It’s that day of the year again when the whole city of Chennai comes alive like the rest of India, with the routine, monotonous and serpentine queues of office-goers’ vehicles occupying the roads on normal days, replaced by buzzing, energetic religious faithfuls gearing up for the festivities, making hurried last minute trips to the…
The 14 year old Texan schoolboy Ahmed Mohamed was arrested for bringing a home made clock into school on 16th September 2015, by Texas police. Later they have decided not to charge a 14-year-old Muslim boy. Officials at MacArthur High School in Irving alerted police because they thought the device was a “hoax bomb”. Ahmed…
An earthquake with a magnitude of 8.3 hit off the cost Chile on 16th September 2015, killing 5 people and a tsunami warning for Chile, Peru and French Polynesia. Waves over a meter triggered by the earthquake have begun hitting Chile’s coastline, flooding the streets near the ocean. Tsunami waves of up 3metres could hit…
Japan’s largest volcano Mount Aso erupted on main southern island of Kyushu on 14th September 2015. The volcano 125 miles west of Tokyo erupted about noon on Saturday spewing ash and rocks.
A man in China reportedly bit off his wife’s nose and ate it after she did not answer his calls. The couple, from the city of Dezhou in China, allegedly got into a fight after the woman did not answer her estranged husband’s calls after a late shift at work earlier this week. Enraged, her husband…
RAF Tycoon jets intercepted Russian Planes which have recently strayed into British Airspace. The interceptors were from the Lossiemouth Scotland base. A Tuplaov plane “which looked a bit like a Concorde” – from a Russian supply was monitored and Defence Secretary Michael Fallon dismissed the incident saying “These are games, in effect.” Other descriptions of the…
Roger Crowley’s Conquerors: explains vividly how Portugal seized the Indian Ocean and forged the First Global Empire. In the 15th century the greatest maritime feat was Christopher Columbus’s first crossing of the Atlantic in 1492, who took 71 days to sail the 4000 miles to Bahamas. Five years later…
Jeremy Corbyn, The Islington North MP has been elected the Labour party’s new leader by a landslide, as je got almost 60% of more than 400,000 votes cast, trouncing his rivals Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall. He was swept to victory on a wave of enthusiasm for his anti-austerity message and promise…
In the Muslim holy city of Mecca, after heavy rain and winds exceeding 51mph (83kmph), a crane has collapsed at 17:23 local time (14:23 GMT) on the Grand Mosque killing 107 and injuring 240 0thers, days before the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Parts of the came tumbling down through collapsed ceiling in on section of the…
As a result of the news on refugees coming into Europe over 2,000 Britons have already offered to give a place to stay to asylum seekers. There is a website which was set up by Zoe Fritz who has said “My heart has sung at the extraordinary generosity shown.” Charities have also received a large…