Section: Business Insider (USA)
This German entrepreneur just patented the word ‘Grexit’ for a vodka drink
German entrepreneur Uwe Dahlhoff has trademarked the term “Grexit” — used to refer to the possible Greek exit from the eurozone — and plans to use it to market a new vodka drink. The 47-year-old from Hamm, western Germany, has mocked up labels for the new Grexit drink featuring a sad looking Angela Merkel in the background and Greek...
Police threaten to break up ‘Electric Yerevan’ protests as tensions rise
Yerevan (AFP) – Armenian authorities threatened Sunday to forcefully break up a protest against rising electricity prices and police brutality after the president announced concessions in a bid to calm tensions.Thousands of demonstrators were expected to take to the streets of the capital Yerevan in the evening after President Serzh...
Music, what music? Glastonbury caters for all tastes
Glastonbury (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Glastonbury may be best known for its music, but many of the 175,000 people gathered at Worthy Farm come for the spiritual, political and family events that this year include Pussy Riot and the Dalai Lama among the performers.British band Florence and the Machine kicked off three days of major acts with...
Hillary Clinton loves the ‘Chelsea’s Mom’ song that’s going viral — but some are calling it sexist
A cover of “Stacy’s Mom” that supports Hillary Clinton is racking up the views this morning after Clinton herself tweeted it last night — but some people are calling it sexist. A string quartet called Well-Strung recorded the song, called “Chelsea’s Mom.” And just like the Fountains of Wayne song it parodies,...
Putin called Obama
Putin called Obama on Thursday. This was the first time the two leaders spoke in four months. Putin reportedly brought up the spread of the Islamic State’s influence n the Middle East. Ultimately, the two leaders agreed to have Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the US’ Secretary of State John Kerry met to further...
Armenians are protesting over price hikes — and Russia’s not pleased
Thousands in Armenia’s capital Yerevan have been protesting over a 17-22% electricity price hike coming on August 1. Things got particularly ugly over the weekend when police unleashed water cannons, and 237 protestors were arrested. (They have since been released.) Crowds have subsequently grown up to 15,000 people, and protests have...
Which countries love and hate President Obama
Over the past year, the Pew Research Center has interviewed thousands of people from some 40 different countries on a myriad of topics. One of those topics is the world’s views toward the United States of America and its commander-in-chief, President Barack Obama. In a new report released , Pew combined the insights of 40 different...
The countries that love and hate America the most
The Pew Research Center recently released a study on how people in 39 different countries around the world view the United States. One of the questions they asked was whether or not respondents had a favorable or unfavorable opinion of the US. The results varied pretty widely. The US is very popular in sub-Saharan Africa: Five of the six...
Here’s why the Confederate flag is flown outside the US
In the aftermath of the slaying of nine African-Americans at a historically black church, retailers and states are rejecting a symbol of America’s racist history — the Confederate flag. But even if America is successful in obliterating the Confederate flag, it will not disappear off the face of the Earth. That’s because the...
Ukraine rebels train child soldiers in the making
Khartsyzk (Ukraine) (AFP) – He is only 14 but already knows how to assemble a Kalashnikov rifle. Denis is a child soldier in the making — eager to join the pro-Russian militants fighting Ukrainian troops.”If I were an adult, I would fight,” the skinny boy with a dishevelled crew-cut said in a war-scarred town deep in the...
