Sephora closes all US stores for diversity training
Sephora is closing its U.S. stores for an hour Wednesday morning to host ?inclusion workshops? for its 16,000 employees, just over a month after R&B star SZA said she had security called on her while shopping at a store in California. Sephora, which apologized to SZA last month, said the incident ?does reinforce why belonging is now more important ...
The Taj Mahal is the first Indian heritage site to get a breastfeeding room
The Archeological Survey of India has announced that the iconic Taj Mahal will soon boast of a breastfeeding room for mothers, becoming the first Indian heritage site to boast of such a facility.
In Jamaica, a scientist in search of lost ganja
Amid mangos, lychees and other jackfruit, Dr Machel Emanuel has planted a field of cannabis plants measuring dozens of square metres ? cannabis cultivated in the open, in greenhouses or in his lab in the botanical garden of the Biology Department at the University of the West Indies in Kingston. ?In the ?50s, ?60s and ?70s, Jamaica was known ...
Thai Muslim family keeps silk weaving heritage alive
Over the click-clack of the teak loom, Niphon?s family laments the lack of apprentice weavers at his Bangkok silk shop, as modernity lures young Muslims away from a trade their community has dominated for generations. Thompson?s house is one of the most visited tourist sites in Bangkok today, but it was across the canal in Baan Krua where he ...
Wadi Namar — a desert oasis that attracts picnickers
The beautiful valley that runs down to Wadi Hanifah, another popular picnic spot in Utaiqah district, has separate amenities for its male and female visitors, including washrooms with ablution facilities and places marked for prayers with prayer mats available. More than 520 palms were planted across the pedestrian walkways, while the heart of the valley received more than 9,500 ...
HBO show success drives tourism boom
One Chernobyl tour agency reported a 40 percent rise in trip bookings since the series, made by HBO, began in May and which has attracted outstanding reviews. Sergiy Ivanchuk, director of SoloEast tours, told Reuters the company saw a 30 percent increase in tourists going to the area in May 2019 compared with the same month last year.
LCCI joins hands with the Lahore Biennale Foundation
The Lahore Chamber of Commerce has joined hands with the Commissioner’s Office Lahore and the Lahore Biennale Foundation (LBF) to play a greater role in the Afforestation Lahore movement. In a meeting today, the LCCI president declared the donation of 100,000 plants and continued support for Afforestation Lahore’s growing movement. Afforestation Lahore is the result of a partnership between the ...
Pakistani Facebook users focus on food and clothing during Ramazan
?The holy month of Ramadan signifies new beginnings and is the biggest occasion of the year to shop for everything from clothes to makeup and platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp have become key tools of marketing for us today,? Export Leftovers Founder Umar Qamar says. Results of an online survey by Facebook show that 57 percent of respondents observing ...
My first Eid without my father
?Every soul shall have a taste of death,? Al-Quran 3:185. I would like to share mine and lots of other people?s common situation on this Eid which is that of facing a big loss of losing my father to tuberculosis. On this Eid, I feel a sense of loss and extreme pain. Dear father, it is the first Eid ...
A colourful line-up for Jeddah Season
Pop stars, pop-up restaurants and World Wrestling Entertainment are some of the attractions that will be part of Jeddah Season, which starts from Saturday and runs until July 18, 2019. ?Our message is loud and clear,? said the general supervisor of Jeddah Season, Raed Abuzinada, at a news conference on Sunday. We want to place Jeddah on the world ...
The beauty of China’s National Geopark
When we think of the beauty of nature, we are dazzled by the expanse of the sea, the unfolding of a flower, the scent of fresh breeze, the pale pink at sunrise and the prominence of mountains. The flowing shades of reds, yellows and oranges on the mountain peaks are not less than witnessing magic. Zhangye?s Danxia was formed ...
Renowned artist Inayat Hussain Bhatti remembered
As fate would have it, he ended up singing for Radio Pakistan and subsequently, for the 1949 Punjabi hit ?Pheray?. He was a multi-talented distinguished singer, actor, director author, social leader, columnists, religious scholar and zakir. In 1960, the singer also set up a theatre which later became known for renditions of Sufi poetry such as that of Waris ...
The Sooper Junoon World Cup anthem just hit 7 million views. Here's why
Pakistan's favourite rock band, Junoon, has reunited after 15 years for the Junoon World Cup anthem, and we can't help but tap our feet to it. Here's what we think makes the anthem worth all the views it's getting online: We feel the video ably reinforces the underlying message of Sooper's World Cup campaign: unity and strength in diversity. ...
Calligraphy exhibition at Lok virsa concluded due to demise of calligraphist
ISLAMABAD, Jun 3 (APP):The ongoing exhibition of Islamic calligraphy at National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage has been called off due to the demise of the eminent calligraphist and world famous photographer Aftab Ahmad Khan. The exhibition which was to continue till the last day of Ramzan has been concluded earlier in the respect of Aftab Ahmad khan who was ...
Exploring the floating city
Every few paces, you?ll stagger back, amazed, at some new beauty spot. And, if you?re careful, you can do it without breaking the bank. the location of this affordable, intimate hotel in the San Marco district could hardly be better. Just a short walk from the Accademia bridge, Hotel San Samuele is simple ? there?s no restaurant, for example ...
Poaching of African elephants in decline as demand for ivory plummets in China
One of the authors of the study, Dr Colin Beale, from the University of York, said, ?We are seeing a downturn in poaching, which is obviously positive news, but it is still above what we think is sustainable so the elephant populations are declining. The poaching rates seem to respond primarily to ivory prices in South-East Asia and we ...
Turkey puts novelists including Elif Shafak under investigation
Turkish prosecutors have launched investigations into writers of fiction including the award-winning novelist Elif Shafak, in what campaigners are describing as a serious threat to free speech. After a page from a novel by Abdullah ?evki was shared on Twitter earlier this week, the Turkish ministry of culture and tourism said it had filed a criminal complaint against the ...
The Surrey Hills helped inspire Peter Pan’s author JM Barrie
There are other views: from Gibbet Hill outside Hindhead, for example, over the huge natural amphitheatre of the Devil?s Punchbowl. But this is also a land of lanes, enclosed by banks of knotty trees roots and overhung by pines and beeches; and of intimate villages that, despite the BMWs in the driveways, are still delightful, due to the variety ...
Primavera Sound Festival to expand to Los Angeles in 2020
?We have been thinking about Los Angeles for many years now and the celebration of our 20th anniversary felt like the perfect timing for the decision of crossing overseas,? Gabi Ruiz, one of Primavera Sound?s directors, said in a statement. So it?s a dream to finally say: yes, it had to be Los Angeles.? While the Los Angeles lineup won?t ...
Louvre employees mull over closing the museum again
Pierre Zinenberg, a Louvre employee and union representative, said renovation work around the Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece has led to organisational problems and huge queues. Zinenberg said a meeting early on Wednesday would decide if Louvre management has addressed the problems or whether the museum would be closed again that day.
