Thousands of farmers breached police barricades to launch a protest march into New Delhi on Tuesday, with some protesting on their tractors, along with the government's main Republic Day military parade. The country's police conducted one of their biggest security operations in history with the aim of halting the rallies against agriculture reforms farmers say will decimate their livelihoods, according to AFP. Indian authorities had approved allowing tens of thousands of farmers to stage a 'tractor rally' as long as they waited for the military parade to finish. But flag-waving ...
American-Israeli artist Iddo Markus couldn't stop painting Donald Trump. Iddo Markus flaunts oil color works on canvas and wood that feature 120 shades of Donald Trump as a part of a portrait series. Now he deals with people reacting with anger and disgust to his work. The face is obscure and grim, but the blonde comb-over and tie leave no doubt that the image carpeting the studio of Israeli painter Iddo Markus is that of Donald Trump. He is saying that he doesn't like him but he was nonetheless fascinated ...
Minority Christians are running out of northern Myanmar due to the conflict there to find a better and safer place; now, they are building a sanctuary on the outskirts of Yangon. The small community is currently part of 200,000 people who fled about four years ago because of fierce fighting in the northern Rakhine state. Myanmar's crisis began after the clashes started between the country's military and the Arakan Army, a militant group calling for autonomy for its ethnic Rakhine people. The ensuing war resulted in hundreds of deaths or ...
Joe Biden has officially became the 46th president of the United States with his inauguration ceremony taking place on Wednesday, 20 January, 2021. President Biden reiterated his calls for unity and insisted he believes the 'best is yet to come' for the nation during his speech at the primetime inauguration special, Celebrating America. During his speech he added that he and First Lady Jill, in addition to Vice-President Kamala Harris and Doug, "want to make sure the inauguration is not about us but about you, the American people' Former US ...
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is the most influential tech event in the world; proving ground for breakthrough technologies and global innovators. This is where the world's biggest brands usually do business and meet new partners, and the sharpest innovators hit the stage. However, this year was different, the entire event was virtual due to the pandemic. Nonetheless, CES this year didn’t fail to bring to us the most creative and interesting tech gadgets! Here are 6 of the most intriguing products that were unveiled in this year's CES.
Tunisian police detained over 1,000 protesters as troops were deployed across the country ahead of violent riots for three nights in cities throughout Tunisia. “We came in the daytime”; protesters chanted, on Monday January 18th during a gathering in central Tunis. The Interior Ministry said legitimate demonstrations didn't take place night. It revealed on Sunday 632 people were taken to jail, mainly “groups of people between the ages of 15 and 20 who burned tires and bins in order to block movements by the security forces.”
By Ewelina Lepionko Sometimes we can get the impression that situations or people look as if they were taken from classical paintings. But what if the characters of the classic paintings become part of our modern world? Ukrainian artist Alla Mingalёva decided to reincarnate classical characters and adapted them to modern-day realities. Mingalёva combines characters from different artists and styles with clever results. On her collages, all figures seem like they’re just ordinary people doing ordinary things. Most of her art is funny, controversial, ironic, erotic, sarcastic, and even fantastic ...
Egypt has unearthed old treasures which were discovered at the Saqqara archaeological site near Cairo. The treasures include a sarcophagi that is over 3,000 years old. As of late Egypt has been unveiling much antiques and ancient treasures that is believed to be a "rewrite of history", according to famed Egyptologist Zahi Hawass. UNESCO has placed the Saqqara region on the World Heritage List, which is a vast necropolis of the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis and the home to over a dozen pyramids, ancient monasteries, and animal burial sites ...
Kuwaiti fashionista Farah Al-Hady is known for her outstanding makeup talent. Farah is not only good with regular makeup, but also with artistic and cinematic numbers as she can transform herself into a whole new character only by applying makeup tricks. Due to her talent, the Kuwaiti beauty has been topping Saudi Google trending lists in the past few hours after her latest look she debuted on Snapchat. Although she's applied better and more difficult makeup tricks in the past, but this one somehowhas found its way to social media ...