The 41-year-old Pakistani, Oscar winner, has been announced by Marvel to co-direct one of their upcoming series about the first Pakistani-American superhero “Ms. Marvel”. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is a well-known documentarian who brought home the Oscars for many series/films including; 2015’s A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness, exploring the aftermath of an attempted […]
Netflix has stirred controversy all over the world with their latest project “Cuties” and they released it amid the protests of the subscribers. “Cuties” first stirred controversy with their marketing strategy of showing 11-year-old girls in inappropriate poses but the uproar has increased since its release, with U.S. congressmen calling for Netflix to remove the […]
United Nations has enlisted multi-Grammy winning singer Beyoncé, Noble Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai and other well-known celebrities for a film. We have also seen Beyoncé and Malala in a Global Citizen Festival in New York City, along with Michelle Obama rallying more than 60,000 fans in support of girls’ education and other major development […]
The US has ramped up its military presence in Syria after a number of skirmishes with Russian forces intensified tensions in the country. US officials said six Bradley Fighting Vehicles and about 100 troops were part of the deployment to north-east Syria. Incidents between US and Russian forces that patrol that part of the country […]
Japan’s Yoshihide Suga was voted prime minister by parliament’s lower house on Wednesday, becoming the country’s first new leader in nearly eight years, as he readied a “continuity cabinet” expected to keep about half of the predecessor Shinzo Abe’s lineup. Suga, 71, Abe’s longtime right-hand man, has pledged to pursue many of Abe’s programs, including […]
Foreign Minister (FM) Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Wednesday said that India is facing defeat at international forums due to its aggressive behavior In his reax over Indian objection raised over a political map of Pakistan at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Shah Mehmood Qureshi said New Delhi’s objection was rejected at the SCO and added […]
Researchers say drug companies need to be more open about how vaccine trials are run to reassure Americans who are skittish about getting a coronavirus vaccine. The morning after the world learned that a closely watched clinical trial of a coronavirus vaccine had been halted last week over safety concerns, the company’s chief executive disclosed […]
Microsoft has said that its offer to buy the US operations of hugely popular video-sharing app TikTok has been rejected, paving the way for Oracle to make a last-minute bid. US President Donald Trump gave a 15 September deadline for the Chinese-owned app to sell or shut down. The Trump administration claims TikTok and other […]
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has announced a “robust” arms purchase programme and an overhaul of the country’s military, amid tension with Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean. “The time has come to reinforce the armed forces these initiatives constitute a robust programme that will become a national shield,” Mitsotakis said in a keynote address on […]
Chanting ‘freedom’, the former inhabitants of burned Moria camp protest against the plan to be moved to another facility. Greek police have fired tear gas during a protest by refugees and migrants demanding to leave the island of Lesbos after being left homeless by a blaze at Europe’s largest refugee camp. Under a hot sun […]
