Indonesia’s disaster response agency says the death toll of last Friday’s 7.5-magnitude earthquake and Tsunami has risen to 1350 in the coastal city of Palu just off the central island of Sulawesi. Indonesian Red Cross Officials said they have recovered 34 Indonesian students under a church buried by a mudslide. They were presumed part of…
Raindance 26th London Film Festival There is always room for variations on a theme….. A Fantastic Woman – Academy award winner – best foreign language film. Chilean Retrospective – Spanish with English subtitles. Sebastian Lelio Director. Also, co-starring Aline Kuppenheim and Amparo Noguera. Marina (Daniela Vega) loves Orlando (Francisco Reyes) who is a divorced father…
Indonesia’s Tsunami and earthquake disaster death toll has risen to 832 according to the national disaster mitigation agency and warned the figure could climb higher as the affected area on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is bigger than initially thought. Several people were reported trapped in the rubble of buildings brought down bin the 7.5…
California-born Nafisa Thompson-Spires reveals what it means to be a black American today in her debut short-story collection, and refers to sketches and character profiles of a section of black subjects –of mid-19th century by James McCune Smith, the first African American Physician to hold a medical degree. Thompson-Spires narrates the black life from the…
A strong tsunami triggered an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 and waves up to 10feet high swept through Palu on Sulawesi Island. Indonesia’s disaster agency said at least 384 people had been killed, but the number is expected to rise and 540 injured. Last month, a series of deadly earthquakes struck the Indonesian island…
Bees expert safely removed the estimated 20,000 bees from the engine of a low budget Mango Airlines plane at the main airport in South Africa’s coastal city of Durban. The bees populated the engine in less than 25 minutes and delayed three passenger flights at King Shaka International Airport. According Mango Airlines spokesman…
Michael Kors is buying the Italian fashion house Gianni Versace in a £1.64bn ($2.1bn) deal. Versace is a family-owned European brand, founded by the designer Gianni Versace 40 years ago and built its reputation by dressing some of the world’s most glamorous women including Princes Diana, Demi Moore and Elizabeth Hurley, is being snapped by…
Tiger Woods (42) completed a remarkable comeback to win the season-ending Tour Championship by two shots and record his first win in five years in Atlanta. This victory was his 80th PGA Tour title only fellow American Sam Snead has more – but his first since August 2013. Last year, he was 1, 199 in…
Subran’s house was totally destroyed by the flood was evacuated to a nearby camp, was promised £100 but only got £48 till now. Even after a month has gone by since floods, sitters of 950 shops in Ranni market road are still shut, and their loss amounts to £7.4m, and the traders and shopkeepers have…