https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Radhika Parashar. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202010141080766135-chocolate-soldiers-indian-netizens-suggest-chinese-troops-should-join-circus/ Border tensions between India and China erupted in April this year after the two sides accused each other of crossing the Line of Actual Control (LAC). While troops from both nations are on guard along the LAC in Ladakh, ordinary Indians and Chinese have continuously engaged in a war of words on Twitter. In recent months, China’s […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/16/1080531525_0:49:3071:1777_1200x675_80_0_0_33218579b396903728e4e90546947a8d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Svetlana Ekimenko. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/uk/202010131080757067-aging-quickly–not-like-a-fine-wine-netizens-distracted-by-boris-johnsons-apparent-hair-loss/ UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivered a speech in London on Monday to outline his new “three-tier” system of restrictions, aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19 in the UK. Prime Minister Boris Johnson appeared on television twice on Monday, in the House of Commons and during a press briefing, when unveiling his much-touted “three-tier” system that […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/0c/1080751490_0:0:3077:1732_1200x675_80_0_0_5e8f62af702724db5491c50a084ec132.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Andrei Dergalin. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202010121080751520-netizens-clash-online-as-senate-confirmation-hearings-for-barrett-go-on/ As netizens proceeded to express their opinions on Barrett’s nomination, issues like the fate of the Affordable Care Act and even the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court ended up being brought into the equation. As the confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett, who got nominated by US President Donald Trump for the vacancy on […]
Netizens are side-eyeing the White House Gift Shop and claim that the store may be tempting fate with the presale of a “President Donald J. Trump Defeats COVID” coin. Although US President Donald Trump and several of his closest staffers continue to receive treatment for their positive COVID-19 diagnoses, the White House Gift Shop is not missing a beat to capitalize on what it envisions will […]
At a rally in Minden, Nevada, on 12 September US President Donald Trump floated the suggestion he might run for a third term after winning in the presidential elections in November 2020, despite this being ruled out by the Constitution. US President Donald Trump joked about staying for “12 more years in power” at a rally in Atlanta, Georgia, on 25 September, where he delivered remarks […]
Fans eagerly supported their idol, as the star striker himself casually downplayed his illness, suggesting it was a “bad idea” for the virus itself. Sweden’s evergreen football legend Zlatan Ibrahimovic has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. “Zlatan Ibrahimovic has tested positive for COVID-19 after a second round of swab tests. The club has informed the relevant authorities and the player has been immediately quarantined at […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/17/1080545177_0:0:3076:1730_1200x675_80_0_0_431f74a6e5894171ed6cf0788d014e21.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Radhika Parashar. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202009231080544908-rains-reign-over-mumbai-again-leaving-city-waterlogged-roads-blocked–netizens-bewildered/ Marking the second-worst series of downpours in 26 years, India’s tinsel town Mumbai has been witnessing heavy torrential rainfall since Tuesday evening. As of now, rainfall of 273.6 mm has been recorded in Mumbai in less than 24 hours, turning city life upside down. Thick clouds and rumbling thunder ushered the torrential rain spells across the Indian […]
The development comes as the United Kingdom has recently seen a drastic increase in coronavirus cases. 3,899 new infections were reported on 20 September and 18 people died from the disease. England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty previously warned that Britain is “at a critical point” in the pandemic. Piers Morgan, host of Good Morning Britain show, drew the ire of the public after he […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/11/1080193911_0:83:2866:1695_1200x675_80_0_0_082e82edeb72dc254dc90ab4eb6952f8.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202009161080481423-netizens-worried-about-kanye-wests-mental-condition-as-rapper-calls-himself-baby-putin/ Kanye West has made some headlines over the last few days after he tweeted that slavery is a choice and posted a video featuring him ‘peeing’ on what appears to be a Grammy award statuette lying in a toilet bowl. But there was more to come. American rap star Kanye West has once again shocked his Twitter followers after […]
