The Bundestag’s recognition of the genocide of Armenians has sparked a fierce backlash from Turkish officials, while angry Turks rallied in Berlin and Istanbul. Their harsh words contrasted with the prime minister’s assurance the relations won’t suffer. “They burned Jews in furnaces and now they slander the Turkish people by accusing us of some genocide. […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will miss a vote on whether to label the killings of around 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks during the First World War as genocide. The German parliament is set to weigh in on the resolution on Thursday. “At the moment, this vote is due in the morning or at lunchtime […]
The Cambodian government recently released a video that warned citizens about the destructive social impact of using civil rights like protest and freedom of expression “excessively”. The video, entitled “Using The Rights In An Anarchic Way,” was uploaded on the government’s official YouTube channel and has since been made private. It cited the experience of […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration is considering selling water from the river Ganges, one of the country’s holiest and dirtiest rivers, through online. In an unexpected move to boost e-commerce and the struggling state-run India Post, the New Delhi administration is planning to deliver packets of water from river Ganges throughout the country. Read more: […]
Miss Turkey 2006 has been found guilty for sharing a poem deemed insulting to the Turkish head of state in the latest of some 2,000 defamation cases President Erdogan filed in two years under a law that bans insulting the president. The Istanbul court gave 27-year-old Merve Buyuksarac a suspended sentence of 14 months for […]
Capitalizing on the Japanese work culture that makes insomniacs of employees, Coca Cola Japan has recently released a new beverage that the company claims can help people get a better night’s sleep. Aptly named ‘Glaceau Sleep Water’, the drink is perfect for those who have trouble nodding off every night and are desperate to experience […]
Australian opposition leader Bill Shorten, speaking in Cairns yesterday, pledged an A$500 million fund towards research and programs to help protect Australia’s environmental icon The Great Barrier Reef. Recent surveys indicated coral bleaching has killed more than a third of coral in the Great Barrier Reef’s north and central regions. “All of this”, said Mr […]
Between eight and 17 people according to various estimates were killed in a fire in the Indian state of Maharashtra’s Pulgaon city on Tuesday, local media reported. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Two army officials were among those eight killed, the Indian Express newspaper said, while according to the Zee News TV channel, the blaze killed 17 […]
