Category: current affairs
On Everest Traffic
I summited everest at 5:30 am and lhotse 3:45 pm despite of [sic] the heavy traffic (roughly 320 people)
Source: Yes, This Photo from Everest Is Real | Outside Online
On access to cellphones and electricity
the number of active cellphone subscriptions grew larger than the number of actual people on this planet
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there are an estimated 1.1 billion people in the world who don’t have access to electricity, meaning charging a phone, let alone owning one, would likely be difficult.
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Source: There are now more cellphones than people in the world — Quartz
Sri Lanka imposes curfew after at least 207 killed in attacks
Authorities in Sri Lanka have launched a massive security operation and imposed a curfew after a wave of bombs in churches and hotels in Sri Lanka killed at least 207 people and injured 450.
The eight blasts, some of which officials said were suicide bomb attacks, appeared timed to cause maximum casualties among worshippers attending Easter services.
Source: Sri Lanka imposes curfew after at least 207 killed in attacks | World news | The Guardian
On privacy of Kids
And in France, strict privacy laws mean kids can sue their own parents for publishing intimate or private details of their lives without consent.