Poupak Basami has made history here today by becoming the first woman for the national team to compete at an International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships. The 27-year-old, part of a four-strong women’s team, finished sixth in the women’s 55 kilograms D session after managing a total of 158kg. Read More »
Sophia Loren’s success story is unlike other tales from Old Hollywood. Despite sharing the calling cards of other starlets like a self-given name, a love triangle, and some run-ins with the law, Loren did not let the fast life catch up to her. Read More »
Newlyweds ride bike to wedding ceremony instead of a car as they draw public attention to ‘protecting nature’ in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq The groom and environmental activist Sorour Qardaghi said he aims to deliver a message that protecting the environment and preserving nature should be a slogan for all Iraqis.He and his bride planted two trees and distributed roses to pedestrians ... Read More »
Volleyball is a popular team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team’s court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summer Olympic Games since Tokyo 1964. Read More »
Victoria Caroline Beckham OBE (born 17 April 1974) is an English businesswoman, fashion designer and singer. In the late 1990s, Beckham rose to fame with the all-female pop group Spice Girls, and was dubbed Posh Spice by the July 1996 issue of the British music magazine Top of the Pops. Read More »
An actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs “in the flesh” in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. Read More »
The Louvre Museum in Paris (Musee du Louvre) opened new and expanded spaces in its Centre of Education in the Department of Islamic Art on Tuesday.The expansion was completed with the support of Alwaleed Philanthropies from Saudi Arabia, and the foundation’s Secretary General, Saudi princess Lamia Bint Majed Al Saud, was there to commemorate the opening along with Yannick Lintz, ... Read More »
Founders – Masaru Ibuka, Akio Morita First location – Tokyo, Japan After World War II, Sony founder Masaru Ibuka invented a product to try and serve the millions of homes who had electricity but lacked the appliances to use it. The result was this electric rice cooker. Read More »
Each year, hundreds of millions of plants and animals are caught or harvested from the wild and then sold as food, pets, ornamental plants, leather, tourist curios, and medicine. Read More »
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Read More »