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£20bn charity donation from Saudi prince

The 60-year-old nephew of King Salman and Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal number 34 on the Forbes list of world’s richest people, has said he will donate his entire £20bn ($32bn; €29bn) personal fortune to charity. The money would be used to “foster cultural understanding”, “empower women”, and “provide vital disaster relief” and…

Bassett’s own goal puts England out of World Cup football as Japan beat 2-1

The Women’s World Cup football semi-finals between England and World Champions, Japan in Edmonton, Canada. In the other semi-final Olympic Champions USA beat Germany 2-0 and reach the finals. England’s Rafferty called fouls for a clearly pushing Ariyoshi and England penalized and Miyama scores 33rd minute as Bradsley went the wrong way. In the 39th…

Wimbledon Tennis grounds evacuated after a fire alarm

Wimbledon Tennis grounds have been evacuated after a fire alarm, as security staff supervised a swift evacuation of Centre Court and then the entire ground after the close of play on 1st July 2015. Several fire engines attended the scene but there was no indication of either smoke or fire. The cause of the evacuation…

40 dead in Darjeeling landslide

Overnight rain triggered landslides killing at least 40 people, and nine others were reported missing in the Darjeeling hills (India) of West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on 1st July 2015. More people are feared trapped in the mounds mud and debris Both national highways 31 and 10, ripping the road link to Sikkim, as…

80 stranded for one hour at Alton Tower as Monorail breaks down

Eighty people were stuck for an hour at 17:25 on 1st July 2015, at the Alton Tower after two monorail broke down on the hottest day of the year. Even the Air rollercoaster temporarily stopped for 20 minutes with several people stranded in mid-air. It took another hour to walk 80 people off the monorail…

Roger Federer storms past 1st round in Wimbledon

Wimbledon (Men’s Singles) Second Seeded Roger Federer beat D Dzumhur 6:1, 6:3, 6:3 in the 1st round of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis championships in straight sets in centre court in 67 minutes. Roger Federer is bidding to win his eight title at Wimbledon. Despite the heat Roger was on top form to beat his…

Airport commission backs a third Heathrow runway

The airport commission has backed a third Heathrow runway, as it could add £147bn in economic growth and create 70,000 jobs by 2050 and connects Britain to 40 new destinations. The chairman of the independent commission Sir Howard Davies, said that the three proposals they short listed and examined were all “credible” but there was…

Military plane crash kills 141 in Indonesia

A major rescue operation is under way after military transport C-130 Hercules plane, which took off from Polonia airport with 12 crew members and 101 passengers on board crashed in a residential area of Medan in Indonesia. 141 people were killed instantly. The crash site is still engulfed in flames and thick black plumes of smoke…

ON SORROW AND FIGHTING NEGATIVITY

I dipped into The Prophet by Kahil Gibran to try and find some words of comfort following the tragic mass shooting of holidaymakers in Sousse Tunisia to post on the site and nothing was soothing and deep enough to merit their repetition. So here are some words of my own. There is a popular…

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Air Boeing AI922 turbulance in Mumbai, 6 crews suffer minor injuries

The Air India Boeing 300-777, flight AI 922 from Riyadh to Mumbai experienced turbulence before it was about to land at 1:10pm on Sunday 28th June 2015 and dropped 100 feet , which led to 6 crews suffering bruises and minor injuries as they were not seated with seat belt fastened. Luckily all passengers escaped…