British writer Kazuo Ishiguro has won the 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature. The novelist, according to BBC, was praised by the Swedish Academy as a writer “who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world”. His most famous novels The Remains of the Day […]
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Following a new analysis of a 2013 hack, Yahoo has revealed that all three billion accounts at Yahoo were affected, triple the original estimate. The disclosure from Verizon, which acquired Yahoo’s online assets earlier this year, revised upward the initial estimate of one billion accounts affected. The statement said the estimate is based on “new […]
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A 1,000-year-old bowl from China’s Song Dynasty sold for US$37.7 million in Hong Kong on Tuesday, breaking the record for Chinese ceramics, auction house Sotheby’s said. The small piece — which dates from 960-1127 — stole the previous record of $36.05 million set in 2014 for a Ming Dynasty wine cup which was snapped up […]
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Eight people were shot dead during independence protests in the English-speaking parts of Cameroon. Rallies were held on the 56th anniversary of the incorporation of the regions into Cameroon. The mayor of the town of Kumbo said that five of the dead were prisoners shot after a jail caught fire. BBC reports that activists had called […]
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At least 58 people were killed and 500 injured when a heavily armed gunman opened fire from a 32-floor hotel room on an open-air concert on the Las Vegas Strip in the deadliest mass shooting in US history. The Islamic State group claimed the 64-year-old Nevada man behind the Sunday night massacre, Stephen Craig Paddock, […]
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Cameroon has deported 100,000 Nigerian refugees in the hope of stemming the spread of terrorist group Boko Haram, Human Rights Watch (HWR) said on Wednesday. The group said in its new report that the deportation defied a plea by UN refugee agency to not return anyone to north-eastern Nigeria, where Boko Haram killed thousands of […]
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Twitter on Tuesday announced a test project allowing tweets to be expanded to 280 characters — double the existing limit 140 character. San Francisco-based Twitter said the new system, a major shift for the messaging platform known for its 140-character tweets, aims to address “a major cause of frustration” for many users. A “small group” […]
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For the first time in history, women in Saudi Arabia have been granted the right to drive cars. According to the state-run Saudi Press Agency (SPA), a royal order was issued for both men and women to be issued drivers’ licenses. Government ministries are to prepare reports within 30 days and the order will be […]
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North Korea’s foreign minister said on Monday that President Donald Trump had declared war and that the country reserves the right to take countermeasures, including shooting down U.S. bombers even if they are not in its air space. “The whole world should clearly remember it was the U.S. who first declared war on our country,” […]
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Chancellor Angela Merkel clinched a fourth term in Germany’s election Sunday, but her victory was clouded by the entry into parliament of the hard right AfD, the best showing for a nationalist force since World War II. Merkel, who after 12 years in power held a double-digit lead for most of the campaign, scored around […]
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