Less than three weeks after its official unveiling, first lady Melania Trump’s newly renovated Rose Garden is reportedly already falling apart, drawing the ire of netizens. “New Rose Garden is already undergoing repairs including poor drainage and sod in bad shape. #MelaniasRoseGarden,” one user wrote. “Yeah, I’m still pissed about the Rose Garden. And this isn’t helping,” another added. “Just 3 weeks after Melania ruined the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/05/1080376588_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_08a1641db0e522025e05a2573f2ad010.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Max Gorbachev. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/viral/202009051080376499-netizens-divided-over-whether-to-boycott-disneys-live-action-movie-mulan/ The movie is a remake of the famous 1998 animated film by the same name. Its premiere was at first set for 9 March, but due to the coronavirus pandemic, it has been delayed several times. Disney released it on 4 September via its streaming service Disney+. It will also have a traditional release in cinemas in […]
The football world came to a standstill on 25 August after Lionel Messi, considered one of the best players in the history of the sport, announced that he wanted to exercise a clause in his contract and leave Barcelona. Lionel Messi never ceases to surprise footballs fans, this time though he didn’t do it on the football pitch. The 33-year-old revealed he would stay at Barcelona because […]
On Thursday, Biden held a community meeting in the small city of Kenosha in Wisconsin, where riots have been taking place since Jacob Blake Jr was shot by police. Democratic candidate Joe Biden attempted a joke when speaking about his corporate tax plan if elected president. “I’m not gonna lay it out for you. I won’t now because they’ll shoot me”, he said . Social media […]
The threat follows a claim made by Rourke in September, when he alleged that Martin Scorsese wanted to cast him in his gangster epic The Irishman, but De Niro refused to work with Rourke in the movie. Social media users were left baffled after Mickey Rourke attacked Robert De Niro in an Instagram post, threatening to “severely” embarrass his 76-year-old fellow actor next time he meets […]
After his bombshell announcement earlier in July that he intended to make a bid for the White House, rapper celebrity Kanye West reportedly filed the necessary paperwork and paid a fee on 15 July to appear on the Oklahoma presidential election ballot as an independent candidate, although missing Wednesday’s deadline in battleground state Florida. Reality TV star and Olympic gold medalist Caitlyn Jenner (formerly William Bruce […]
Last summer, a nearly 8-metre (26 ft.) tall wooden statue of President Donald Trump was constructed in Slovenia, east of the capital Ljubljana, in his wife Melania Trump’s homeland, only to be burnt to the ground by unknown arsonists in January this year. Amid a recent drive accompanying Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests to remove sculptures of historically significant American figures professed to be linked to […]
The debate over The Little Mermaid plot and the story’s key figure started last year after Disney tapped an African-American actress for the main role in a new remake, but now it has apparently received a new twist in the wake of the sweeping BLM protests. One of Copenhagen’s main landmarks, the statue of Hans Christian Andersen’s the Little Mermaid, has been vandalised, with citizens waking […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): News updates about the intense India-China face-off in the Ladakh region, which has been ongoing for over a month, made international headlines throughout June. What hasn’t been spoken of as much is the serious war between the Asian giants heating up by the minute on Twitter. A video of Chinese military trucks and jeeps drifting smoothly on what appears to be an icy […]
Failed 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who has publicly endorsed Joe Biden as the presumptive rival set to face off against Donald Trump in the November election, earlier said she was doing “everything” she can to not let the current incumbent remain in the White House for another four years. Hillary Clinton took a jab at Donald Trump on Tuesday, suggesting that if she held […]
The presumptive US 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden, has expressed on numerous occasions his readiness to debate his rival, US President Donald Trump. The latter claimed that the former vice president “doesn’t know where he is, or what he’s doing”. In his first press conference since the beginning of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the US, former vice president and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee for […]
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New Delhi (Sputnik): India’s most prominent Animal Cruelty prevention law was enacted in 1960 and has since been strengthened. But from killing elephant by feeding them with explosive-laced fruit to various incidents of stray dog torture, the plight of animals remains largely neglected. In a barbaric incident of human brutality to animals, a monkey was hanged from a tree in India’s Telangana state. A video of […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202006271079735185-indian-doctor-shares-video-of-pink-nosed-kitten-casually-dozing-off-in-happy-baby-yoga-pose/ New Delhi (Sputnik): Cats are often spotted taking their naps in next-to-impossible positions. Well, kitties in India have taken their twisty-turny sleeping postures a notch higher. In fact, Indian kittens have decided to shed some of their quarantine weight while sleeping – because why not? Twitter user Dr Monica Langeh on Saturday posted a 14-second video clip of a […]
