Two passenger trains between Andria and Corato, near Bari, Puglia, Southern Italy, had a head-on collision, killing 23 passengers and dozens hurt at 11:30 local time (9:30 GMT). according to Italian officials. The two trains were on a single track line at the time of the crash, between the coastal town of Bari and Barletta.…
ABOUT MR PARKS…..A FEW WORDS TO BRING A SMILE His bijou place took quite a lot of energetic ascending to get to. But living in a city he knew that wasn’t unusual. Though past his middle years he was still sprightly, his limbs agile and fast paced. That meant going up to his private place…
In December 1970 Elvis and Nixon had a meeting which spawned the most requested photograph in the national US archives. Classed as a comedy by some, the story of this meeting is now a major movie. Starring Michael Shannon as Elvis and Kevin Spacey as Nixon, it charts a wish by Elvis to be an undercover…
Andrea Leadsom quits Conservative leadership contest in the “interest of country best served by immediate appointment” of PM, handing victory to May. Theresa May pledges to take Britain out of the EU and rules out a second referendum saying “Brexit means Brexit and we are going to make a success of it.” David Cameron has…
Dear Lord I hope you are not bored As to so very many you are adored And you help with those who are abhored So with you I am cored And you are in my thoughts and never ignored And you name like a lion I have roared And when I did that my heart…
Saturn’s largest Moon Titan, life might exist beyond the bounds of water-based chemistry, according to scientists at Cornell University. According to a report in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers found Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN) in the planet’s atmosphere and speculate that it could become a possible prebiotic…
Sun, 10 Jul 2016, European Championship- Final Portugal beat France 1-0 Eder 109’ Portugal managed to beat hosts France in the Euro 2016 final and claim their first major tournament triumph after the early loss of Captain Cristiano Ronaldo, thanks to substitute Eder’s extra-time winning goal at the Stade de France in Paris. Ronaldo was carried…
Britain’s Andy Murray won the Men’s single Wimbledon championship for the second time with a dominating performance against Canadian sixth seeded Milos Raonic in the final. The 29-year-old Scot, toppled the Raonic serve in a 6-4, 7-6 (7-3), 7-6, (7-2) victory wand repeat his triumph of 2013 and claim a third Grand Slam title. Murray…
“The Switch” argues Bill Gates and his fellow travellers are mistaken “It won’t take 15 years but the breakthrough that Gates anticipated has already occurred” according to the author Chris Goodall, a British clean-energy expert and investor. Existing technology have brought the world to the solar-power and electricity storage revolution that will over shadow today’s…
Serena Williams beats Germany’s Angelique Kerber in straight sets 7-5 6-3, her seventh Wimbledon title, and equals Steffi Graf’s open-era record of 22 Grand slam singles titles. It is her 9th Grand Slam win since she turned 30. “I had couple of tries this year, and lost to two great players, one of them Angelique,…