Peace

Published: 9:28pm, 19 Sep, 2020Updated: 4:20pm, 20 Sep, 2020Read More

There is no gainsaying the fact that Nigerians are languishing in their country as if in maximum prison. They feel like dying in the face of unmitigated hunger. They earnestly plead to the angel of death to terminate their souls which seem not worthy of existence. Or what is the…

After taking a four-year enforced hiatus, Into It. Over It. - the project of multi-instrumentalist and producer, Evan Thomas Weiss - is back with his new album, 'Figure'. The Chicago native’s fourth LP under the Into It. Over It. moniker, released via Big Scary Monsters, feels like the arrival of…

George Floyd police trial to be broadcast live in Britain The trial of four police officers accused of killing George Floyd will be broadcast live on the UK television station Court TV. After Floyd’s death in May, one officer, Derek Chauvin, was charged with murder and manslaughter, while three others…

Critics rarely recommend movies their readers have little chance of seeing in the near future. Nonetheless, you can only watch Armando Ianucci’s new film, The Personal History of David Copperfield, by physically going to a cinema—something a New York–based professor of medicine recently likened to “Russian roulette” during a pandemic…

by William D'Angelo , posted on 15 September 2020 / 1,033 ViewsNintendo announced four more games will be added to the Nintendo Switch Online SNES and NES apps. The games are Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest, Mario’s Super Picross, and The Peace Keepers for the SNES app, and S.C.A.T.: Special Cybernetic…

TANZANIA, Tanzania — The United Nations has enlisted a slew of celebrities including multi-Grammy winner Beyoncé, actor Don Cheadle and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai for a film promoting actions to tackle the world’s biggest issues from TANZANIA, Tanzania — The United Nations has enlisted a slew of celebrities…

Rio Tinto boss leaves after controversial cave plan The chief executive of mining giant Rio Tinto is leaving the company after its decision to blow up 46,000-year-old rock shelters at Juukan Gorge in Western Australia. The board said Jean-Sebastien Jacques, and two other senior bosses, were leaving “by mutual agreement”.…

What do anti-vaxxers and anti-GMO campaigners have in common? Underpinning both “antis” is a shared belief that because vaccines and GMOs are “unnatural,” they’re bad, which for many people—whatever their feelings about vaccines and GMOs—segues into its inverse: What’s natural is good. Shades of Rousseau’s exaltation of the noble savage,…

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lays a wreath during a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. Photo: AFPPrime Minister Shinzo Abe has adopted a less apologetic stance and wants to revise a post-war, pacifist constitution Many Koreans resent Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule, while China has…