Pretty privilege: How the Nigerian entertainment eco-system is being saturated with beauty over subs

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  764 words  |  Martina Birk

Economists Daniel S. Hamermesh and Jeff Biddle were the first to study the impact of attractiveness on salary and in the process, they invented the field of pulchronomics, the economic study of beauty. They discovered that yes, there was a positive correlation between beauty and opportunity. If you’re more attractive than most, finding a job is a walk in the park. Businesses scramble over themselves to hire attractive employees because it makes a difference to their bottom line; customers respond better to good-looking salespeople and in short pretty = profit. [Read More]

Relationship Advice 3 ways to catch a cheating girlfriend

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  353 words  |  Billy Koelling

No one wants to end up looking like a fool. No one wants to give 100% faithfulness and other things in a relationship only to end up realising that they were being played all along. Just as we explained here how to catch a cheating boyfriend, we list below things you can do to catch a girlfriend when there's overwhelming evidence that she might be cheating on you. 1. [Read More]

Rema: 5 Iranian girl arrested for dancing to 'Calm Down'

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  249 words  |  Martina Birk

According to a tweet from the Twitter account Shahrak Ekbatan, the five girls were first brought in and given a warning, then called again and detained for two days before being compelled to make a coerced confession. According to Fox News, Security forces started looking for the five girls soon after the video, which was filmed near Ekbatan, west of Tehran, gained popularity online. They weren't wearing headscarves, which are required for women in Iran, as the video was shared on International Women's Day. [Read More]

Review of Outlander on Starz

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1111 words  |  Kelle Repass

The first hour of Outlander (Starz, Saturdays, 9 p.m. ET) may have viewers who haven’t read the source material wondering exactly what kind of story it is–which can be a danger sign, or, as in this case, a good one. Is it a supernatural story, because Claire Randall (Caitriona Balfe) finds herself spirited from 1945 to 1743 Scotland after coming across a druidic henge while on her second honeymoon? Is it historical fiction, because she finds herself taken captive by a Scottish clan at war with brutal English occupiers? [Read More]

School Sued Over Nativity Scene in Christmas Play

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  252 words  |  Billy Koelling

October 7, 2015 4:34 PM EDT A lawsuit has been filed against Concord High School in Elkhart, Ind. over a nativity scene in the high school’s annual Christmas play. The suit was filed by the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Indiana. For decades, Concord High School has held a Christmas Spectacular, which ends with a nativity scene and the story of the birth of Jesus, the FFRF said in a statement; a practice that the group believes violates the separation of church and state. [Read More]

South Africa: 5 killed in xenophobic attacks, 189 arrested

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  368 words  |  Billy Koelling

South African mobs launched attacks on foreigners, including Nigerians, and looted and burnt their places of business in suburbs of Johannesburg and surrounding areas on Sunday, September 1, 2019, and Monday, September 2. SAPS had earlier revealed on Monday that three were killed and at least 100 arrested in connection to the violence. However, in a statement released on Tuesday, September 3, authorities said a total of five murders have been reported, with two in Corronationville, two in Hillbrow and one near a hostel at Jeppe. [Read More]

State varsities now eligible for student loan scheme - FG

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  263 words  |  Martina Birk

At a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday, May 30, Sawyerr said their website has attracted over 60,000 visitors since its launch. Sawyerr mentioned that over 90% of federal institutions have submitted their student lists, with only two federal universities and two federal polytechnics yet to comply. He also stated that the loan scheme will be extended to students at state universities within the next three weeks. ADVERTISEMENT [Read More]

Teaching Cursive: Lawmakers Fight to Keep Kids In the Loop

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  635 words  |  Tandra Barner

This past summer, Tennessee state Rep. Sheila Butt got a call from a mother who said she wanted to talk about her son, a junior in high school. The woman explained that her son’s history teacher was writing homework assignments on the board in cursive—and her son couldn’t read them. Butt did some digging and found similar problems across the state. “We had students not able to read, nor write their signature, in cursive writing … That was unbelievable to me,” she said in February. [Read More]

Tempted to Move to Another Country? Try This Instead

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  727 words  |  Tandra Barner

Well hello! I’m so glad you’re here. A version of this article also appeared in the It’s Not Just You newsletter. Sign up here to receive a new essay and photos every Sunday. And write to me at Susanna@Time.com. Susanna@Time.com. There’s a subway line in New York that starts on Hillside Avenue in the borough of Queens, just a couple of minutes from Donald Trump’s childhood home. It crosses over to Manhattan by way of Central Park South, down to fancy SoHo, and then on to Brooklyn, where it heads south for dozens of stops that have names like Kings Highway, Avenue X, and Neptune Avenue. [Read More]

Tennis Champion Simona Halep Can't Lift Trophy After Tournament Win

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  110 words  |  Patria Henriques

March 24, 2015 4:38 PM EDT After winning the BNP Paribas Open tournament in southern California this weekend, Romanian tennis star Simona Halep received a giant, gleaming trophy. In a press conference following her victory, a reporter asked if she could lift it. Halep was basically like, Um, duh, do you see how strong I am? But Halep was shocked when, even after standing up, she couldn’t get the thing off the table. [Read More]