The toughest fight that Iraqi freestyle wrestler Alia Hussein ever faced was convincing her family that women should be allowed to grapple. The 26-year-old student was a keen cyclist and basketball player but when she told her family last year that she wanted to try her hand at the physical world of wrestling she was met with abuse. Read More »
Investigators are trying to track down everyone on the list of missing by checking with those who called 911 to verify they’ve made contact with their loved ones. If people find their names on the list, or names of loved ones they know are safe, they’re asked to call the Butte County Sheriff’s Office. Read More »
Louis Vuitton trunks – The Newson Luggage collection is a luxury traveler’s dream come true. Aesthetically, the luggage pieces in this collection are sleeker and more modern than past releases. In terms of functionality though, the New Luggage Collection is by far Louis Vuitton’s most well-designed and well-built set of suitcases to date. Read More »
Studies have suggested politicians are among the most sleep-deprived members of our society. It isn’t exactly surprising given the high degree of stress and anxiety related to the jobs of politicians and policymakers; tight schedules and frequent travelling make the matter worse. Read More »
An aircraft is a machine that is able to fly by gaining support from the air. It counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or by using the dynamic lift of an airfoil, or in a few cases the downward thrust from jet engines. Common examples of aircraft include airplanes, helicopters, airships (including blimps), gliders, and hot ... Read More »
Forough (Forugh) Farrokhzad (December 29, 1934 – February 13, 1967) was an influential poet and film director. She was a controversial modernist poet and an iconoclast, writing from a female point of view. Read More »
Margrethe II (born 16 April 1940) is the Queen of Denmark; as well as the supreme authority of the Church of Denmark and Commander-in-Chief of the Danish Defence. Read More »
Penélope Cruz Sánchez (born 28 April 1974) is a Spanish actress and model. Signed by an agent at the age of 15, she made her acting debut at 16 on television and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón Jamón (1992). Read More »
The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth’s axis of rotation intersects its surface. Read More »
The Qajar dynasty was a royal dynasty of Turkic origin, specifically from the Qajar tribe, which ruled from 1794 to 1925. The state ruled by the dynasty was officially known as the Sublime State of Persia. Read More »