More than 30 dead after a boat sank on lake Mai-Ndombe in western Democratic Republic of Congo. The vessel is reported to have been carrying over 400 people of which 170 have been rescured while more than 200 missing. The overloaded boat was the reason for this accident. DR Congo which is about the size…
The Amazon rainforest in north-central Peru is hit by a powerful magnitude-8 earthquake which was felt as far as Brazil and Ecuador, destroying buildings and tearing up roads. The earthquake also hit Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve, deep in the Amazon jungle at 8:41am UK time. The quake struck around 110 miles east of the town on…
Theresa May the prime minister said the failure to deliver Brexit was a matter of “deep regret”. “Ever since I first stepped through the door behind me as prime minister, I have striven to make the United Kingdom a country that works not just for a privileged few, but for everyone. In 2016 we…
Narendra Modi and his ruling BJP have swept back to power with the party winning 303 seats, with the opposition winning only 52, UPA 33, others 108, in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India’s parliament, bettering the 282 seats they won in 2014. A arty needed 272 seats for a majority in parliament.…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP has won India’s election in another landslide victory. Results announce so far Bharathiya Janata Party is set to win 300 of 543 seats in parliament despite some anti-incumbent feeling joblessness has risen to record high, farm income plummeted and industrial production slumped and several Indian were hit hard by the…
A short story by Penny Nair Price Anastasia was a blonde; a vampish young bimboesque girl with curves in all the right places. Henry smoked the largest fat Cuban cigars and possessing a sizeable paunch, partially concealed by divinely expensive pressed shirts, and hugely exotic silk ties which were housed when not worn in a…
Google revoked Huawei’s Android licence and barred from some updates to the Android operating system and set to lose access to some Google apps. Google said it was “ complying with the order and reviewing the implications”. Huawei said “ We will continue to build a safe and sustainable ecosystem in order to provide…
The City of London Corporation which runs London’s Square Mile is take on debt for the first time in three decades to avoid crash crunch caused by expensive construction projects. The Corporation could borrow £1bn over the next three years through its local government arm and its £2.6bn endowment fund, has protected its local authority…
Metro Bank plans to sell over £1bn worth of loans amid misreporting scandal that caused its share price to plummet and force it into a rights issue. At the start of the year, regulators discovered that Metro had misclassified the risk of hundreds of millions of pounds of commercial property and buy-to-let loans. Reclassifying the…
BBC thriller Killing Eve scooped three Bafta TV Awards including best actress for Jodie Comer and best drama series at the Royal Festival Hall in London on Sunday. Benedict Cumberbatch won best actor for his drama Patrick Melrose. In Killing Eve, Comer played offbeat assassin Villanelle, who was pursued by intelligence agent Eve, played…