Valdai: Russian president Vladmir Putin blew the lid over the creation of ISIS and the reason why it continues to flourish. In a short video filmed at the Valdai International Discussion Club in late 2014, Putin is seen answering a question on ISIS from a US journalist. The video clearly explains Russia’s decision to launch airstrikes against the Islamic State and its support for Assad regime. While responding to a […]
When festive lights go up, the spirit of the season comes alive and the magic of the holidays warms Vancouver, Canada unlike any other time of year but unless you’re here, it’s hard to put in words the joyous feeling around the city. Luckily for us, this time lapse video does a fabulous job of capturing the energy of being in Vancouver, BC during Christmas. Created by a local action […]
On the surface, James Harrison is just an average guy. He loves his daughter and grandchildren, collects stamps, and goes for walks near his home on Australia’s central coast. But it’s what’s under the surface that makes him extraordinary — specifically, what’s flowing in his veins. Known as “The Man with the Golden Arm,” nearly every week for the past 60 years he has donated blood plasma from his […]
Germany marks a quarter-century as a reunited nation on Saturday, with two leaders from the formerly Communist East portion heading a country that increasingly asserts itself as Europe’s political heavyweight – and now faces a new challenge in a refugee influx that will demand deep reserves of resourcefulness and patience. West and East Germany united on October 3, 1990, capping a process that started less than 11 months earlier when […]
Tech news out of India is coming hot and fast today — we’re now hearing that the country’s largest homegrown smartphone maker, Micromax, could be eyeing a U.S. market entry next year. Micromax overtook Samsung to become the top player in India’s mobile space sometime around January, and with India due to become the world’s second-largest smartphone market by 2017, that makes it one of the big players to watch […]
Family vacation or a quick getaway with friends, are both means of an escapade from the monotony of life. I’m sure with the onset of summer; the first thing that you do is getting started with planning an elaborate vacation. With beautiful places to explore and spend quality time with your loved ones, you wouldn’t want anything to go wrong. I’ve often heard people tell tales about how their family […]
London: Beachcombers dream of finding treasures as they stroll along sandy beaches, but one dog walker in Wales struck gold as he exercised his pet – and was on Friday $16,700 richer as he found whale vomit. His rare find was a 1.1 kg chunk of whale vomit, known as ambergris, and it sparked a frenzy of interest when it came up for sale Friday at an auction house in […]
Most of us can’t get enough of horror movies! These movies have delighted audiences all over the world and entertained our basest instincts with horrifying gore, monsters, insanity and the supernatural. What is with the scary haunted houses, uncanny settings, eerie sounds that titillate our senses so much? Do we love the fear and violence that these movies present us with? For many of us, being scared out of our […]
Two weeks ago, this little girl explained to her father why she wasn’t a ‘princess’ in a video that’s been watched a million times since being posted on September 7. Now, JoJo is telling off her dad again, this time at a wedding. In a video posted on YouTube on September 14, the 4-year-old is trying to explain to her dad how weddings work and what not to do while […]
North Korea said on Tuesday that its main nuclear complex is operational and it was working to improve the “quality and quantity” of its weapons which it could use against the United States at “any time.” The comments follow a declaration by the North in 2013 vowing to restart all nuclear facilities, including the main nuclear reactor in Yongbyon that had been shuttered. It marked the first acknowledgement since then […]
