Z KhandakerGermany Germany's Steinmeier warns of 'invisible' walls that threaten social cohesionDW News - Kate Brady Germany has commemorated 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989. Born into a Europe without the Iron Curtain, DW's Kate Brady …
Z KhandakerDonald Trump Trump Humiliated As Impeachment Witness Says Every World Leader Disparages Himpoliticususa.com - Jason Easley Dr. Fiona Hill testified to the impeachment investigation that every world leader has made disparaging remarks about Donald Trump. Transcript from Dr. …
Z KhandakerLearning People Are Sharing The Wisest Sayings They've Ever Heard, And It's Almost Too RealBuzzFeed - Allie Hayes "Measure twice, cut once."
Z KhandakerLanguage Learning Who are the best English speakers in Europe?Euronews - By EuronewsThe Dutch are the most proficient English speakers in the world, a global study of English skills has found. Swedish education company Education First used an online language proficiency test to rank where
Z KhandakerOpinion The Guardian view on ‘pagan idols’ in the Vatican: church culture wars should concern us allThe Guardian - EditorialThe roots of the word “catholic” go back to the Greek adjective καθολικός, which roughly translates as “universal”. When we are told a person has catholic tastes, we understand them to have broad interests
Z KhandakerUniversity of Sydney I Just Took the World’s First 20-Hour Flight. Here’s What It Did to MeBloomberg - Angus Whitley I’ve just endured the world’s newest longest flight, a 16,200 kilometer (10,100 mile), nonstop ultra-marathon from New York to Sydney. It took about …
Z KhandakerMona Lisa Leonardo da Vinci feud: The 'earlier' Mona Lisa mysterybbc.co.uk - Peter BallA painting of the Mona Lisa hangs above a fireplace in a London flat in the 1960s. Is this picture not only by Leonardo da Vinci, but also an earlier version of the world famous portrait that hangs in
Z Khandaker The peculiar bathroom habits of WesternersBBC Future - Christine RoMany Westerners take morning showers, toilet tissue and sitting toilets for granted. But in much of the rest of the world, these habits are rather strange – and may be less hygienic. Anglo-American bathroom
Z Khandaker Are pets really good for us – or just hairy health hazards?The Guardian - Jules HowardMy childhood dog was called Biff. Biff was a handful. He was a loud, cocky shetland sheepdog who oozed bravado and bravery. Yet, underneath it all, he struggled with the dog version of impostor syndrome.
Z KhandakerTravel This Is The Reason Why Only Four Passport Colors In the Worldsimplercity.com It turns out that there are only four primary passport colors in the world, and each country has its own reasons for choosing one of these colors for …
Z KhandakerPeace Why Eritrea didn’t win a Nobel for its peace accord when Ethiopia didThe Washington Post - Adam TaylorInstead, Nobel Committee Chair Berit Reiss-Andersen simply acknowledged that “peace does not arise from the actions of one party alone” and said that they hope the “peace agreement will help to bring positive
Z Khandaker Jason Momoa and Greta Thunberg are protesting climate change and peo…indy100.com - Marianne Eloise As the climate change conversation heats up, more and more surprising celebrity faces are getting involved to take action. That's how Aquaman's Jason …
Z Khandaker What life is like on the island run by womenindependent.co.uk - Hillary Richard In the Kihnu Museum on a tiny Estonian island, the elders, dressed in matching striped skirts, pondered a favourite question over coffee. What hasn’t …
Z Khandaker America is likely complicit in war crimes in Yemen. It's time to hold the US to accountThe Guardian - Mohamad BazziThe US is looking the other way while its allies commit war crimes and avoid responsibility for instigating the world’s worst humanitarian crisis Saudi and allied warplanes have conducted more than 20,000
Z Khandaker New Zealand braces for protests ahead of anniversary of Captain Cook's landingThe Guardian - Eleanor Ainge Roy in DunedinNew Zealand is preparing for a potentially uncomfortable weekend, as the country prepares to mark – with celebration and protest – 250 years since Captain James Cook landed in the country. Prime minister
