Chancellor Rishi Sunak says employers must start sharing the cost of the Furlough Scheme from August 2020 and will finish at the end of October 2020. From August, employers must pay National Insurance and pension contributions then 10 per cent of pay from September, rising to 20 per cent in October. Workers will be allowed…
Clothing brand Levi’s has launched its limited-edition Super Mario collaboration in India. The collection belongs to Mario and his gang from the popular franchise in streetwear styles made for Super Mario fans. Levi’s denim jackets, hoodies, and tee shirts now feature characters, colours, items, and catchphrases from the game. The collection is sold online and…
US President Donald Trump has said that the US is terminating its relationship with the World Health Organisation (WHO). He added that the US will redirect funds from WHO to other organisations. “China has total control over WHO despite only paying $40m a year compared to what US has been paying which is approximately 4450m…
The monkey runs away with COVID-19 blood samples for suspected coronavirus patients in Meerut. The video that went viral on social media showed the monkey thief in a tree. A monkey attacked a lab technician on the campus of a medical school in India and ran away with blood samples from three patients infected withCovid-19.…
Juan Pablo Villalobos, a Mexican comic novelist who writes about Mexican violence and impunity, blending satire with flights of imagination. The fourth novel of Juan Pablo Villalobos, I Don’t Expect Anyone to Believe Me, is chaotic but intense narrative. The story is about a Mexican student who becomes embroiled in a gangsters’ turf…
One of Pew’s character remarked “ everything is just so strange lately” as Catherine Lacey has been spending the night in churches in the small towns of American south. Vagabond sex and washing in a petrol station the narrator notes “where my legs met, there was something I knew to protect, though I could not…
Ed West’s Small Men On the Wrong Side of History gives an insight into why conservatives have lost almost every political argument since 1945. He propagates woke progressivism taking over the West, parasitising the minds of younger generations saying cultural conservatism is dying. The western world has gone through a huge cultural shift, comparable to…
World’s largest all-electric aircraft successfully takes it first flight The world’s largest all-electric plane took its maiden voyage successfully, which lasted 30 minutes. The eCaravan aircraft is a Cessna208 Caravan plane which was fitted with a 750 horsepower electric motor made by US-based startup Magnix and modified by aerospace engineering firm AeroTEC. The aircraft which…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says groups of up to six people will be able to meet outside in England from Monday. They can meet in gardens, in parks as long as households keep two meters apart. “These changes means friends and family will start to meet loved ones” in what would be a “long-awaited and…
“The High Note” – a new “funny” feature film which embraces the ever popular genre of Pop Music! Review by Penny Nair Price. This brand new take on the music scene in LA is directed by Nisha Ganatra and stars Dakota Johnson as Maggie – manager, (credits include “Fifty Shades of Grey”) and Tracie Ellis…