Could You Pass The Harvard Entrance Exam?
Harvard University is a highly competitive school with an acceptance rate of 4.64%. The Harvard Early Action acceptance rate was 7.9% for the class of 2026. Nearly 60,000 applicants applied for the Harvard class of 2025, a marked increase from just over 40,000 the previous year.
How Well Do You Know Harry Potter?
The world hasn’t been the same since 1997. It’s over a couple of decades older, for a start. That’s the year J.K. Rowling published Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone, and introduced us to the Hogwarts school, Harry’s pet owl Hedwig and the know-all student Hermione Granger. But as you’re a Harry Potter wiz, so […]
This Quiz Will Tell You How Comfortable You Are With Your Partner
It’s great to be comfortable with your partner, but how comfortable actually are you? This quiz will help you understand the different things you may do which will give you an insight to how you truly are with each other. Relationships tend to follow a continuum of comfortableness. One day you’re doing the fake reach […]
How Well Do You Remember Matilda?
Sweet and bright little Matilda Wormwood, a child of wondrous intelligence, is different from the rest of her family. Misunderstood by everyone and ignored at home, she escapes into a world of reading, honing her skills, and exercising her mind so much that she develops telekinetic powers. Matilda shares a home with her parents and […]
Refugee Olympians Coming To Canada In First-Of-Kind Immigration Program
For three South Sudanese-born Olympians, this is one eventful summer: reaching the world stage, then settling in a new country half a world away. “We feel so great … to go study in Canada,” said track athlete Paulo Amotun Lokoro. “I’m so excited.” They’re competing as members of the Refugee Olympic Team, a squad of […]
Philippines Wins First Olympic Gold After A Century
History was made on Monday when weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz won the first gold medal for Philippines at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. This was the first gold medal for the country in almost 100 years after the country sent its first delegation to the Olympics in the 1924 Paris games. Diaz won gold in the […]
UK PM Reverses Plan To Skip Quarantine After COVID-19 Exposure
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, and finance minister Rishi Sunak will both self-isolate in line with national guidance, abandoning heavily criticized plans to take part in a pilot scheme that would have allowed them to continue working. The U-turn comes a day after health minister Sajid Javid said he had tested […]
Chinese Man Reunited With Son Snatched 24 Years Ago
A Chinese man has been reunited with his son after a 24-year search that saw him travel over 500,000km (310,000 mi) on a motorbike across the country. Guo Gangtang’s son had been snatched aged two by human traffickers in front of their home in the province of Shandong. His son’s disappearance actually inspired a movie […]
President Bolsonaro’s Removal Demanded By Top Brazilian Rightwing Newspaper
One of the leading conservative newspapers in Brazil has demanded the removal of the country’s president, Jair Bolsonaro. This came in response to his actions to combat the coronavirus pandemic and the corruptions that flooded his government. These factors ensured the plunge of the rightwing politician’s ratings to their lowest ever level. “Jair Bolsonaro is […]
Lithuania Starts Building Anti-Migrant Fence On Belarus Border
Last week, Lithuania started to put up fences along its border with Belarus after a horde of migrants entered the country from the neighbour. Vilnius has accused Belarusian authorities of encouraging the flow of migrants illegally into Lithuania, an EU member state, in retaliation for sanctions imposed on Belarus by the bloc over human rights abuses and […]