Z KhandakerTechnology Video of Greta Thunberg's U.N. speech set to death metal music has more than 3 million viewsNBC News - Elizabeth ChuckAnd it was endorsed by the teen environmental activist herself, who joked: "I have moved on from this climate thing... From now on I will be doing death metal only!!" Greta Thunberg's impassioned plea
Z Khandaker Richard Thompson at 70: on love, loss and being a Muslim in Trump's USThe Guardian - Robin DenselowRichard Thompson is drinking mint tea in a Hampstead coffee shop – he doesn’t touch coffee or alcohol – and between Islam and cricket, he’s discussing the remarkable guest list for his upcoming 70th birthday
Z Khandaker A women-only hotel to avoid the male gaze? It’s just evading the problemindependent.co.uk - Lucie McInerney The Som Dona hotel in Majorca opened its gleaming glass doors for the first time earlier this summer with sparkling white sunbeds, modern minimalist …
Z Khandaker Analysis: To combat Islamophobia, Khan bridges East and WestAssociated PressUNITED NATIONS (AP) — He spoke of Islam — his religion — but he used references like Charles Bronson’s “Death Wish” movie, Monty Python and Japanese kamikaze pilots during World War II. He built linguistic
Z KhandakerBees Alabama restaurant has no prices on the menu, just a box for diners to drop in any amount they wantThe Washington PostAt Drexell & Honeybee’s, the menu doesn’t even list suggested donation prices. “If you come into a restaurant, and you don’t have any money, and you sit down and see our suggested price, what are you to
Z Khandaker Trump and Modi are two sides of the same coinCNN - Opinion by Sarah Philips(CNN) — This Sunday, President Donald Trump and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi are sharing a stage in my hometown of Houston, Texas, at an event named "Howdy, Modi". This is Modi's first trip to
Z Khandaker Donald Trump is no hero of the working class. And the GM strikers know itThe Guardian - Robert ReichEarlier this year GM shut its giant plant in Lordstown, Ohio, which Trump had vowed to save Donald Trump pretends to be a tribune of the working class, standing up for American jobs. Last week nearly General
Z Khandaker How the White Nationalists Who Love Trump Found Inspiration in the Group That Gave Us Narendra ModiThe Intercept - Mehdi Hasan Question: What is the connection between controversial Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi — who is visiting Houston this Sunday for the “Howdy, …
Z Khandaker ‘BJP-RSS Brand of Hinduism is Unacceptable’: Tharoor Says in Hindithequint.com - Nishtha Gautam Congress MP and former union minister Shashi Tharoor's latest book ‘The Hindu Way’ attempts to make liberal Hinduism a household phenomenon. An …
Z Khandaker Mine is a layman’s view of Hinduism: Shashi Tharoorsiasat.com - neha New Delhi: Diplomat-politician-author Shashi Tharoor says he is no scholar of Hinduism and only seeks to give his readers an overview of the faith …
Z Khandaker Why we pass gas, what causes the dreaded sound, and the reason women have smellier flatulence than menSouth China Morning Post - Anthea Rowan It’s time to own up to passing wind – because we all do it. Whether loud, silent or smelly (or silent and deadly-smelly), flatulence is a natural …
Z Khandaker ‘My boss lets me set my own salary’bbc.co.uk - Felicity Hannah Where 25-year-old Cecilia Manduca works there is a "pay self-assessment process". Put simply, the workers there decide how much they are worth and should be paid.
Z Khandaker What’s it like to live in an over-touristed city?BBC Travel - By Lindsey GallowayLocals explain how the influx of travellers has affected them, how authorities are responding and how visitors can remain respectful of people who live there year-round. Global travel and tourism continues
Z KhandakerSweden Why so many young Swedes live aloneBBC Worklife - Maddy SavageSwedes typically stop living with their parents earlier than anywhere else in Europe. But can leaving home at a young age have a dark side? Fleeing the family nest is a rite of passage many teenagers of,
