The dog’s name is Boji, a translation of the English word Bogie which means the bottom of the train. The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Government (IMM) gave it the name for one strong reason: the dog likes to roam the city by utilizing transportation services. Boji are often found on ferries, …
Read More »Pope Concerned and Shame Over Scale of Catholic Church Sexual Harassment in France
Pope Francis, Wednesday (6/10), said he and the Roman Catholic Church are concerned and ashamed of the scale of child sexual abuse that is taking place in churches in France. He also acknowledged the failure of the Catholic Church’s authorities to prioritize the needs of the victims. The pope spoke …
Read More »Winnie the Pooh Celebrates 95th Birthday
Winnie the bear known as “Winnie-the-Pooh” celebrates its 95th birthday with a new story. The book about the iconic bear, which was first released 95 years ago, is still popular all over the world. Now, Pooh’s story has a new chapter, namely Pooh’s journey from the toy shelf of the …
Read More »Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine is 90 percent Effective in Preventing Hospitalization for Up to 6 Months
A new study has revealed that the two-dose COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech is 90 percent effective in keeping a person from being hospitalized for the virus for six months after receiving the second dose. Researchers from Pfizer and the US-based healthcare consortium Kaiser Permanente looked at the …
Read More »Disney Resolve Dispute With Scarlett Johansson Over ‘Black Widow’
Walt Disney and Scarlett Johansson have settled a legal dispute stemming from the release of the superhero film “Black Widow,” the company and actress said in a joint statement last week. The points of the agreement between Walt Disney and Scarlett Johansson’s Periwinkle Entertainment were not disclosed. Johansson, 36, sued …
Read More »“Women Giving Back” Help Women and Girls in the US
If we come to this store in the suburbs of Virginia, it looks like an ordinary retail store. On the shelves are clothes, shoes, jewelry, cosmetics, children’s toys, baby diapers and many others. What is missing is a cash register or a merchant or an officer who serves payments. Everything …
Read More »NIK must be used for public services
JAKARTA (Mouab) — The Director General of Population and Civil Registration (Dukcapil) of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Zudan Arif Fakrulloh, invites the public to memorize the Population Identification Number or NIK. Because, NIK will be the key in accessing all public services. This is in line with the government’s …
Read More »Family Blames Rohingya Militants for Murder of Community Leader
The brother of Rohingya community leader Mohib Ullah, Thursday (30/9) blamed the militants who killed victims in a Bangladesh refugee camp for his popularity and activities in the field of human rights. Mohib Ullah has in recent years emerged as one of the most prominent representatives of the roughly 850,000 …
Read More »Russian Film Crew Prepares to Film in Space
Among the three people who appeared to speak at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Russia, recently, only Anton Shkaplerov was a true astronaut. The two people who accompanied him were actress Yulia Peresild and film director Klim Shipenko. They looked like crew ready to travel to space. The three …
Read More »Therapy Dogs Help With Children’s Anxiety in Schools and Courtrooms
Roxy and Quinton look like normal Labrador dogs, but they have a very serious job. In the past two years, the dogs have helped many teens cope with anxiety when both visiting schools and libraries. Zara Green, an elementary school student in Darwin, Australia, says, “What I really love about …
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