walmart violence duncan oklahoma shooting

Tue Nov 19 - Dailymail
The protests were caused by a large increase in fuel prices, image via Reuters.
Politics
Iran's revolutionary guard have warned protesters of 'decisive action'

Large numbers of people have come out onto the streets in Iran to protest the large increase in fuel prices. Many protesters have already been injured in different incidents. Iran's Revolutionary Guard has warned the protesters that they will take decisive action if they continue to disturb the peace in the country.

oil protests government riots iran fuel

Tue Nov 19 - SkyNews
Angkor Wat is once of Asias most popular tourist destinations, image via Shutterstock
Politics
Cambodia is planning to ban elephant riding at Angkor Wat

The management for the Angkor Archaeological Park in Siem Reap has announced that elephant rides will not be allowed at the park starting 2020. The elephants that were previously used for this activity will be relocated to a nearby forest. This decision came after some international and local animal rights activists pressured the management.

travel tourism cambodia animals animalrights elephants

Tue Nov 19 - CNN
Human rights groups have heavily criticized the US governments decision, image via AFP
Politics
US says it no longer considers Israeli settlements illegal

The US government has announced that it no longer considers Israel's settlements in the West Bank to be inconsistent with international law. The administration has attracted a large amount of criticism for this decision from human rights groups and Palestinians. According to some United Nations security council resolutions, the settlements are illegal under international law.

israel palestine humanrights settlements

Tue Nov 19 - Aljazeera