Milan Fashion Week opens with a spring in its step on September 21, 2022Milan: Milan Fashion Week opens with a spring in its step. Chinese buyers are back and business is booming. Milan Fashion Week opened Wednesday on an optimistic note, despite the shadows cast by the soaring cost of energy. Almost 70 catwalk shows and 110 presentations are scheduled over the next six days, featuring the giants […]
Spotify offers 300,000 audiobook titles for purchase on September 21, 2022Spotify announced on Tuesday that it is offering 300,000 audiobook titles for a la carte purchases to US users of the platform. The Swedish company’s decision to offer audiobooks on a pay-per-download basis is a departure from the monthly subscription model it uses for music and podcasts. Users will buy audiobooks via a separate webpage, […]
One person dying of hunger every four seconds: NGOs on September 20, 2022In an open letter to the UNGA gathering, 238 organizations express outrage at skyrocketing hunger levels One person is estimated to be dying of hunger every four seconds, over 200 NGOs warned on Tuesday, urging decisive international action to “end the spiraling global hunger crisis”. In an open letter addressing world leaders gathering in New […]
Body of missing Italian tourist found in Peruvian Andes on September 20, 2022A high mountain patrol found the body of a missing Italian tourist who disappeared 80 days ago while hiking in the Peruvian Andes, police said on Monday. Alberto Fedele, who was 30, had left the village of Urubamba in the southeastern Cusco region on July 4, heading for the Juchuycocha lake near the 5,500-meter high […]
Mexico Arrests General Over Disappearance of 43 Students on September 16, 2022Mexico: A Mexican army general has been detained in connection with the disappearance of 43 students in 2014. The latest arrest in a case that generated international condemnation. The incident occurred in the area of southern Mexico. A general who commanded the battalion is among the three suspects. Deputy Security Minister Ricardo Mejia told reporters. […]
Tens of thousands queue in London to pay respects to queen’s coffin on September 15, 2022London: Tens of thousands of mourners, some waiting through the night, queued for hours Thursday to pay their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II on the first full day of her coffin lying in state. Britain’s longest-serving monarch, who died a week ago aged 96 after 70 years on the throne, is at rest in […]
Europe’s battle with Big Tech: billions in fines and tough laws on September 14, 2022Luxembourg: The European Union is on a mission to rein in US tech giants, which have been accused of tax avoidance, stifling competition, raking in billions from news without paying for it and spreading misinformation. In the past few years, the EU has slapped eye-watering fines on Apple and Google in tax and competition cases, […]
New wildfire spreading in central California mountains on September 13, 2022Los Angeles: New wildfire spreading in central California mountains. California’s wildfire has spread rapidly in the US state’s central mountains. As firefighters were bringing a big blaze south of Los Angeles under control, authorities said. The mosquito Fire has now swept through an area of more than 41,000 acres in the Sierra Nevada range northeast […]
Typhoon kills one, leaves several missing in South Korea on September 6, 2022Typhoon in South Korea (Busan): Typhoon Hinnamnor killed one person and left nine missing on Tuesday, before heading back to sea with few reports of major property damage. Typhoon in South Korea, one of the most powerful to bear down on the country in decades. The typhoon hit the southern island of Jeju overnight before […]
Pakistan’s brick workers need kilns reignited after floods on September 6, 2022The brick kilns that dominate the small village of Aqilpur in Pakistan’s Punjab province now lie abandoned, furnaces extinguished by weeks of torrential rain that have caused the worst floods in the country’s history. Pakistan’s brick workers need kilns reignited after floods. Though the floods that engulfed Aqilpur and its surrounding fields have receded from […]