Show business is once again in mourning. After the passing of David Bowie at the beginning of this week, it is the turn of Réné Angelil to bow out. It was his wife, the singer Céline Dion who tweeted the sad news and asked for respect for the family’s privacy. …
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What meaning does the Hijab have?
A hearing date to terminate the employment of a professor at Wheaton College in Illinois has been scheduled for January 23. Professor Larycia Hawkins, a tenured professor at the Christian college has asked for prayers, love and support.” What is the story though? It started with the Hijab. In December …
Read More »Braveheart Putin
He has always shown himself as the strong man, the emotionless man flying the flag for macho behaviours, and not being a macho à la Silvio Berlusconi, even though the two are friends. Whereas Berlusconi spent his premiership fighting corruption allegations as well as accusations of frolicking with prostitutes, Putin …
Read More »Did Zuckerberg mean to wade into that controversy?
The controversy: vaccine. Whether Mark Zuckerberg knew that this topic was a controversial topic that would make a lot of ink flow or not, only he knows. What is sure, however, is that in February last year, long before the birth of his daughter Max, Zuckerberg posted this on his …
Read More »HIV surge – time for a new campaign?
In the 1980s, sex was, or could be, a dangerous pursuit. It most definitely could lead to HIV, which would in turn lead to AIDS and then death. At least, that is what the TV advertisements sponsored by governments said. Celebrities like Madonna and George Michael urged their fans – …
Read More »Bowie and Iman, the enduring love story
On Sunday, David Bowie passed away after losing a battle with liver cancer that he’d been fighting for 18 months. A day before his death, his wife, the supermodel and cosmetics mogul, Iman Abdulmajid posted a tweet in which she said, “the struggle is real but so is God.” She …
Read More »El Chapo’s End of the Run
After six months on the run, Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin Guzman, known as El Chapo, was captured on Friday by Mexican forces aided by their US counterparts. The operation, of its code name “Operation Black Swan” had been monitoring the house in which the fugitive was hiding out in for …
Read More »Princess Cristina’s trial and what this means for the Spanish Royal Family
The sixth in line to the Spanish throne, Princess Cristina, was accused in 2014 of tax fraud alongside her husband, the Olympic medalist Inaki Urdangarin. The princess, who denied any knowledge of the huge corruption case to the tune of $6.5 million, told magistrates today that she trusted her husband. …
Read More »Saudi Arabia – Iran: what’s different this time?
Saudi Arabia has never hidden the fact that its preferred method of doing away with those it considers criminals is to behead them. In 2013, five Yemenis were not only beheaded, but they were also crucified because they took part in an armed robbery in which a Saudi national died. …
Read More »What’s behind your cup of coffee?
The writer and photographer Sebastio Salgado has brought out a new book, a photo-book which presents itself as a journey in the world of coffee. Spanning countries within Latin America, Africa and Asia, the book, “The Scent of a Dream: Travels in the World of Coffee is dedicated to the time, …
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