Salvador Dali’s body is exhumed for DNA tests to settle a paternity case. Samples were taken from the surrealist painter’s teeth, bones and nails in a four-hour operation according to forensic experts. The exhumation followed a court order on behalf of a woman who says her mother had an affair with the painter. The exhumation…
At 01:31 am on Friday (22:31 GMT Thursday) an earthquake with 6.70magnitude hit 7 miles ( 12km) north-east of Kos in the Aegean Sea, near the Turkish coast with a depth of 10km according to US Geological Survey and killed 2 people and injured several hundreds, on the Greek Island of Kos. In the…
Herbert Marshall McLuhan, a Canadian professor, philosopher and public intellectual was universally regarded as the father of communication and media studies. Visionary Marshall McLuhan’s centennial celebration highlights his eloquent introduction lays out just a precis of the insights to “ the first seer of cyberspace”. Thirty years before the World Wide Web was invented, Marshall…
Over £1bn ($1.3bn) has been raised this year till now by start-up tech companies primarily by “initial coin offerings” the blockchain community’s version of crowd funding. World’s four biggest professional services firms are expanding their interest in the blockchain sector, and venturing into ICOs, the process by which public blockchain technologies can be leveraged to…
China’s central bank said it is investigation market manipulation, money laundering and unauthorised financing. Chinese exchanges trading in currency have seen the price of Bitcoin fall more than 18%. Beijing is trying to crack down on money flowing out of the country illegally, as yuan’s weakening has prompted several people in China to try to…
Several people had to be rescued in Coverack, following devastating heavy rain that sent 4 feet torrent of water through the Lizard Peninsula of Cornish village. Water swept through the village leaving roads into roads into and out of village impassable. Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service said its crews attended multiple flood-related incidents. A major…
Scores of residents of Grenfell Tower was subjected to electricity power surge as their domestic appliances either malfunctioned, overheated or emitted smoke several years before the disastrous fire, it has emerged. The documents show that 45 of the tower’s 129 flats were affected by a powerful electricity surge on 29 May 2013, despite this the…
Supreme brand Louis Vuitton unveiled its collection last month, and especially young rich people in London, Los Angeles, and Tokyo camped overnight outside stores hoping snap up the designer T-shirts and Hoodies, with Louis Vuitton stamp of approval. Many wanted to make a quick buck by reselling these valuable highly coveted name on the eBay…
The Wisdom Of Finance gives a new perspective on one of the world’s most misunderstood professions. Is there really wisdom in finance? Non-finance might argue that financiers are a greedy and reckless bunch of selfish and wealthy people who are reckless and lawless. Mihir Desai, an asset manager who teaches at Harvard business and law…
Third seed Swiss, Roger Federer became the first man to win Wimbledon eight times and extend his record to 19 Grand Slam titles with victory over Coratia’s seventh seed Marin Cilic, 6-3, 6-1, 6-4. Cilic struggled with a blister on his left foot and broke down in tears during second set. Thirty-five-year-old Federer, finished the match…