Wikipedia wins the award for ‘International cooperation’

King Felipe VI of Spain awarded online encyclopedia Wikipedia, a non-profit organization, the country’s Princes of Asturias award for international cooperation, at the northern city of the Campoamor Theatre in Oviedo on Friday 23rd October 2015, hailing it a “universal symbol of teamwork”.   Jimmy Wales US entrepreneur who founded Wikipedia in 2001, received the award…

Hurricane Patricia gaining strength and hits Mexico

Mexico’s Pacific coast is expecting one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded after the third lowest barometer reading ever recorded pressure of 880millibars at the centre of the storm and began evacuating 400,000 vulnerable residents ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Patricia. The Category five hurricane is expected to make landfall with winds of  190…

Xi Jinping visit: UK-China ties scale new heights

China’s President Xi Jinping believes The UK and China were becoming more interdependent and a “community of Shared interests,” on the first full day of his four-day visit to London. At Buckingham Palace banquet, the Queen said this was a “very special year of our bilateral relationship”. Addressing MPs and Peers in the Royal Gallery…

Indian Temples to leave you gasping

  Brihadeshwara Temple or the Thanjavur Periya Kovil is famous for its architectural splendour. Its grandeur amuses each and every visitor. It is one of the largest temples in India built by emperor Rajendra Chola I and was completed in 1010 A.D. The splendid architecture has made the temple a part of the UNESCO World Heritage…

Amazing Chocolate Show

  The UK’s biggest Chocolate show was attended by over 15,000 chocolate fans and saw the best UK Chocolate companies exhibiting alongside with international brands who returned for demonstration and tasting from 16-18 October 2015 at Olympia National Hall London. We eat more chocolate and create any excuse for eating it. Exhibitors included brands like…

China overtakes US in creating dollar billionaires

China has a number of dollar billionaires than the United States for the first time according to The Hurun Report that tracks the country’s richest. The number of Chinese dollar billionaires rose from 354 in 2014 to 596 in 2015 beating the 537 billionaires in the U.S. Wang Jianlin, the chairman of the Chinese real…

Wild bear inside the mall shot dead in Russia

  A three-year old, wild bear visited a supermarket and walked around the  mall in the city of Khabarovsk in Russia near the Chinese border was seen smashing a window and standing on its hind legs and pushing a front door open, was shot dead by Russian police. The baby bear seems to have lost…

“Suffragette” – Facing facts about feminine conflict issues et al.

Director Sarah Gavron did not have an easy job with this film especially as the “star player” in the suffragette movement  – Emiline Pankhurst, was given  minor coverage  (played by Meryl Streep) so we were treated to a kind of “off camera” sub-plot of the terribly sad life of Maud Watts who was dragged into the suffragette…