The French city of Lyon on Tuesday, December 8, paid tribute to the 130 victims of Paris attacks by lighting up the names on buildings lining the Saone Rivers. The first name of the victims was lit up in a giant hand-written scrawl as thousands looked on. Do you see the Madonna projection on top? (more…)
Tyson Fury has been stripped off the IBF title he won two weeks ago after former title holder Wladimir Klitschko exercised a clause entitling him right to a rematch if he so deemed fit. Fury beat long-standing champion Vladimir Klitschko in Dusseldorf last month to bring the Ukrainian's four belts back to Britain. The IBF insists Fury should fight challenger Vyacheslav Glazkov and opened up a bidding process for its purse two days after Fury's victory.The bidding which was supposed to take place on December 11 has now become irrelevant after Klitschko exercised a claus
Middle-to-high income economies in East Asia could lose as much as 15 percent of their working-age populations by 2040 due to rapidly greying demographics, weighing on economic growth and adding to government spending, the World Bank said on Wednesday. East Asia is aging faster than any other region in history, the bank said in a report, which found 36 percent of the world's population aged 65 and over, or 211 million people, live in the region, the largest share among all regions. "Very fast drops in fertility rates, coupled with rapid extensions of life expectan
The former Paralympian, Oscar Pistorius, who has officially been charged with the murder of his girlfriend on Appeal but granted bail is said to be studying for a law degree through a London university course. This was known after Oscar submitted an affidavit to court during his bail hearing on Tuesday morning that he required daily internet access to continue his studies. In his affidavit, he said; "I have enrolled at the London School of Economics for a B.Sc business with law degree. I study by way of correspondence and need daily access to the internet for this purpos
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