Images from New Zealand aerial survey of Nikumaroro in 1938 offer new clues over aviator’s disappearance A New Zealand museum has released nearly 50 photos from a 1938 aerial survey of the island where Amelia Earhart is believed to have crash-landed, offering amateur sleuths new evidence to scour for traces of the pioneering aviator and her plane. The black-and-white images were published by the A…
Joshua Foster pleaded guilty over death of toddler who fell from fourth-floor window of hotel during family holiday A British man has been handed a €3,000 (£2,500) fine after his two-year-old son fell nearly 12 metres (40ft) to his death from the fourth floor window of a hotel in Cyprus. Joshua Foster thought the window was closed when he placed the boy on a sill to show him the view of a waterpar…
आगामी दशकहरूमा तटीय क्षेत्रमा बाढीको जोखिम र त्यसको प्रभावमा पर्ने जनसङ्ख्या अनुमान गरेभन्दा बढी नै हुने अध्ययनले देखाएको छ । वैज्ञानिकहरूलाई थाहा थियो, ‘डुम्सडे ग्लेसियर’ पग्लिरहेको छ, तर यति ‘तीव्र’ गतिमा पग्लने अनुमान भने गरेका थिएनन्
As violent spirits are unleashed in Sky’s Possession, observers see confident creatives reclaiming the island’s narratives in a form of ‘cultural reparation’ A woman opens a 300‑year‑old box, unleashing a violent spirit – it is the spirit of colonialism and oppression roaring back to life. It is a pivotal scene in Sky’s supernatural series Possession and symbolises a wider shift in Jamaica’s film…
काठमाडाैँ। चीनले इजरायललाई गाजा पट्टीमा मानवीय सहायता तथा अन्य सामग्रीको पहुँच पूर्ण रूपमा खुला गर्न र वेस्ट ब्याङ्कमा बस्ती विस्तार रोक्न आग्रह गरेको छ। चिनियाँ विदेशमन्त्री वाङ यीले प्यालेस्टिनी समस्याको समाधानका लागि दुई–राज्य समाधान नै
काठमाडाैँ। युरोप पुग्ने प्रयासमा रहेका आप्रवासी सवार डुङ्गा गाम्बियाको तटमा डुब्दा कम्तीमा १२ जनाको मृत्यु भएको छ भने अन्य केही यात्रु बेपत्ता भएका छन् । उद्धारकर्ताहरूले १२ जनाको शव फेला पारेको गाम्बिया रेडक्रस सोसाइटीले जनाएको
The prime minister is expected to announce plans on devolving decision-making powers away from both Westminster and Holyrood towards regions and towns Good morning and welcome to our UK politics live blog. Prime minister Andy Burnham is in Scotland today where he is expected to invite Scotland’s first minister, John Swinney, to collaborate on devolving decision-making powers away from both Westmin…
Landslide blocks river and triggers downstream flooding, while summer temperatures persist in Portugal Flash floods have swept through Nepal’s central Gorkha district after a pre-dawn landslide on 11 October blocked the Budhi Gandaki River, triggering severe downstream flooding. At least five people have died, and almost 100 have been rescued. Two villages in the worst-affected Chumanubri rural mu…
Russian authorities say Ukraine struck a major oil refinery southeast of Moscow Thursday. The strike was in response to Russia's attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
Journalist and Russia analyst Julia Ioffe lays out how Vladimir Putin might be trying to exploit the current divide between the U.S. and Ukraine over striking Russian oil refineries.
Kathmandu, October 16 Japan’s Meteorological Agency mistakenly issued an alert warning of a possible 9.9-magnitude earthquake on Friday following an earthquake near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. The agency withdrew the alert about eight minutes later. According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the Kamchatka region. Japan’s Meteorological…
Youth-led protests over alleged voter-roll manipulation have tapped into wider anger over unemployment, exam leaks and divisive politics, posing the biggest challenge to Modi since he came to power in 2014.
