October2017

News Hour A black model who appeared in a Dove advert denounced as racist by many social media users has defended the clip, saying that far from belittling black women it celebrated ethnic diversity. Lola Ogunyemi...

News Hour Pakistan has been suspended from international football because of what global soccer body FIFA described as undue third-party interference in the country’s football federation (PFF). FIFA said in a statement that the suspension would...

News Hour It is expected that Mashrafe Mortaza will be able to rejuvenate the embattled Bangladesh team now touring South Africa after having been capitulated by the home side in the test series. Former national opener...

News Hour Eminem savaged Donald Trump as a racist and warned fans not to support the US president as the rap superstar appeared at the BET Hip Hop Awards broadcast Tuesday, reports BSS. Eminem, the top-selling...

News Hour Even if you are terrified of heights, jumping out of a plane with a makeshift parachute may begin to look like a good idea once you know the aircraft is running out of fuel....

News Hour: Recently, someone posted a picture of a pre-teen who committed suicide. He had a blue whale tattooed on his hand and the media held the Blue Whale Challenge responsible for his death. Blue whale,...

News Hour: China’s top e-commerce firm, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, is launching a $15 billion drive to build overseas research hubs as the deep-pocketed firm looks to compete with global leaders in e-commerce, logistics and cloud...

News Hour: A massive cholera immunization campaign started near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, to protect newly arrived Rohingya and host communities from the life-threatening diarrheal disease. 900 000 doses of the vaccine have been mobilized and are...

News Hour: The wife of producer Harvey Weinstein says she is leaving him following allegations of sexual harassment against him from a string of actresses. Georgina Chapman, 41, said Weinstein’s actions were “unforgivable”. Angelina Jolie and...

News Hour: After a Hindu priest and his friends allegedly killed a Muslim folk singer two weeks ago, at least 200 Muslims have fled their village in Rajasthan, the police said yesterday, and are living in a shelter...