[ad_1] Gazette Herald US Ruth Belville with the time-keeper of the South Metropolitan Gas Company For more than a century a member of the Belville family would visit the Royal Observatory at Greenwich at least three times a week. He or she would set the time on a watch and head across London to sell...
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Delhi hospital where newborn babies died had no licence
[ad_1] Reuters A view of the damaged neonatal intensive care unit where several babies died A hospital in Indian capital Delhi where seven babies died in a fire was operating without a valid licence, police said. The fire occurred on Saturday, leading to the arrests of the hospital owner and the doctor on duty. An...
Singapore Air chief thanks staff after turbulent episode
[ad_1] The boss of Singapore Airlines, Goh Choon Pong, has thanked the carrier’s staff after severe turbulence incident in which a British man died and tens more people were injured. “The last five days have been immensely challenging for everyone at Singapore Airlines,” Mr Goh wrote in a memo seen by the BBC. The message...
‘Exterminate the beasts’: How Israeli settlers took revenge for a murder in the West Bank
[ad_1] At dawn on Friday 12 April, Israeli teenager Benjamin Achimeir walked out from his settler outpost in the occupied West Bank, with a flock of sheep, and disappeared. Achimeir, 14, had been living and working on a tiny farm outpost near his family’s settlement, Malachei HaShalom – one of nearly 150 Israeli settlements in...
FBI investigating missing ancient treasures from British Museum
[ad_1] 16 minutes ago Katie Razzall, Darin Graham and Larissa Kennelly,BBC News BBC The FBI is investigating the sale to US buyers of what are suspected to be hundreds of treasures from the British Museum. The BBC understands the US law enforcement agency has also assisted with the return of 268 items, which the museum...
British Museum gems for sale on eBay
[ad_1] 29 minutes ago Katie Razzall, Larissa Kennelly and Darin Graham,BBC News BBC In 2020, Danish antiquities dealer Dr Ittai Gradel began to suspect an eBay seller he had been buying from was a thief who was stealing from the British Museum. More than two years later, the museum would announce that thousands of objects...
General election 2024 live: Starmer to make first keynote speech as campaigning continues
[ad_1] Welcome to our coverage of the general election campaign as it enters its first full week. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is expected to say this morning that “economic security, border security, and national security” will form the “bedrock” of the party manifesto. Rishi Sunak will later be reinforcing his message that the Conservatives...
Light plane glides near homes before crash landing in Australia
[ad_1] The pilot was able to steer clear of roofs in Sydney’s suburbs after the plane lost power mid-flight. In footage shared by local media outlet Nine, the Cessna 210 can be seen skidding across the tarmac at Bankstown Airport. Both the pilot and passenger were uninjured. [ad_2] Source link
Desperate rescue for hundreds in landslide
[ad_1] Desperate villagers are digging through rubble to find survivors and retrieve bodies as Papua New Guinea continues to grapple with a landslide that is estimated to have killed at least 670 people. The collapse of a mountain side early Friday morning during heavy rain wiped out a bustling village in Enga province, with the...
Influencers rally youth to vote
[ad_1] Karabo Mahapa Karabo “Kay” Mahapa wants to encourage his young audience to go out and vote South Africa’s social media influencers, popular with the youth, have been stepping into a new role ahead of this week’s general election – political mobilisers. With 42% of registered voters under the age of 40, the younger demographic...









