With nearly all ballots counted, veteran anti-Islamic populist leader Geert Wilders has emerged victorious in the Dutch general election. His Freedom party (PVV), which has been in parliament for 25 years, is expected to gain 37 seats, far more than his closest opponent, a left-wing coalition. Credit: CNN Indonesia Greet Wilders Greet was born on 6 September 1963, is a politician from the Netherlands who has served as the PVV’s leader since the party’s founding in 2006. In the House of Representatives, where he has served as a parliamentary representative since 1998, he leads the party. Wilders actively participated in…
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Axl Rose, the leader of Guns N’ Roses, is being sued by former model Sheila Kennedy for alleged abuse and sexual assault. She filed a complaint alleging that the well-known rock singer assaulted her in a violent 1989 hotel room altercation in New York. Credit: BBC Guns N’ Roses is a Los Angeles, California-based American hard rock band that was founded in March 1985 through the merger of the local bands Hollywood Rose and L.A. Guns. The band’s “classic lineup” of lead guitarist Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKagan, drummer Steven Adler, and vocalist Axl Rose when they…
Human Rights Watch (HRW) claims in a recent report that mosques in China are being closed, destroyed, and repurposed. According to HRW, the crackdown is a component of a “systematic effort” to limit Islamic practice in China. Credit: BBC About 20 million Muslims live in China, a country that claims to be atheist on paper but respects religious freedom. However, some claim that in recent years, there has been a stronger crackdown on organized religion, with Beijing reportedly seeking more control. Before the HRW report was released, the BBC approached China’s ethnic affairs commission and foreign ministry for comments. Human…
Artist A$AP A Los Angeles court has decided that Rocky will go on trial for allegedly pulling out a firarm during a fight with an old boyhood chum. A$AP Rocky, real name Rakim Mayers, was charged and present for the second day of the preliminary hearing on Monday when the decision was made. Credit: BBC A$AP Rocky Rakim Athelaston Mayers born October 3, 1988 formally referred to as ASAP Rocky, is a rapper from America. Having grown up in Harlem, he began his musical career as a member of the hip-hop group ASAP Mob, which gave him the nickname. Rocky’s…
The BBC has been informed by a possible fresh eyewitness that on the day the three-year-old disappeared 53 years ago, he witnessed a teenage teenager take away a young child from an Australian beach. Credit: BBC Disappearance of Cheryl Grimmer 53 years ago In January 1970 (53 years ago), Cheryl Gene Grimmer, a three-year-old toddler, was abducted from Fairy Meadow Beach in Wollongong, Illawarra, New South Wales. She vanished on January 12, 1970, and was pronounced legally dead in 2011. Witnesses said a man abducted her and fled as she was in the beach shower block. In the spring of…
According to an order from the Uttar Pradesh government, the halal certification of food goods is a separate system that leads to confusion. Credit: NDTV A controversy has arisen from the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to outlaw goods bearing halal labels. The Yogi Adityanath government banned the manufacturing, storing, selling, and distribution of food items certified halal in a notification. Products made for export, however, are free from this order. A look at the UP’s ban and Halal certification What Is Halal? The Arabic word “halal” means “permissible”. It is the binary opposite of “haram,” which in the context of…
Social media users were divided in their opinions regarding the morality and veracity of Osama bin Laden’s letter, with some praising it and others denouncing or making fun of it. Credit: NDTV Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden Born in Saudi Arabia, he was a militant and dissident Islamic leader who founded al-Qaeda in 1988 and served as its first general emir until his death in May 2011. His outfit, which is considered to be pan-Islamist in ideology, has been classified as a terrorist organization by the European Union, NATO, the United Nations Security Council, and several other nations.…
Talks about making fashion more sustainable took center stage at last month’s Lakmé Fashion Week in India. But are the designers in the nation prepared for this? Credit BBC One of the main highlights of Indian fashion, the four-day event is organized by beauty giant Lakmé, billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Brands, and the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI). India’s Lakmé Fashion week Fashionistas in the front row, clinking champagne glasses, and sparkling catwalks were all there, but what really caught people’s attention was a competition that encouraged young designers to make costumes using eco-friendly materials. The occasion is a…
The highest court in Sri Lanka has decided that 13 former leaders, including former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his brother Mahinda, were accountable for the greatest financial catastrophe the nation has ever experienced. Credit: BBC The Sri Lankan Crisis The economic crisis in Sri Lanka began in 2019 and is still present now. This economic crisis is the greatest the nation has faced since gaining independence in 1948. Due to it, there are now near-record levels of inflation, a lack of medical supplies, a near-depletion of foreign exchange reserves, and rising costs for necessities. The 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings,…
A Gaza sanitarium released a heartbreaking print before a moment showing seven babies snuggled together because their incubators had broken and they demanded to stay warm to survive. Credit: NDTV Israel’s offensive against Hamas in Gaza City has drawn heavy combat into hospitals and other medical facilities. Al Shifa Hospital chief Mohammad Abu Salmiyah revealed on Tuesday that the largest hospital in Gaza has buried 179 people—including babies—in a “mass grave” inside its grounds. This highlights the dire humanitarian situation that is unfolding at medical facilities around the region. The doctors at the hospital claimed they had no choice but…