A pioneer in virtual reality has left Facebook because of internal dissatisfaction

An influential video game designer who oversaw Facebook's entry into virtual reality has resigned from Facebook's parent company due to dissatisfaction with the direction the technology is being taken.

With a letter of resignation dated this past Friday, John Carmack severed con...

After WWII, the United States and Japan left behind thousands of bombs. They're still exploding and murdering people in the Pacific

As the Manele family prepares for a normal Monday night meal on Guadalcanal, an island in the South Pacific Ocean, coconut crabs roast over a sheet of roofing iron heated by a fire below.

As the sun sets, John Manele, a subsistence farmer, talks with his boys, 13-year-old Junior Dominic...

POLICE INITIATE OFFICIAL ENQUIRY AGAINST BELGIAN COP COMMENTING ON ‘LEFTIST PREACHING’

HIGHLIGHTS

• A cop in Antwerp tried to enforce social distancing between two girls sitting close.
• Accused of rude behavior by girls, the cop is facing official enquiry.

The Antwerp police initiated an internal enquiry after a video foo...

BELGIAN LIBERAL LEADER WANTS WILMÈS TO STAY AS PM

HIGHLIGHTS

• Francophone liberal party leader Georges-Louis Bouchez says that Sophie Wilmès should remain PM.
• Belgium is facing crisis of coalition politics.

On Sunday, 6 SEP 2020, francophone liberal party leader Georges-Louis ...

BURQA BANNED IN BADEN-WURTTEMBERG SCHOOLS

HIGHLIGHTS

• German lawmakers across party lines support the ban on burqa and niqab at educational institutes.
• However, politicians believing in Leftist ideology fear that such ban could negatively affect integration of immigrants into German society.

FOOD WASTAGE IN RESTAURANTS

Highlights:

• Tons of food is wasted on per day basis from hotels, eateries and restaurants
• Poll says only 20 per cent patrons take left-over food home

Japan has been trying to combat the issue of left-over food actively. Food banks we...