Former Liberal Democrats leader Paddy Ashdown has died at the age of 77. Jeremy John Durham Ashdown popularly known as Paddy Ashdown, a former Royal Marine officer, was first elected leader of the Liberal Democrats, a party then badly in need of military-style discipline. He was born in Delhi, India, on 27 February 1941, into…
Noah’s Ark is the vessel in the Genesis flood bnarrative through which God spares Noah, his family and a remnant of all the world’s animals from a world-engulfing flood.
Mount Krakatoa volcano at Sunda Strait, Indonesia erupted with ash plumes towering up to 55, 000 ft (15km) following by a deadly tsunami killing 290 people and injuring 1120. The volcano eruption has damaged disaster warning devices as the Tsunami waves struck at night without any warning. Officals say the Tsunami could have been caused…
The 1943 Western The Outlaw, while making the Texan Aviator and film mogul Howard Hughes became infatuated on its star Jane Russell’s breasts. Hughes had fired the film’s previous director, Howard Hawks, for not focusing sufficiently on Russell’s cleavage and decided to direct it himself. His first job was to apply his aeronautical engineering expertise…
Several live in a western world shaped by liberalism, although in the wake of Brexit and Trump, liberalism is under threat as never before. According to Helena Rosenblatt “ We are very muddled about what we mean by liberalism”. Even the past historians are of little help. Her latest book “ The Lost History of…
A woman and a man have been arrested at 22:00 GMT on Friday, in connection with a string of drone sightings which brought Gatwick Airport to standstill. The airport has since reopened but flights were grounded for more than a day affecting over 140, 000 passenger after drones were seen near the runway, which highlighted…
Following a Reuters report, that the company knew for decades that cancer-causing asbestos could be found in the product, Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), Drug authorities in India visited some of Johnson & Johnson’s facilities yesterday and took tests and samples of its talcum powder. If a formal investigation would be launched into the…
Dronemania at Gatwick airport Gatwick’s chief operating officer said drones had been spotted over the airport as late as 7:00 GMT and as a result Gatwick’s runway remains closed after two of the devices were seen nearby. Over One hundred and ten thousand passengers on 760 flights were due to use the airport on Thursday.…
GlaxoSmithKline CEO Emma Walmsley, in a final step of revamping unveiled plan to split the group in to two, creating a new £9.8bn consumer health business through a joint venture with US rival Pfizer. The newly formed UK-based group will fold Pfizer brands such as Advil, Centrum and Caltrate into GSK’s existing line of well-known…