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What Year Is It Now? Brightside 7 Countries Where the Next Year Is Not 2018 People will ring in the year 2018 in Russia. Most countries in the world live according to the Gregorian calendar. It was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in place of the Julian calendar. The difference between these 2 calendars today is 13 days, and it increases by 3 days every 400 years. That’s why there is such a holiday as Old New Year: it’s New Year according to the Julian calendar, and some countries still celebrate it. However, nobody neglects "regular" New Year. The Gregorian calendar was introduced in 1582 in Catholic countries, and it was gradually distributed to other countries. According to it, on January 1, the year 2018 will begin. People will ring in the year 2561 in Thailand. In Thailand, 2018 will be the year 2561 (according to the Gregorian calendar). Officially, Thailand lives according to the Buddhist lunar calendar, in which chronology starts from the moment Buddha achieved nirvan...

Leading up to the December 15 release of his ninth studio album,  Revival ,  Eminem  sat down with his longtime friend Elton John for  a tell-all conversation  with  Interview Magazine . Their talk began as you would expect, with Eminem greeting John, “How are you doing, cunt?” and John responding, “I’m very well, you old bastard.” The pair goes on to discuss a handful of topics, including the current landscape of hip-hop. The inevitable question of ‘Who are the old heads listening to?’ comes up as John asks Eminem if he listens to a lot of current hip-hop ("I listen to pretty much everything that comes out.") and more specifically, who is "doing great stuff at the moment?" Em's answer is mostly predictable: “J. Cole. Travis Scott. Kendrick is great. My friend Royce da 5’9″ is incredible. Joyner Lucas is really good. Tech N9ne, too.” For the most part, this list of artists makes sense for Eminem. Joyner Lucas and Royce both specialize and dominate the ...

After liverpools 7 nil demolition of spartak moskav. Here are the teams that qualified for the round of 16, and the top goal scorers _____ *GROUP A* Team P 1 Man United 15 2 Basel 12 3 CSKA Moskva 9 4 Benfica 0 *GROUP B*  Team P 1 PSG 15 2 München 15 3 Celtic 3 4 Anderlecht 3 *GROUP C*  Team P 1 Roma 11 2 Chelsea 11 3 Atlético Madrid 7 4 Qarabağ 2 *GROUP D* Team P 1 Barcelona 14 2 Juventus 11 3 Sporting CP 7 4 Olympiakos Piraeus 1 GROUP E # Team P 1 Liverpool 12 2 Sevilla 9 3 Spartak Moskva 6 4 Maribor 2 GROUP F # Team P 1 Manchester City 15 2 Shakhtar Donetsk 12 3 Napoli 6 4 Feyenoord 3 GROUP G # Team P 1 Beşiktaş 14 2 Porto 10 3 RB Leipzig 7 4 Monaco 2 GROUP H # Team P 1 Tottenham Hotspur 16 2 Real Madrid 13 3 Borussia Dortmund 2 4 APOEL 2 _____ *TOP 10 SCORERS* #. PLAYER - GOALS SCORED 1. Cristiano Ronaldo - 9 2. Neymar - 6 3. Harry Kane - 6 4. Wissam Ben Yedder - 6 5. Edinson Cavani - 6 6. Roberto Firmino - 5 7. Cenk Tosun - 4 8. Mohamed Salah - 5 9. Raheem Sterling - 4 10...

The Federal Executive Council has approved the establishment of six new private Universities in Nigeria.   It was agreed l at the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by Vice Presidnet Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday, December 6th.   Having in attendance the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, who briefed State House correspondents at the end of meeting.   It can be recalled that last year the minister of education talked about allowing for the establishment of more universities in the country to beat down the high number of admission seekers.

An upcoming artist, 20 year old Johnny Creed reportedly committed suicide on Sunday in Enugu. According to a friend of his who shared the story, he came back from church to find Johnny dead with a knife on his hand and blood all over his body. His last status on Facebook was  “I’m at war“ .  Read the friend’s story below… “I’ve been seeing posts of suicide I never believed it until today, This my close friend just committed suicide, I’m in pains. I noticed this suspicious movement early this morning when he said he was not going to church today, we usually go together! All for me to come back home and see him dead with knife on his hand, and blood all over; He stabbed himself and bled to death, his name is Johnny creed, an upcoming artist he even released a song yesterday.”    Agilityblog claims he killed himself because he could not get 10thousand downloads of his track.

A 10 year old girl has reportedly taken her life. Identified as Ashawnty Davis, she took her life after a video of her fighting with a bully was posted online.   She died after been taken off life support. “It’s just devastating,” her father, Anthony Davis, told Fox31 Denver. “She was just a child of joy and she brought joy to everyone.” Her mother, Latoshia Harris, claimed the girl had been bullying her. “I saw my daughter was scared,” Ms Harris said. Footage of the fight was then uploaded and shared on the app Musical.ly. “My daughter came home two weeks later and hanged herself in the closet,” Ms Harris said.  In an interview with independent, the mother urged parents to listen to their children.

    Lionel messi statue has been destroyed in his country again for reasons unknown.   The statue was left on the floor after been broken. It is the second time the statue, which was unveiled in June 2016, in Buenos Aires has been targeted by vandals and Police has said the motive for vandalising a statue still remains unclear. Argentina will be heading for the world cup in Russia and it is unclear why the fans will choose to act in such manner at a time like this.   Messi and Argentina have lost two finals to chile already and will be hoping to impress the country men in the upcoming world cup.