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YouTube Is Silently Testing This Feature That Can Make You Angry

YouTube Is Silently Testing This Feature That Can Make You Angry

It is often said that there is a cost for the things you get for free. And in reality, it costs you more than the usual worth. This time the largest video-sharing platform YouTube is making its users cost their valuable time through back-to-back five ads if they are not their Premium Members. It all started when some users who are not subscribed to YouTube Premium started receiving five unskippable ads. Currently, YouTube shows on

Why Everyone Is Talking About UK Official Therese Coffey And The Oxford Comma

Why Everyone Is Talking About UK Official Therese Coffey And The Oxford Comma

In the history of politics, it is not unusual for ministerial teams to set out ways of working style. At times these personal style guides are welcomed with open arms and sometimes it causes division of opinion and debates in the same way the Oxford comma has caused in the world of punctuation marks. The situation around accepting new rules is juxtaposed with the acceptance of the Oxford comma in the grammar book as a

California’s Largest Wildfire Of The Year Swells 62 Times In Size Overnight

The Klamath national forest in northern California is witnessing the largest wildfire of the year amid searing heat, prolonged drought, and lightning. It is known as the McKinney fire. It occurred in Siskiyou County near the California-Oregon border when the state was battling several blazes this summer. As per CAL FIRE, it has burned 55,493 acres, been active for two days, and is 0 percent contained.

Britain’s Contaminated Blood Scandal Cost Billions In Compensation

Scandals swept under the rug are a common practice. But a health scandal in Britain cost thousands of people their lives. In one of the worst treatment disasters in the National Health Service's (NHS) history, at least 2400 victims have died after being given infected blood and blood products. The NHS is the government-funded medical and health care system in the United Kingdom. A chair in the inquiry said the victims should receive no less than £100,000 in compensation as quickly as possible.

Mexico: 94 Migrants Escape Suffocation In Truck

At least 94 migrants have escaped from a truck abandoned in Mexico, nearly a month after more than 50 people died in similar circumstances in the United States. According to Mexican authorities, on July 28, they bashed their way out of a suffocating freight trailer forsaken on a highway in the steamy Gulf coast state of Veracruz.

About 400 migrants were in the trailer transported near the small town of Acayucan per the information conveyed to Reuters by local authorities.

Why Macron’s Decision Raises Questions On Western Hypocrisy

Human rights campaigners criticized France’s president, Emmanuel Macron accommodating Mohammed bin Salman for talks in Paris. Hitting out at the planned visit, the rights group described the Saudi prince as a man who “does not tolerate dissent.”

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is currently on his first visit to Europe in nearly four years since the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Macron welcomed him with a long handshake at the Elysée Palace before dining together.

IMF Slashes Global GDP Forecast And Raises Inflation Projections

The growth projection of the global economy tilted overwhelmingly to the downside for the coming year. Recently, the International Monetary Fund cut its global growth projections for 2022 and 2023. It not only dubbed the world’s economic outlook ‘gloomy and more uncertain’ but informed it expects it to grow by only 3.2 percent this year.

The current forecasts for growth raised the prospect of a more pronounced slowdown as the IMF estimated the growth previously in April of 3.6 percent.

Britain’s National Health Service Is Facing The Greatest Workforce Crisis In History

Britain’s National Health Service is facing ‘the greatest workforce crisis’ in its 74-year history. A new damning report not only revealed the severity of the disaster at NHS but informed that it persists in each department at each level. The study revealed a shortage of 12,000 hospital doctors and more than 50,000 nurses and midwives in Britain’s government-funded medical and health care services.

China’s Warning To USA And UK Explained

The current geopolitics is heated with stark warnings and urges exchanged between China, the United States, and the United Kingdom. The factors that incited the verbal battle among these countries started with an unusual joint public statement from M15 and the FBI about the risk posed by China. The tension mounted when U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi mentioned a possible trip to Taiwan. Rishi Sunak, a candidate for Britain’s next prime minister, said China is the “biggest long-term threat to Britain.

U.K.'s 1st Planned Asylum Seeker Deportation Flight Grounded

Britain’s potential to lead in the changing world has been under strict scrutiny from the time government announced Rwanda's asylum policy. Since its inception, the plans outlined by the UK government to treat migrants have been called cruel, unethical, and inhumane. Recently, it got a badge of dishonor after the first scheduled flight to deport people seeking asylum in the U.K. to Rwanda was canceled on June 14 at the last minute. The European Court of Human Rights issued last-minute injunction

Japan Continues Ban On Same-Sex Marriage

June is Pride month - a month committed to celebrating LGBTQ+ communities all around the globe. The excitement can be sensed in the parades, rallies, and exhibitions during this special time. Momentous as it is 50 years old. However, pride is recently marked with shame in the third-largest economic power - Japan. Recently, a court ruled Japan's ban on same-sex marriage was not unconstitutional. In simple terms, Japan’s decision to ban same-sex marriages does not violate the Japanese constitution

A Look into Europe’s Migrant Crisis

Countries across the globe are dealing with multiple crises. For decades, inflation, economy, trade, and military deals have been the subject of discussion and agreements between nations. Another matter that draws attention with no solution is the issue of the Migrants. You can call them migrants, asylum seekers, or refugees, but one thing remains constant. The indignity and dishonor they face throughout their lives. The issue adds more disgrace to humanity when their lives are not valued. This

The Effect of War on Global Food System

The Effect of War on Global Food System

The world is entering a new age of food war while experiencing a major food crisis. In times of tightening food supplies and increasing inflation worldwide, the potential to secure sufficient food is increasingly becoming a fresh form of geopolitical leverage. The reasons are numerous, from the outbreak of coronavirus to climate change, but one event affecting all these far-flung countries is Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

It is now over 100 days since Mo

What is RBI central bank digital currency and why is India launching it?

Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for the country on February 1, 2022. In her budget presentation, she announced the launch of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) by 2022–23 as a means to boost India’s economic growth.

If you can’t beat them, copy them. This partially elucidates why central banks in nine countries have introduced their own digital currencies. Recently, in the Union Budget for 2022-23, India draws itself closer towards adopting cryptocurren

#StopDithering: A call to the UK Government to ban Conversion Therapy

Consultation period on legalizing the ban on conversion therapy in the UK has been extended by another eight weeks.

The proposal to ban the conversion therapy was created in October, when the equalities minister requested people to submit their views on this idea within six weeks. After the threats of a legal challenge, the period was extended by another two months.

According to NHS, conversion therapy, which can also be called ‘reparative therapy’ or ‘gay cure therapy’, is an act of trying to

Facebook: ‘We certainly don’t want our products to be addictive’

A survey by Facebook has found that around 1 in 8 of its users have addiction-like problems. The problems are related to the compulsive use of the social media platform on users’ sleep, work, parenting or relationships.

Around 360 million people are affected by the ‘problematic use’ of the application. Several other researches have also revealed how some users lacked discipline when it came to the amount of time they were spending on Facebook. They also noted the excessive activities like shopp

Boycott or not: Is the Girls Night In campaign enough to end spiking in UK clubs?

Women across the UK have been boycotting nightclubs in recently for ‘Girls Night In’ – a protest against drink spiking in nightclubs. After a week’s effort, Westminster World looked into the current situation of the campaign and Londoners views on the issue.

The campaign ’Girls Night In’ was originally launched on Instagram by a group of students in Edinburgh to boycott their local nightclubs. The campaign, which has drawn some criticism for suggesting women should stay at home rather than go o