18 people have died the Puyuma express train carrying 366 pe Taiwanople on board, en route to the southern city of Taitung, derailed completely lying zig-zagged across the track and flipped over at Xinma station, Taiwan on Sunday. According to Taiwanese authorities the accident had happened at 4:50pm local time ( 0850GMT) and is cause…
The World’s longest sea crossing bridge, which took nine years to build was opened by Chinese President Xi Jinping. The 34 miles (55km) bridge connects Hong Kong to Macau and the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai. The 15.4bn ( $20bn) project is key element of China’s plan for a Greater Ba\y Area covering 21, 800…
Following an international outcry, Saudi Arabia has blamed the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi on a “rogue operation”. Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said the murder had been a tremendous mistake and denied the powerful crown prince Mohammed bin Salman had ordered it. “We are determined to find out all the facts and we are determined…
Next time you travel in a transatlantic flight think about the dangerous and delightful substances that flow through our lives, as we all know without water we couldn’t survive and sometimes even a cup of coffee or a glass of wine feels just a vital. Mark Miodownik, in his latest book , Liquid, gives a…
“I took New York life like a star shooting through the heavens” Bill Cunningham, a highly respected New York Times fashion photographer and critic’s memoir discovered among the possessions reveals a life of live of beauty and exceptional surfaces. Cunningham’s early career as a milliner, Fashion climbing throws light into how its author rose…
The Washington Post published the final column from journalist Jamal Khashoggi- who was allegedly tortured and killed inside Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul. His piece titled “What the Arab needs most is free expression,” explains the crackdown on journalist in Saudi Arabia and other Middle East Countries. “Arab governments have been given the rein to…
WPY is one of the most prestigious competitions in world photography, started in 1964, the competition is now organised by London’s Natural History Museum. Two snub-nosed monkeys resting on a stone staring intently into the wild, is the image captured by Marsel van Oosten in China’s Oinling Mountains has won the overall winner of the…
A stunning bride given away by her father Prince Andrew and watched by forty members of the Royal Family including The Queen, Prince Philip, Fergie and sister Beatrice, made the second big Royal Wedding of the year at St Georges Windsor at the cost of £2M, just five months after Prince Harry married another stunning…
Ayurvea therapies and practices, evolved over several millennia, is a system of medicine with historical roots in the Indian Subcontinent. According to Hindu mythology and Sushruta’s compendium, Dhanvantari, Hindu god of Ayurveda, incarnated himself as a king of Varanasi and taught medicine to a group of physicians, including Sushruta. The therapies are based on…
Mount Soputan in North Sulawesi island, Indonesia, started spewing ash and lava 19, 685 feet (6000meteres), five days after Sulawesi was devastated with tsunami and 7.5-magnitude earthquake which killed 1407 people. The officials declared an exclusion zone with 1km of the summit. Indonesia’s Volcanology centre released seismographic data showing 479 mild tremors in Anak Krakatoa’s…