Seth Ferranti//OZY.com This Prussian baroness wrote erotic poetry and mainlined morphine until Nazis took exception to her flair for decadence. Baron Heinrich von Puttkamer was dying of pneumonia. As the Prussian noble and high-ranking army officer struggled to draw hi ...বিস্তারিত
John Lloyd/ Reuters When the pope is given a cool, even combative, welcome in the Republic of Ireland, the Roman Catholic Church is in trouble. The country had been – from its founding as the Irish Free State in the early 1920s after a violent break with the United King ...বিস্তারিত
AFP: Chinese e-commerce billionaire Liu Qiangdong — also known as Richard Liu — was briefly arrested in the midwestern US city of Minneapolis over allegations of criminal sexual conduct, authorities said. Records from Hennepin County Jail showed Liu, founder and CEO of ...বিস্তারিত
The Guardian, UK: Sou-th Korea’s capital and largest city, Seoul, is set to begin daily checks for hidden cameras in public toilets in response to growing public outrage over an epidemic of “spy-cam porn”. South Korea is in the middle of a battle against videos secret ...বিস্তারিত
Md. Kamrul Hasan Arif, Lecturer of Law, BGC Trust University Bangladesh, Chittagong. The role of the opposition is vital to the healthy growth of democracy and in the larger public interest. The role of opposition in parliament is a necessary and indispensable component of ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: A Malaysian court on Monday acquitted Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng of corruption charges brought against him two years ago, state news agency Bernama reported. Lim was charged in 2016 with abusing his position as chief minister of the state of Penang by securing a ...বিস্তারিত
AFP: Eighteen people were injured in rival demonstrations capping off a week marked by xenophobic protests in the eastern city of Chemnitz, prompting Germany’s foreign minister to urge Germans to “get off our sofas” and speak up against racism. Chemnitz has been in th ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: The Irish government must treat the U.S. president’s office with the respect it deserves when Donald Trump visits in November despite disagreeing with many of his policies, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said ahead of planned protests. Trump will travel to Ireland f ...বিস্তারিত
Sayeed Muhammad: Former foreign secretary of the UK and Brexit hardliner Boris Johnson fanned a renewed attack on the government yesterday, predicting "victory" for the European Union in its negotiations with London. Ever since quitting in July, Johnson has returned to his ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: Militants must be “cleaned out” of Idlib province in northwestern Syria, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday at the start of a visit to Damascus, according to Fars News. Iranian forces have backed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the ...বিস্তারিত