Category Current Affairs

Babylon current affairs articles.

Top Migrant Cities

  In cities around the world, but especially in Western Europe, Australia, the Persian Gulf, and North America, immigrants play a fundamental role in the labor force and the social life of cities. For North American and Australian cities, the…

Hyperloop, Hypertravel

Imagine all the people in one train, speeding faster than sound can. It’s easy if scientist try. No air below us. Above us only sky.   One of the companies, which is trying to make Elon Musk’s (Tesla & SolarCity)…

EURO LEAGUE – ROUND 16 SCHEDULE

time Home Prediction Away TV Info 6 p.m. Shakhtar Donetsk 3-1 Anderlecht BT Sport Extra 4 (UK) 6 p.m. Basel 1-1 Sevilla BT Sport Extra 2 (UK) 6 p.m. Borussia Dortmund 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur Fox Sports 2 (US)/ESPN Deportes (US)/BT…

The ‘fifth Beatle’ died

He was not as famous as the members of the band but his influence on what The Beatles did, is undeniable. He had produced more than 700 records of their music. Sir George Martin dies aged 90. “I have so…

Don’t make the au pairs angry!

Virginija Petrauskaite, a Spanish au pair, obtained almost €10,000 from the Workplace Relation Commission because her host family didn’t respect the employment law.   “I want to say to all au pairs: you deserve to be respected, because you have…

AC/DC and DEAFNESS/POSTPONE

Australian rock band AC/DC has to postpone the rest of their US tour after singer Brian Johnson was warned he is going deaf. That is how it ends, when you are the noisiest band on the planet which concerts could…

Northern Europe Best for Working Women

Women Working

For The United Nations’ International Women’s Day today, we have a chart which shows where women have the best chances of being treated equally at work. It combines information on education, labour-force participation, salaries, child-care rates, maternity benefits, business-school students…

Armstrong, Gay, Maradona, Sharapova and Who Else?

Former WTA Ratings leader Maria Sharapova has revealed she failed a drugs test at the Australian Open. It is as surprising as annoying. A few months ago it was discovered that Russian athletes were using forbidden substances and disregarded regulations.…