December 19: Many fans got upset as actress Katie Holmes posted on Instagram a photograph of her and daughter Suri meeting Democratic Party presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at a private fundraiser event here. In the black-and-white image, Holmes is seen in a black long-sleeved shirt alongside Suri who held a plush toy. Clinton was joined […]
Kathmandu / December 18: Join the annual Teach for Nepal Walkathon to show your commitment for quality education for every child across the nation and to end education inequality. The charity event is to be held next Saturday on December 26 and will start and end at Bhrikuti Mandap. The 2015 Walkathon encourages all participants […]
December 18: A Spanish jazz musician was kept awake and playing his saxophone during brain surgery to ensure his neurological functions remained undamaged. Carlos Aguilera, 27, was sedated and given painkillers during the surgery to remove a brain tumor at Malaga’s Carlos Haya hospital, but he was kept awake and playing his sax during the […]
December 18: A British runner set a Guinness World Record by completing a half marathon while pushing his 1-year-old twin sons in a stroller. The record-keeping organization confirmed Martin Steer, 40, was awarded the world record for fastest half marathon while pushing a double pram after he completed the Stevenage Half Marathon Nov. 1 with […]
December 18: A woman has posted a selfie taken on a plane in which she claims she was photobombed – by an alien . Olesya Podkorytov from the city of Kurgan in south-central Russia’s Kurgan Oblast region said she took the picture during the flight on a whim but when she posted it on social […]
December 18: A West Virginia shopper helped make a young girl’s day after being mistaken for Santa Claus. Facebook user Robert Riley posted video of his daughter speaking with a man sporting a white beard and red shirt during a trip to Walmart. “Sophie found Santa at Walmart this evening,” Riley wrote. “She saw him […]
December 18: Apple Inc said it will launch its payment service in China as soon as 2016, pitting it against entrenched Chinese rivals Alibaba Group Holding and Tencent Holdings. Apple will partner with China’s main bank card and payment firm UnionPay, a state-controlled consortium that has a monopoly on all yuan payment cards issued and […]
December 18 : December’s full moon, the last of the year, is called the Full Cold Moon because it occurs during the beginning of winter. The moon’s peak this year will occur at 6:11 a.m. EST. This rare event won’t happen again until 2034. That’s a long time to wait, so make sure to look […]
December 18: It sounds like an action movie, but some analysts tell VOA that U.S. industries need to significantly ramp up their cyber security or risk having the Islamic State (IS) hack, attack and create mayhem inside their systems. “This is definitely a threat to the U.S. government and other western governments, but also to […]
December 17: New European legislation on data privacy is helping push up regional demand for cyber insurance, industry specialists say, after companies such as TalkTalk and Experian were affected by hackers earlier this year. The European Union agreed this week to change fragmented data protection laws, forcing companies to report breaches likely to harm individuals […]