Labour mayoral hopeful David Lammy wants to propose an amnesty to bring people “out of the shadows” into mainstream society and make them pay taxes. It is estimated there are 300,000 illegal immigrants living in London alone. Mr Lammy said he would “push from day one” if he is elected to introduce a general amnesty…
A deadly blast kills 20 people, and injured more than 125 in a bomb explosion close to the crowded Erawan Shrine dedicated to Lord Brahma Temple in the downtown Chidlom district, Centre of Thailand’s capital, Bangkok. The temple is located on a main road through Bangkok’s commercial hub and is surrounded by three major shopping…
Christmas has arrived 143 days earlier, at the Selfridges store on Oxford Street. The 3000 square feet of floor space at the fourth floor of Selfridges has been transformed into Christmas Winter Wonderland. The store has more than 60, 000 baubles, 120 cracker options, 1250 Christmas cards and wrapper options. At Selfridges, Christmas shoppers flock from…
The Tianjin toll in the explosions has risen to 112 of which 24 have been identified and 88 still to be identified, 95 people, including 85 fire-fighters, still missing, authorities said on Sunday 16th August 2015. Ten more bodies were found on Saturday night after the announcement of 104 deaths, but four mutilated remains were later…
The state sponsored “ Friend of the Coconut Tree” is a school for higher achievers – over 30meters high that is – has recently been founded in India’s southern state of Kerala , where over 1400 youngsters have graduated and have become part of the dial-a-coconut-tree-climber service across the province.Spread across 10 districts and backed…
The Tianjin explosions in the warehouse owned by Ruihai International Logistics, contained calcium carbide, potassium nitrate, ammonium nitrate and 700 tonnes of Sodium cyanide stored in wooden boxes or iron barrels. Calcium carbide CaC₂ is used in the production of PVC plastic and can be harmful if touched or breathed, potassium nitrate, KNOᴣ and ammonium…
Twenty Thousand black shade balls were splashed into the water in a 175-acre reservoir in a Los Angeles Reservoir to save water and comply with US environmental regulations on safe drinking water, and culmination of an initiative involving deployment of 96 million plastic balls at a cost of £22.43 million,$34.5million to protect the water supply…
A monstrous massive explosion hit China’s northern port city Tianjin home to 15million people, a major port and industrial area to the South East of Chinese capital Beijing, killing 50 people including 12 firefighters and another 36 missing, injuring 800. The first explosion about 23:30 ( 16:30 GMT) was followed by another seconds later. According to…
Hamilton already has greats including The Obamas and Paul McCartney going ga ga over how good it is, and now Cameron Mackintosh is bringing it from Broadway to London with advance ticket sales of £25m known to have been generated in the USA. A host of other glitterati in America have previewed Hamilton and so there…
The forest department’s vigilance probe team at Athirapally Kerala, India, have obtained proof to establish that two elephants were poached, targeted for their tusks by ivory-seeking poachers. The probe team identified the carcass of two elephants on the Karimbani-Athirapally Range. Till now, 8 elephants were poached for their tusks. The main accused in the elephant poaching…