Super Mario surpasses $1bn at global box office

Super Mario Bros movie surpasses US $ 1 billion at global box office, as the movie has led ticket sales for the fourth straight weekend in US and Canadian cinemas with  £ 31.8 million (US$40 million dollars) as the haul for the Universal Pictures release surpassed  £ 795 million ( $1bn) according to studio estimates closely followed by Evil Dead Rise $12,2million dollars. Continue reading Super Mario surpasses $1bn at global box office

Coronation of King Charles III

On 6th May, the day of splendour and formality featuring 1, 000-year-old customs, where millions of people across the UK and beyond are celebrating the coronation of King Charles III – a symbolic ceremony with a religious service and pageantry, at Westminster Abbey. King Charles III, the 40th reigning monarch since 1066, will be crowned along with Camilla, the Queen Consort. Procession of 200 members of the armed forces ,mostly from the Soverign’s Escort of the Household Cavalry will start from Buckingham Palaceat 10:20 BST, moving along The Mall to Trafalgar Square, then down Whitehall and Parliament Street before turning into Parliament … Continue reading Coronation of King Charles III

Nationalist revolution

Christopher Clark’s new book recreates the verve, wit and insight into some rulers who gave up, others fought bitterly, but everywhere new politicians, beliefs and expectations surged forward. The role of women in society, the end of slavery, the right to work, national independence and the final emancipation of the Jews all became live issues. Clark, a regius professor history at Cambridge University, explains vividly the new ideas and then the increasingly ruthless and effective series of counter-attacks launched by regimes who still turned out to have many cards to play. But even in defeat, exiles spread the ideas of … Continue reading Nationalist revolution

Tech’s age of innocence

Traffic: Genius, Rivalry and Delusion is the origin story of the Age of Disinformation the candid inside tale of two online media rivals. Jonah Peretti of Huff post and Buzz Feed and Nick Denton of Gawker Media, whose delirious pursuit of attention at scale helped release the dark forces that would overtake the internet and American society. Jonah Peretti, the original wizard of viral content and co-founder of BuzzFeed, who started out with idealism,  shut its award-winning news operation last week ending a revolutionary era in digital media. The rise and fall of BuzzFeed and Gawker Media, the pioneering group … Continue reading Tech’s age of innocence

Tense demands of democratic politics amid the desire to attract capital

Historian Quinn Slobodian follows the radical libertarians from Milton Friedman to Peter Thiel – around the globe as they search for the perfect home for their free market fantasy. The hunt leads from Hong Kong in the 1970s to South Africa in the late days of apartheid, from the neo-confederate South to the medieval City of London, and finally into the world’s oceans and war zones charting the relentless quest for a blank state where capitalism and democracy can be finally uncoupled. British Chancellor Jeremy Hunt  created 12 new UK investment zones especially designed to benefit from tax breaks and … Continue reading Tense demands of democratic politics amid the desire to attract capital

Democracy

“No Country can progress if it’s Politics is more profitable than it’s Industries. In a country where those in government are richer than entrepreneurs, they manufacture poverty” Peter Gregory Obi, a Nigerian businessman and politician who served as  governor of Anambra from March to November 2006. Nigeria is important to the world, and the international community look forward to a proactive Nigeria. Our Democracy is not a risk, but we need free, fair and credible election. Afghan citizens eagerly want to move towards peace prosperity and an efficient democratic system, but now after nearly two decades, democracy has not done … Continue reading Democracy

Merciless addiction

Online gambling addiction can stimulate the brain in the same way alcohol and drugs and can go undetected for some times. This makes online gambling addiction a serious disorder. The UK government has announced a raft of gambling reforms, including a new statutory levy on big firms, in a bid to crack down on online addiction. Electronic gambling and virtual casino games are more addictive than having a crack cocaine, ecstasy pills or IV heroin addiction. One person’s addiction is another’s profit.  Gambling is very big business, much of it run by companies with stock market listings who are dedicated … Continue reading Merciless addiction

Jerry Springer died aged 79

Jerry Springer, the talk show host, 56th mayor of Cincinnati from 1977 to 1978, actor, lawyer died peacefully on Thursday at his home in Chicago. Gerald Norman Springer born on February 13, 1944, in the London Underground station of Highgate, while the station was in use as a shelter form German bombing during World War II,  and grew up in Chandos Road, East Finchley. His parent Margot ( nee Kalimann, a bank clerk) and Richard Springer ( owner of a shoe shop) were German-Jewish refugees who escaped from Landsberg an der Warthe, Prussia ( now Gorzow Weikpolski, Poland). In. 1949, … Continue reading Jerry Springer died aged 79

Disney Maleficent’s evil plan backfired

A Disneyland, California’s live performance of Fantasmic, with enhanced special effects, state-of-the-art projections and superb pyrotechynics was interrupted as the 45 ft stage prop was ablaze as members of the audience were informed via the public address system that the show could not continue due to “unforeseen circumstances” and immediately after that people were then evacuated from the area at the Theme Park in Anaheim. In the show Mickey[RN1]   Mouse enacts scenes from Disney classic, including Aladdin, The Lion King and also includes evil queen from Snow White who conjures up some of the most wicked villains including the malevolent fairy … Continue reading Disney Maleficent’s evil plan backfired

India’s population to reach 1.428 bn people

Indian population could reach 1.428 billion people by mid 2023 surpassing China’s 1.425bn according to the UN. New Delhi hopes the expansion will deliver economic dividends as it harnesses the skills of young workforce, India overlook UK last year to become the world’s fifth-largest economy, is seeking to profit as supply chains shift from China, including the opening of Apple’s store in India earlier last week. China’s economy would continue to remain bigger than India’s despite the demographic shift. If China stopped growing this year and India’s economy expanded by 10 per cent yearly, it would still take almost two … Continue reading India’s population to reach 1.428 bn people