In twos and threes, in small groups or alone, they came. Most walking, many crawling, ignoring bloodied knees and aching arms to climb a hill to the famed church housing an icon of the Virgin Mary believed to perform miracles. Some wept openly, the anguish of their personal strife painted on their faces. All stopped […]
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Creator of mosquito-themed state flag says design was a joke
A Mississippi man who submitted a proposal to place a giant mosquito on the new state flag, a design that went viral on social media, said he created it as a joke. Thomas Rosete, a deckhand on the Yazoo River, told the Clarion Ledger he created the “mosquito flag,” which features a giant mosquito surrounded […]
Denmark to make face masks compulsory on public transport
Wearing face masks on public transport will be compulsory in Denmark from Aug. 22 following a spike in numbers of new coronavirus cases, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Saturday. In mid-April, Denmark became one the first European countries to ease its coronavirus lockdown as the epidemic appeared to be contained, but the reproduction rate […]
As COVID-19 cases rise in US, precious plasma donations lag
In late April, a coalition of New Mexico healthcare systems began asking local COVID-19 survivors to donate their plasma, the antibody-rich blood product used to help treat people hospitalized with the disease. More than 50 people donated in May, but then the numbers starting falling, according to data from Vitalant, a nonprofit blood bank that […]
How the coronavirus changed US political conventions, perhaps forever
The US political convention, a presidential campaign ritual dating to the 1830s, is being reinvented on the fly after being short-circuited by the coronavirus pandemic – much like the campaign itself. Here is a look at how the Democratic and Republican conventions will be different this year – and maybe for campaigns to come. SEIZING […]
Brits scrambling home from France after quarantine move
British holidaymakers in France were scrambling to return home Friday to avoid having to self-isolate for 14 days following the U.K. government’s decision to reimpose quarantine restrictions on France amid a recent pick-up in coronavirus infections. The British government announced late Thursday that it was taking France off the list of nations exempt from quarantine […]
‘Little brown girl’: Australian Biden-Harris cartoon sparks furore
A cartoon in Australia’s biggest national newspaper drew condemnation on Friday as being racist for portraying U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden describing his new running mate, Kamala Harris, as “this little brown girl”. The cartoon by Johannes Leak in Rupert Murdoch’s The Australian newspaper, known for its conservative views, depicted a beaming Biden saying […]
Don’t dance, don’t smoke, don’t drink: Not fiesta time in Spain’s COVID-19 fight
Spanish authorities ordered the closure of nightclubs, banned drinking in outdoor public areas and smoking when keeping a safe distance from people is impossible, among other measures imposed on Friday to try to stem a coronavirus resurgence. Infections have spiked in recent days following the end of Spain’s tough lockdown seven weeks ago. Thursday’s almost […]
Karamat Mughal — the Punjabi writer who compiled and edited syllabus of Punjabi language
Karamat Mughal is in different fields such as fiction, criticism and teaching. He is also an editor, translator, transcribe, column writer, feature writer etc. It is because in Punjabi there is need of writing in every field. He is an activist struggling for introducing Punjabi at primary education level. In FC College, Lahore Karamat Mughal […]
The after theory of Terry Eagleton
In a recently published article titled Death of Postmodernism, Alison Gibbons claimed that the life of postmodernism is over. Similar opinion is voiced about critical theory by Terry Eagleton who believes that age of theory is over. But the fact is that Postmodernism or any other theory does not die or get wiped out, in […]