An unidentified Chinese buyer on Sunday paid a world record 1.6 million euros ($1.9 million) for a female homing pigeon called New Kim, online auctioneers Pigeon Paradise (PIPA) said. The sale beat the 1.25 million euros paid for male pigeon Armando […]
Awash with multicolored posters, angry graffiti and other symbols of protest — metal shields, tear gas cartridges — Santiago’s Museum of Social Uprising is aiming to keep alive the memory of months of deadly demonstrations that have left a lasting […]
With Halloween just around the bend, NASA has released three spooktastic posters for all the space buffs looking to add a touch of sci-fi chills to their walls.According to the prolific Washington based space agency the posters, themed ‘Galaxy of […]
Over a decade. That’s how long ago it was that the much anticipated work began on a live-action release of Naughty Dog’s uber popular Uncharted games. The project has so far sifted through seven directors, five release dates, changing scripts and […]
Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it is launching its dating service in 32 European countries after the rollout was delayed earlier this year due to regulatory concerns. The social media company had postponed the rollout of Facebook Dating in Europe […]
Indian streaming service Eros Now issued an apology on Thursday to its Twitter followers — on the very platform where it posted its inappropriate Navratri ads — when the Internet backlashed against the campaign, deeming it “vulgar” and offensive. Owned […]
A prominent European Jewish organization slammed a Munich auction house’s decision to sell several of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler’s handwritten speech notes, saying Tuesday it “defies logic, decency and humanity” to put them on the market. Rabbi Menachem Margolin, the […]
Peruvian archaeologists have come across a massive cat-like carving into the side of a hill dating back to over 2,000 years ago, according to the country’s Ministry of Culture. Stamped on a lookout point at the UNESCO heritage site known as […]
The Nobel Prize for literature was awarded to American poet Louise Glück on Thursday “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.” The prize was announced in Stockholm by Mats Malm, the permanent secretary of […]
A Fallout 76 group, named the ‘Free States Militia’ hosting some 90 plus members on Facebook, found its account barred from the platform with no prior warning, in a moderation-gone-wrong last week. It is unclear whether the wipe came from an […]
The increasingly visible and vocal followers of QAnon promote a bewildering blend of unsubstantiated conspiracy theories, worrying everyone from Facebook to the FBI. Once on the fringes of the internet and focused on US politics, the movement has seen sharp […]