Company apologises for atta maker ad that said a maid’s hands ‘may be infected’
By: Trends Desk | New Delhi | Updated: May 28, 2020 1:44:39 pm As the furore against the ad grew calls to boycott the company too flooded social media sites. (Source: @beastoftraal/ Twitter)Appliances firm Kent RO Systems faced a lot of criticism on social media after a new advertisement for…
bubmagMay 27, 2020
Watch Billie Eilish’s short film about body shaming, Not My Responsibility
The video was made for her Where Do We Go? world tour before it was postponed Billie Eilish has shared a new short film, Not My Responsibility. Uploaded to YouTube, the film – which was made by Eilish herself – was originally used as an interlude at her Miami concert on the Where Do…
bubmagMay 27, 2020
Anti-Semitic crime rises in Germany, most from far right
BERLIN (AP) — Anti-Semitic crimes in Germany last year reached their highest level since the country started keeping statistics, amid an overall strong increase in right-extremist criminality that is a cause for “great concern,” Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said Wednesday.Overall, politically-motivated crimes were up 14.2% in 2019 over the previous…
bubmagMay 27, 2020
HBO Max is live: Here’s everything you need to know
HBO Max launched in May. Warner Bros./HBO Max HBO Max, the HBO-based streaming service, arrived last month, bringing with it an amped-up library of extra shows and movies as well as some confusion around pretty simple questions: How much will it cost me? Why can't I watch on Roku or Fire…
bubmagMay 27, 2020
How fast will you need to flee from the heat? There’s a word for that.
Ocean creatures are finding themselves in hot water as the world warms. To stay cool, they’re relocating to deeper parts of the ocean, and it’s throwing ecosystems all out of whack. A new study in the journal Nature Climate Change calculated how fast different layers of the ocean are heating…
bubmagMay 27, 2020
Boris Johnson set for Commons showdown over Dominic Cummings and coronavirus
Mr Johnson will be grilled on a trip to Durham by his advisor, Dominic Cummings - AP/ShutterstockBoris Johnson will face a 90-minute grilling today by the toughest committee in Parliament over his handling of the coronavirus crisis and a trip to Durham by his top aide, Dominic Cummings.Mr Johnson has twice…
bubmagMay 27, 2020
Refugee Camps: From Temporary Settlements to Permanent Dwellings
Refugee Camps: From Temporary Settlements to Permanent Dwellings Syrian refugee camp in Turkey . Image via Shutterstock/ by Thomas Koch With more than 70 million forcibly displaced people worldwide, according to the UNHCR, and nearly 25.9 million refugees, the time has come to reconsider the traditional emergency camp approach. Although…
bubmagMay 27, 2020
Billie Eilish Discusses Body Shaming in Short Film
Billie Eilish tackled the issue of body shaming for her short film, NOT MY RESPONSIBILITY. The artistic visual initially premiered during her Miami concert in March 2020 and is now available to watch on YouTube. Clocking in at just under four minutes, NOT MY RESPONSIBILITY sees the GRAMMY winner slowly…
bubmagMay 27, 2020
Need to sign up for health insurance? Keep an eye on the calendar
(CNN)For millions of newly jobless Americans who have lost their health insurance, the clock is ticking to get coverage on the Affordable Care Act exchanges.Most people in this situation have only 60 days to sign up for policies through a special enrollment period once their employer-sponsored coverage ends. They can…
bubmagMay 27, 2020