NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi will undertake a hectic diplomatic outreach this week by visiting France and two key Gulf states — UAE and Bahrain eyeing to build narrative on Kashmir and against Pak-sponsored terror. Modi will visit Paris on Aug 22 for a bilateral summit and subsequently make trips to UAE and Bahrain before […]
By Alice Klein Parents of young children have less sleep, money and free timePhil Fisk/Getty When it comes to who is happier, people with kids or those without, most research points to the latter. But a new study suggests that parents are happier than non-parents later in life, when their children move out and become […]
After beating four other publishing houses in an auction, William Heinemann was in no doubt that The Changing of the Guard would more than reward the five-figure advance it paid to its author, Simon Akam. The publisher boasted that the 182,000-word book examining the evolution of the British Army after 9/11 would be “an explosive, […]
Date created : 18/08/2019 – 15:12Latest update : 18/08/2019 – 15:26 The Open Arms rescue ship carrying more than 130 migrants on Sunday rejected an offer from Spain to dock in Algeciras, a six days’ journey away, citing an “extreme” emergency on board. ADVERTISING Read more A charity that operates a rescue ship carrying more […]
Russian officials on August 18 shut off a block of the Byeloyarsk nuclear power station after picking up a “false” response from the Urals facility’s safety system, according to a Rosatom subsidiary. The early morning incident affected Block 4 at the half-century-old plant, it said. “The stoppage was carried out under a routine algorithm,” Rosenergoatom […]
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Date created : 18/08/2019 – 08:55Latest update : 18/08/2019 – 11:20 Tens of thousands of Hong Kong democracy activists gathered Sunday for a major rally to show the city’s leaders their protest movement still attracts wide public support, despite mounting violence and increasingly stark warnings from Beijing. ADVERTISING Read more Ten weeks of demonstrations have […]
Authorities in Indian-held Kashmir reimposed limits on people’s movement on August 18 following a flare-up in violence as officials claimed to be easing their nearly two-week crackdown sparked by a downgrade in the region’s autonomy. The overnight skirmishes between residents and police left dozens injured, according to senior officials and eyewitnesses quoted by Reuters. New […]
CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s coast guard says it intercepted 57 Europe-bound migrants off the country’s Mediterranean coast. Spokesman Ayoub Gassim says that a wooden boat carrying 53 Ethiopian migrants, including 17 women and nine children, and four Egyptian migrants was stopped on Saturday off the coastal town of Zawiya. The town is about 48 kilometers, […]
How did animal life begin? A must-see exhibition in Oxford brings together the world’s best fossils from the Cambrian explosion to tell the story Earth 14 August 2019 By Graham Lawton Early worm: Cricocosmia jinningensis had a spiny proboscis and a long trunkOxford University Museum of Natural History Exhibition First Animals Advertisement Oxford University Museum […]