This is not the first time that Hawk Newsome has made such a comment. Addressing demonstrators on 7 June during protests over the death of African-American man George Floyd, who died at the hands of a white police officer, he said: “Give black people their rights or we will burn this country to ashes”. Social media users were left disgusted by a statement of the president […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107953/87/1079538730_0:0:3329:1872_1200x675_80_0_0_2325b843140248e345120d163ac3c374.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202006251079714905-k-pop-boy-band-grooves-to-iconic-b-town-song-chunari-chunari-song-leaving-netizens-hooked/ New Delhi (Sputnik): K-Pop phenomenon BTS, a seven-man South Korean mega group, is touted to be the biggest boy band in the world right now. The band enjoys an insane fandom around the world, including India. Although the group has not performed in India yet, their fans here are eagerly looking forward to the moment they pay a visit. […]
The published ad was paid for by a religious group referring to itself as “Ministry of Future for America”, who defined their mission “to proclaim the final warning message” of the Christian Bible. Social media users angrily criticized a Tennessee newspaper ad that claims “Islam” will “detonate a nuclear device” in the city of Nashville. Apologies by the newspaper sparked another wave of anger from netizens, […]
US President Donald Trump held his first presidential campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, since the COVID-19 pandemic forced lockdowns and social distancing protocols, claiming it was time “to get back to living our lives”. The state of Oklahoma, which witnessed US President Donald Trump return to the presidential campaign trail on Saturday after the coronavirus pandemic swept the country, registered an underground tremor in parts of […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107967/74/1079677405_0:106:3006:1796_1200x675_80_0_0_7dbd7df09ae031f38b13f9c70fe5530e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202006211079677434-netizens-ridicule-trump-rally-as-actual-attendance-far-below-touted-numbers/ Despite social distancing guidelines and a rising number of registered coronavirus cases in the region, US President Donald Trump went ahead with his first publicly-attended campaign rally in months, this time in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Twitterati mocked the low turnout at Trump’s Tulsa rally, which was initially promoted as an event that would gather an enormous crowd of enthusiastic supporters. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107966/05/1079660597_9:0:1265:707_1200x675_80_0_0_934198e8ddf1803e88ffc08a4293391d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202006191079659844-netizens-amused-as-bjp-workers-confuse-north-korean-leader-for-xi-jinping-in-anti-china-protest-/ New Delhi (Sputnik): Since 20 Indian soldiers lost their lives in an Indo-China border clash earlier this week, an anti-China wave has swept the nation. This has been followed by call for the mass deinstallation of Chinese apps and software, along with street protests where people set Chinese goods such as televisions and computers ablaze. A section of netizens […]
Last week, the statue of Robert the Bruce, a Scottish king who lived in the 14th century, was spray painted with the word “racist”. Despite the timing of the vandalism, many now speculate that Black Lives Matter activists had nothing to do with the graffiti. Netizens are currently debating online whether the defacing of the Robert the Bruce statue in Borestone, Scotland could have been an […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107961/02/1079610211_0:0:1242:699_1200x675_80_0_0_b0fc8c11aa11d10271f987e880df403c.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202006141079609742-thrill-drill-of-instructor-keeping-a-close-watch-on-parading-troops-cracks-up-netizens—video/ New Delhi (Sputnik): While uniform-clad soldiers swinging their arms in sync and goose-stepping in unison can spark a sense of patriotism in anyone, a unique drill in a small Indian town is leaving people laughing out loud as netizens lauded the trainer for his dedication to the job. A police trainer in the Indian state of Telangana has attracted […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): At a time when confirmed COVID-19 cases have exceeded 266,000 in India, the central government has partly “unlocked” the country to reopen the economy. After more than two months of nationwide lockdown, people who still have jobs just want to make it to work – irrespective of the pandemic scare. The Indian government on Monday allowed the functioning of offices, restaurants, malls, and […]
Viral 02:54 GMT 08.06.2020(updated 03:19 GMT 08.06.2020) Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107955/14/1079551414_0:0:3188:1795_1200x675_80_0_0_05413300c7c8a4143bc3c8bb870c0b54.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202006081079551443-netizens-offer-hilarious-slogans-amid-reports-trump-is-seeking-to-rebrand-re-election-message/ Have you ever dreamed of leading a political campaign? You can join netizens in their attempts to come up with a re-election slogan for US President Donald Trump, sparked by reports that he and his campaign staffers are searching for a way to rebrand his message. Beware, though: you […]