News Desk : dhakamirror.com Silicon Valley pioneer and philanthropist Gordon Moore has died aged 94 in Hawaii. Mr Moore started working on semiconductors in the 1950s and co-founded the Intel Corporation. He famously predicted that the computing power of computers would double every year – later revised to every two – a finding known as ... Read more
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Paris Fashion Week model’s decapitated head found in soup pot
dhakamirror.com in news The missing head of a top international model was found in a soup pot, police said on Sunday, as they accused two former in-laws of her murder. Abby Choi, 28, went missing on Tuesday. His severed legs were found three days later in the fridge of a butcher’s workshop, but his head, ... Read more
Outback community claims fish rained from sky during bizarre weather phenomenon
dhakamirror.com in news Residents of a remote outback community have been left marvelling at the heavens as fish “rained from the sky” in a surprising, but not unheard of, weather event. This phenomenon has been documented at least four times in the past, according to ABC News. “It was the most amazing thing we’ve ever ... Read more
Saudi Arabia reveals first reconstruction of 2,000-year-old Nabatean woman
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has revealed the first known reconstruction of ‘Hinat’, a Nabataean woman, displayed at the Hegra Welcome Centre at AlUla from February 6. A team of archaeologists and academics in forensic science and model-making working for the Royal Commission for AlUla Governorate managed to reconstruct the ... Read more
Pregnant Russian women reportedly flock to Argentina to obtain citizenship
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Argentine officials are expressing concern over the large number of pregnant Russian women who have recently entered the country to give birth as a way to obtain an Argentine passport. Argentina’s immigration office director Florencia Carignano on Friday said that they have launched a judicial investigation into what she called a ... Read more
Toronto mayor John Tory quits over affair with ex-staffer
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The mayor of Canadian city Toronto has resigned unexpectedly after admitting to a relationship with a former staff member. The announcement came shortly after the Toronto Star newspaper published an article revealing the affair with the unnamed 31-year-old woman. He said the affair started during the Covid-19 pandemic and was “ended ... Read more
Turkey-Syria earthquake: Cryptocurrency firms vow millions in donations
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Several cryptocurrency companies have pledged millions of dollars in donations to earthquake-ravaged Turkey and Syria, where the combined death toll has now surpassed 16,000 people. According to a report by Decrypt on Wednesday (February 8), the companies, which include Tether, OKZ, and Kucoin, will donate more than $9 million to aid ... Read more
UK PM Rishi Sunak fined for seatbelt violation
News Desk : dhakamirror.com British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was fined by police on Friday for failing to wear a seatbelt, dealing the Conservative leader a potentially embarrassing blow as he attempts to reverse his party’s misfortunes. Lancashire Police said on Twitter: “We have today issued a 42-year-old man from London with a conditional offer ... Read more
Man uses ‘intuition’ to win lottery six times
News Desk : dhakamirror.com To say Massachusetts resident Raymond Roberts Sr. is a lucky man would be an understatement. Raymond Roberts Sr, a Vietnam war veteran walked into a liquor store in Massachusetts on a cold December day. He played the lottery, like he had been doing for over 20 years. His intuition told him: ... Read more
Elizabeth Holmes gets 11 years in prison for Theranos fraud
News Desk : dhakamirror.com A California judge sentenced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes to 11 years and 3 months in prison on Friday for for defrauding investors in her now-defunct blood-testing startup. This is the end of a years-long saga that saw the celebrated startup founder become a cautionary tale of Silicon Valley’s “fake it ’til ... Read more
Chinese woman finds son alive 17 years after, relatives told her he was dead
News Desk : dhakamirror.com A Chinese mother discovered her newborn son is still alive 17 years after she had given up hope for his survival. Zhang Caihong of Jiangsu province has recently found out that her son was stolen from her 17 years ago in 2005 by her cousin’s sister-in-law, as reported by the China ... Read more
Cobra dies after 8-year-old boy bites it
News Desk : dhakamirror.com An eight-year-old boy in India put an end to the life of a poisonous cobra that had wrapped itself around his hand by biting it to death. As reported by the New Indian Express, it happened last week in the village of Pandarpadh in the Indian state of Jashpur. While playing ... Read more
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle not to celebrate Christmas with the royals: report says
He will publish his book in January News Desk : dhakamirror.com Harry and Meghan Markle won’t spend Christmas with the royal family this year. Although King Charles will invite the couple to celebrate Christmas with the family, they have no plans to visit. Meghan and Harry don’t have the best relationship with the royals, who ... Read more
Punjab jail inmates can now have sex with spouses
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Punjab is the first Indian state to legalize conjugal visits, and a 60-year-old convicted killer was the first to obtain this facility in Punjab Goindwal Jail, reports BBC Online. Gurjeet Singh, who has been in Goindwal Jail in Tarn Taran for months, told the BBC he was “lonely and unhappy” in ... Read more
Liz Truss becomes shortest-serving prime minister ever in British history
News Desk: dhakamirror.com Liz Truss has resigned as prime minister of the United Kingdom after a disastrous time in charge that lasted less than two months. Her resignation on 20 October has made history, making Truss the shortest ever serving UK prime minister after being in power for just 44 days. Truss gave her resignation ... Read more
Woman on the run eight years after killing closest friends has been captured in South Africa
News Desk : dhakamirror.com After eight years on the run, a woman has been detained in South Africa on suspicion of killing two of her best friends in Ireland. Following the gruesome murders of Anthony Keegan and Eoin O’Connor in 2014, Ruth Lawrence became the target of a massive manhunt. But according to sources, South ... Read more
Hong Kong wants to lure tourists with free plane tickets
News Desk : dhakamirror.com In an effort to revive its Covid-hit tourism sector, Hong Kong says it would give away 500,000 airline tickets worth HK$2bn ($254.8m; £224.3m). Several of the city’s coronavirus rules have recently been eased. However, major airlines are working hard to get their flight schedules back to where they were before the ... Read more
Indian doctor forced to abandon beloved pet jaguar in Ukraine
Andhra doctor wants his pet Jaguar and Panther rescued from ukraine News Desk : dhakamirror.com An Indian-born physician who spent months hiding out in his war-torn Ukrainian home’s basement with his two favorite big cats claims he is now separated from them. Now, He has approached the Indian government – in an unusual plea – ... Read more
UK bids adieu to the Queen Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth II laid to rest after historic funeral attended by world leaders News Desk : dhakamirror.com Queen Elizabeth II offered her services and devotion to the nation, and in return the country bid a heartfelt farewell to the late monarch on Monday. Before Elizabeth was laid to rest at Windsor Castle, the entire United ... Read more
Prince William recall mother Princess Diana, following Queen’s coffin procession
News Desk : dhakamirror.com On September 15, the Prince of Wales and his wife Kate Middleton engaged in conversation with onlookers outside the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk. He told the mourners that seeing his late grandmother Queen Elizabeth’s coffin brought back memories of his mother Princess Diana’s funeral. The Prince and Princess of Wales talked ... Read more