The Resurgence of Yacht Rock and other Soft Music

Earlier when artists came out in open declaring their love for soft music, they were met with bafflement while right now they are appreciated.

More and more younger...

Now, a Fatwa that bans posting pictures Online

The Darul Uloom Deoband School in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, which ranks amongst the top Islamic schools India has issued a fatwa banning Muslims from uploading pi...

Jackie Chan's Helping Hand to the Blind

Jackie Chan recently launched an operation in collaboration with the Beijing Tongren Opthalmology Department to help visually-impaired Tibetans undergo surgical procedures....

Global Study Finds 75% Of Pregnant Women Don't Have Healthy Weight Gain

Data from Asia, US and Europe finds 23% do not gain enough weight and more than 50% gain too much, increasing risk of premature birth and caesareans A comprehensive new stu...

Learning From Zoos: How Our Environment Can Influence Our Health

We are told that we are a nation of couch potatoes, lacking the will and the strength to turn around the obesity tanker. We all need a little help in our quest for a health...

Corks Film Festival Brings Cinema To Cork City Central Library All Year Round

The Cork Film Festival will be the first Irish festival to pilot a new European-wide project to bring festival films to public libraries. One of only seven festivals across...

Seven Of The Best Music Festivals Of Europe

Headliners at festivals in the UK felt considerably dull this year, but around Europe there’s an absolute smorgasbord of talent lined up in some stunning locations &n...

Kofi Annan: On The Pictures That Capture Our Choking Planet

We are running out of space. Fly over Africa at night and you will see mile after mile of fires burning red in the dark as scrub is removed to make way for human beings. Sa...

Artist Is Creating A Parthenon Made Of 100,000 Banned Books

With the rise of Far Right candidates in Europe and in America, along with creeping dictatorship in Turkey and authoritarianism in the Philippines, the idea of democracy an...