The World’s longest sea crossing bridge, which took nine years to build was opened by Chinese President Xi Jinping. The 34 miles (55km) bridge connects Hong Kong to Macau and the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai. The 15.4bn ( $20bn) project is key element of China’s plan for a Greater Ba\y Area covering 21, 800…
Following an international outcry, Saudi Arabia has blamed the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi on a “rogue operation”. Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said the murder had been a tremendous mistake and denied the powerful crown prince Mohammed bin Salman had ordered it. “We are determined to find out all the facts and we are determined…
Next time you travel in a transatlantic flight think about the dangerous and delightful substances that flow through our lives, as we all know without water we couldn’t survive and sometimes even a cup of coffee or a glass of wine feels just a vital. Mark Miodownik, in his latest book , Liquid, gives a…
“I took New York life like a star shooting through the heavens” Bill Cunningham, a highly respected New York Times fashion photographer and critic’s memoir discovered among the possessions reveals a life of live of beauty and exceptional surfaces. Cunningham’s early career as a milliner, Fashion climbing throws light into how its author rose…
The Washington Post published the final column from journalist Jamal Khashoggi- who was allegedly tortured and killed inside Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul. His piece titled “What the Arab needs most is free expression,” explains the crackdown on journalist in Saudi Arabia and other Middle East Countries. “Arab governments have been given the rein to…
Cobalt, a low-cost Cypriot airline, which was the largest carrier in Cyprus, operated two or three flights a day from Heathrow and Gatwick to Larnaca on the south coast of the Mediterranean island and Stanstead has suspended operations indefinitely and warned passengers booked on its flights not to turn up. It added “We sincerely apologise…
Reliance Industries has said it will buy majority stakes in Den Networks and Hathway Cable and Datacom two of India’s largest cable and wired internet services providers. Reliance will take 66 per cent in Den for £237.5m and 51.3 per cent sgtake in Hathway for £305m. The deal will accelerate JioGigaFibre rollout to 50…
Apple has been granted a second patent for its fold-able design for the iPhone, with screen folded inside it and another where the display wraps around the outside of the device like a book and double-hinged design which can carry both. Apple received its first patent back in 2016 for a fold-able phone. The…
Anna Burns is the first Northern Ireland writer to win the Man Booker Prize for the original Milkman, a novel about a teenager girl’s struggle with sex and social coercion in Northern Ireland. She is also the first UK-born winner since Hilary Mantel won in 2012, and the first female since 2013 to collect…
WPY is one of the most prestigious competitions in world photography, started in 1964, the competition is now organised by London’s Natural History Museum. Two snub-nosed monkeys resting on a stone staring intently into the wild, is the image captured by Marsel van Oosten in China’s Oinling Mountains has won the overall winner of the…