19 people killed including 9 children with another 32 people rushed to hospital, after a fire in a New York apartment building on the third floor of the Bronx apartment block at about 11:00 local time (16:00 GMT). Two hundred firefighters were sent to tackle the blaze, over 62 people were injured. Fire department Commissioner…
Fourth Ashes Test, Sydney (Day Four of five) Australia. 416-8 off 134 ov. Khawaja 137 off 260, 13 fours, Smith 67 off 141, 5 fours, Starc 34* off 60, 3 fours. Broad 5-101, Anderson 1-54, Wood 1-76. England 1st Innings 294 ao off 79.1 ov, Bairstow 113 off 158, 8 fours, 3 sixes, Stokes 66…
The ancient Greek city of Athens the birthplace of Western civilization, and dominated by the pillars and pediments of the Parthenon, a temple dedicated to Athena, goddess of Wisdom, from Runciman Award winner Bruce Clark. Bruce’s tale of a city that occupies a unique place in the cultural memory of the West. Reforms of…
Napoleon III, nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, who ruled as president of France from 1848 to 1852, then as emperor until 1870, when his regime collapsed after a crushing military defeat at the hands of Prussia. In the second half of the 20th century, Napoleon’s reputation underwent a modest rehabilitation, as he won praise of France’s…
Retail liquor and cannabis shops in Canada’s Quebec province will require shoppers to show proof of vaccination amid a rising surge of new Covid cases from 18th January. Proof of vaccine is also required in health facilities, theatres, bars and indoor sport and performance venues. Over 109, 000 cases of Covid were recorded in the…
Samsung Electronics, the world’s biggest memory chip maker is expected to post a 52 per cent profit for the last three months of 2021, amid the global chip shortage. It made 13.8tn chips earning them £8.bn in the fourth quarter. The global shortage of semiconductors has been causing major disruptions for manufacturers from carmakers…
Sidney Poitier, the US-Bahamian star, the first black man to win a best actor Oscar, has died aged 94. The trailblazing actor and a respected humanitarian and diplomat won the Academy Award for the best actor for Lilies of the Field in 1963. Former US President Barack Obama said Poitier “epitomised dignity and grace” and…
We were born before Television, before penicillin, pollo shirts, frozen foods, Xerox, plastic, contact lenses, videos, camcorders, atoms, laser beams, ballpoint pens before dishwashers, tumble dryers, electric blankets, air conditioners, drip dry clothes, and before man walked on the Moon. We got married first and then lived together ( how quaint can you be?). We…
Nikola, an American electric-car start up company and pioneer in zero-emission trucks, offering pure electric and also hydrogen electric power across multiple who has delivered its first two vehicles to a customer operating at the ports of Loa Angeles and Long Beach, has dropped its US $2 billion suit against Tesla. The lawsuit filed in…
Fourth Ashes Test, Sydney (Day three of five) Australia. 416-8 off 134 ov. Khawaja 137 off 260, 13 fours, Smith 67 off 141, 5 fours, Starc 34* off 60, 3 fours. Broad 5-101, Anderson 1-54, Wood 1-76. England 258-7 off 70 ov. Bairstow 103* off 140, 8 fours, 3 sixes, Stokes 66 off 91, 9…