The Saudi Arabia Ministry of Justice has banned the marriage of persons under 18 years. It also set 18 years as the minimum age for marriage.
China jails journalist for 4 years for reporting on coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan
A Chinese court has sentenced a journalist who reported from Wuhan, the city in which the Covid-19 pandemic started, to four years in jail on charges of "picking fights and provoking trouble," one of her lawyers said.
Billionaire Game of Thrones games tycoon and Netflix producer, Lin Qi, dies at 39 after allegedly being poisoned by a co-worker amid fights among his company's executives'
Lin Qi, chairman and CEO of the Chinese entertainment company Yoozoo Group and a producer on Netflix's upcoming series The Three-Body Problem, has died after he was allegedly poisoned by a co-worker amid fights among his company's executives'.
Coronavirus: Spain to keep registry of those who refuse Covid-19 vaccine and share the registry with other EU nations
Spain's health ministry has announced it will set up a registry of people who refuse to be vaccinated against coronavirus and share it with other European Union nations.
Nigerian-Greek star Giannis Antetokounmpo signs largest deal in NBA history
Nigerian-Greek NBA star and reigning two-time MVP Giannis Sina Ugo Antetokounmpo has signed a record-breaking, five-year supermax contract extension deal with the Milwaukee Bucks, a statement released by the team on Tuesday said. At $228.2 million, this is said to be the largest deal in NBA history, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported. The basketball star’s agent, Alex Saratsis, told ESPN Senior NBA Insider Adrian Wojnarowski that the deal also includes an opt-out after the fourth year.
Eight-year-old girl successfully climbs Africa’s second-highest mountain
An eight-year-old girl, Elsie Akeyo, observed Kenya’s Jamhuri Day the East African nation became a republic on December 12 by successfully climbing Africa’s second-highest mountain, Mount Kenya. And though officials at the Mt Kenya National Park and Reserve said they do not keep records of the youngest people who successfully reach its summit, Elsie’s feat has still gone down as very commendable.
France is rewarding hundreds of frontline immigrant workers with citizenship
The French government is rewarding migrant frontline workers with citizenship for their selfless acts of valour in the fight against COVID-19. “Health care workers, cleaning professionals, childcare workers and store clerks … They have proved their commitment to the nation. It is now up to the Republic to take a step toward them,” said French Junior Minister for Citizenship Marlene Schiappa’s office in a statement released on Tuesday.
Bellen Woodard, the world’s first crayon activist, named Time Magazine ‘Kid of the Year’ honoree
One’s age should never hinder them from being agents of change because as the saying goes, “if there is no seat at the table for you, create one.” Bellen Woodard, realizing there was no crayon that truly represented her skin shade, created her own multicultural crayons through her ‘More than Peach project’.
‘My hands are loud enough’ – Deaf TikToker goes viral for teaching Black American Sign Language
Black Deaf families have existed long before Nakia Charmay Smith took to TikTok to share videos on their dialect. The Black American Sign Language (BASL) is a dialect of the traditional American Sign Language (ASL) and so they have some similarities. What made Smith’s videos on TikTok go viral was how she and her family with hereditary deafness educated her followers on the history of BASL.
Eunice Hunton Carter: The Black woman lawyer who brought down America’s most powerful Mafia boss in 1936.
Eunice Hunton Carter, right from age eight, had the desire to study law. She once told a young boy on the beach that she wanted to be a lawyer to ensure “the bad people went to jail.” In three decades, Carter would bring down America’s biggest gangster in the 1930s, but not without certain difficulties.
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