Babylon current affairs articles.
Waste piles up on Greek streets The streets of an Island paradise, Greece, are facing the consequences of the ongoing dispute between the government and thousands of refuse collectors’ jobs. Piles of rubbish and stale waste have been mounting up…
Controversial dog meat festival begins in China The controversial Chinese dog meat festival has started in the Yulin city of China, despite earlier reports of it been cancelled or toned down this year. There were reports of dead dogs hanging…
More than 49 flights are cancelled in Phoenix, Arizona. The reason – too hot for planes to fly. Dozens of flights have been cancelled at Sky Harbor airport because of the high air temperature. The weather forecast for the US…
As per the findings of a new research by UNICEF, Ireland has the fourth highest teen suicide rate in the EU/OECD region. The organisation’s latest Report – “Building the Future: Children and the Sustainable Development Goals in Rich Countries”, that…
A seven-judge Supreme Court, on Wednesday, ruled that the first marriage of a man living here with two wives, both of whom he married in his native Lebanon, is valid under Irish law. Although, his second marriage is not legal…
In order to prevent any possibility of a terrorist attack ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan passed a controversial anti-terror law on Thursday that sparked street protests and warnings from critics that it would stomp on citizens’…
A german police woman and 3 others were injured in a shooting incident early Tuesday morning at a Munich subway station. Munich police tweeted that the policewoman’s injuries were serious and several other people had been injured. Also the suspect…
Ukrainians can now travel to Europe without a visa. The visa-free access for Ukraine started on Sunday, June 11 after Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko opened a symbolic visa-free door to Europe, and met Slovak President Andrej Kiska, at the Uzhgorod…
The Dublin city council on Friday issued a public advisory notice warning people of the safety hazards of using unlicensed rickshaws. The vehicles, which are often motorised, are a popular form of transportation for late night partygoers and revellers in…
