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Facebook admits that social media may be bad for you
18Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Life Style

Facebook admits that social media may be bad for you

    Scrolling through Facebook can leave people feeling worse afterward, the social network has admitted. David Ginsberg, Facebook's director of research, and Moira Burke, research scientist, made the surprising admission on Friday in a blogpost that highlighted the downsides of using the website. They detailed research from University of Michigan, which found that students randomly assigned to read Facebook for 10 minutes were in a worse mood at the end of the day than those who talked to friends or posted on the website. They also revealed how a study from UC San Diego and Yale found that people who clicked on about four times as many links as the average person, or who liked twice as many posts, reported worse mental health than average. Though the causes aren’t cl...
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Uber driver held over British diplomat’s murder in Lebanon
18Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Arab world, ENGLISH

Uber driver held over British diplomat’s murder in Lebanon

    An Uber driver with previous criminal violations has been arrested over the murder of UK diplomat Rebecca Dykes in Beirut, a senior Lebanese security source has said. The Lebanese national is said to have confessed to killing the 30-year-old Briton, whose body was found early on Saturday by the side of a highway east of the Lebanese capital. Who was UK diplomat Rebecca Dykes? Police who say the killing was not politically motivated are being assisted by Uber in their investigation, a spokesman for the mobile taxi firm said. We are horrified by this senseless act of violence, they added. Our hearts are with the victim and her family. We are working with authorities to assist their investigation in any way they can. Earlier, a local forensics officer told the Asso...
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Putin thanks Trump for tip that prevented terror attack
18Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

Putin thanks Trump for tip that prevented terror attack

    Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked President Trump during a call on Sunday for information that helped prevent a terrorist attack in St. Petersburg, Russia's Interfax news agency reported. Putin asked Trump to thank the director of the CIA and agency operatives for sharing the information, according to the report, which cited the Kremlin. The Russian president also assured Trump that Russian intelligence officials would immediately pass on any information the obtain on terrorist threats against the U.S., the Russian news outlet added. "The Russian President thanked his American colleague for the information passed on by the Central Intelligence Agency, which helped detain a group of terrorists preparing explosions in St Petersburg's Kazansky Cathedral and oth...
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Cabbie killed in horror crash in Birmingham was on last job
18Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Cabbie killed in horror crash in Birmingham was on last job

    The taxi driver killed in a crash in Birmingham that claimed six lives called his wife to say he was on his last job and would soon be heading home. Father-of-six Imtiaz Mohammed - described as a very nice guy, caring and hard-working died in the early hours of Sunday in the horrific crash. The 33-year-old's passengers, a man and a woman, were also killed as the cab ended up on its side at the entrance to the underpass on Lee Bank Middleway near the city centre. Three men were also killed after being thrown from their car during the crash shortly before 1am. A fourth man travelling in the vehicle, believed to be an Audi S3, remains critical in hospital. Noorshad Mohammed, 32, said his brother had called his wife just before the crash: It was his last job of the night... Th...
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BJP ousts Congress in Himachal
18Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, ENGLISH

BJP ousts Congress in Himachal

    The BJP was set on Monday to wrest power in Himachal Pradesh from the Congress, winning 19 seats and leading in 25 in hard fought Assembly elections, although its two top leaders were worsted in the contest. Needing 35 seats to control the 68-member House, the Bharatiya Janata Party was on course to win 44 the Congress had bagged 11 seats and led in 10 others. An Independent and the CPI-M got one seat each. The Congress accepted defeat in Himachal Pradesh, which went to the polls on November 9. Among its prominent winners were outgoing Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh (Arki) and his son Vikramaditya Singh (Shimla Rural), who entered the Assembly for the first time. State BJP chief Satpal Satti was humiliated in Una by Satpal Singh Razda of Congress while the BJP’s Chief Mini...
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Welsh woman ties knot in Oz’s first gay marriage in Australia
17Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Australia, ENGLISH

Welsh woman ties knot in Oz’s first gay marriage in Australia

    Australia's first same-sex wedding has taken place following the country's vote to legalise gay marriage. Welsh-born Lauren Price, 31, and Amy Laker, 29, tied the knot in Sydney where they were pronounced "wife and wife" in front of 65 guests. It had been thought that the first possible date for same-sex weddings would be 9 January because of a four-week waiting period after the ground-breaking legislation was passed earlier this month. But the brides had special permission to marry without giving a month's notice to the New South Wales registry of births, deaths and marriages under a special exemption on financial grounds. Ms Price's family had already making the trip down under from Wales as the couple had planned to marry at the British consulate under UK law b...
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Indian woman’s UK visa rejected for being over qualified in English
17Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, ENGLISH

Indian woman’s UK visa rejected for being over qualified in English

    An Indian woman’s visa application was rejected by authorities in the United Kingdom because her English-language proficiency is much higher than what is required by the immigration department, she claimed in a Facebook post. Alexandria Rintoul, who is originally from Shillong, Meghalaya, passed an advanced version of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), but the visa requirement is for a much easier exam, reports the Hindustan Times. ‘Some applicants for visas to settle in the UK need to pass an English language test at an approved centre that is specified in the immigration rules,’ a Home Office spokeswoman told the BBC. ‘Rintoul failed to do this and also failed to submit the necessary supporting evidence for her application. It is open to her to re...
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Brexit plans will not be derailed
17Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Brexit plans will not be derailed

    The Prime Minister has claimed her Government is "proving the doubters wrong" after securing a deal in the first phase of Brexit negotiations. Theresa May said her Brexit plans will not be "derailed" as senior ministers prepare to consider the future shape of the UK's relationship with the EU. She said talks would now begin on an "implementation period" immediately after the formal date of Brexit. But some Tory Eurosceptics have already warned they will not accept arrangements which resemble continued EU membership during the transition to a new relationship. Boris Johnson called for Mrs May to strike a deal with Brussels that would allow the UK to ditch EU laws, warning that being unable to diverge from the bloc's regulations would leave the UK a "vassal state". Writing i...
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Six dead in very difficult and upsetting crash
17Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Six dead in very difficult and upsetting crash

    Six people have been killed and another critically injured in a "very difficult and upsetting" crash in Birmingham. The collision, which involved six vehicles, happened shortly after 1am at the entrance to the underpass on Lee Bank Middleway near Edgbaston. West Midlands Police have warned the road is likely to remain closed "for a very long time", with detectives describing the circumstances of the "serious collision" as "very difficult and upsetting". Three men died after being thrown out of their car, while a black cab driver and his two passengers also died. Three other cars collided as they tried to avoid the initial crash. Birmingham car crash Police have launched an investigation. West Midlands Ambulance Service, which dispatched five ambulances and three paramedics...
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9 killed in suicide attack on Pakistan’s Church
17Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, ENGLISH

9 killed in suicide attack on Pakistan’s Church

    At least nine people were killed and 16 injured in a suicide attack on the Bethel Memorial Methodist Church on Quetta’s Zarghoon Road on Sunday afternoon. All casualties were shifted to Civil Hospital Quetta. Hospital sources initially said they had received four bodies and around 20 injured, including women and children. Four of the injured later passed away while receiving treatmen, reports the DAWNt. At least two suicide attackers had struck the Bethel Memorial Church while Sunday service was ongoing. There were 400 worshipers inside the church when it came under attack, Balochistan’s Inspector General of Police (IG) Moazzam Ansari and Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti confirmed to DawnNews. Police assigned to the church’s security reacted in a timely manner and averted a mu...
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