Venezuela twin earthquakes: Death toll rises to 164; over 1000 injured, search for missing continues
Authorities shifted rescue personnel from across the country to the hardest-hit regions, particularly La Guaira state on Venezuela’s northern coast, where numerous buildings collapsed. Rescue te...
‘When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion’ A spider’s web is one of nature’s most fragile creations. A careless swipe of a hand can destroy it in seconds. A lion, on the other hand, ...
94-year-old woman appeals for Indian citizenship in Andhra Pradesh, says she wants to die as an Indian. 94-year-old Kondragunta Mahalakshmamma became a US citizen in 2000 and lived in the US for nearl...
Nigerian proverb of the day values experience, wisdom and insight. How can a man lying down see more than a person who is up in a tree? Possible because of the insight. If the man lying down has more ...
Indian student shares F-1 student visa rejection experience. An Indian student shared the experience of an F-1 visa denial at the Delhi consulate, at a time when visa officers have become extremely st...
Giving evidence yesterday with the assistance of an interpreter, he told Bolton Crown Court (pictured) he felt ‘uncontrollably sleepy’ at the time of the alleged attack An Afghan migrant h...
The latest TOP500 ranking arrived with an outcome that looked simple on paper but quickly unraveled into something less straightforward once people started picking through the details. A Chinese syste...
“The stupidest farmers have the biggest potatoes” There is a bluntness to German folk sayings that feels almost uncomfortable in its honesty. One of the most striking is: “Die dümmsten Bauern ha...
Switzerland records hottest June day in history; Basel reaches 38°C as Europe grapples with heatwave
A man dives in the Limmat river during a heat wave in Zurich, Switzerland (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani) Switzerland recorded its hottest June temperature ever on Thursday when thermometers in the northe...
Shankh Mitra, the Indian-origin CEO who is the world’s second-highest paid after Elon Musk From studying engineering in Kolkata to leading a major American real estate company, Shankh Mitra has emerge...