Convicted drug lord El Chapo, whose real name is Joquin Guzman, is planning to launch an eponymous fashion brand this summer. The 61-year-old kingpin is working with his wife Emma Coronel Aispuro on the sartorial project. The El Chapo-branded clothing will feature the drug lord’s name and signature and could soon become[Read More…]
Tehran: At least 30 people were killed in the flash floods that ravaged several parts of Iran over the last few days, the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization (ILMO) said in a statement. According to ILMO website, Mehrdad Ali Bakhshi, deputy head of the organisation said that among the deceased, 19[Read More…]
Sydney: A Melbourne man has become the first person in Australian history to win the same national lottery draw twice, netting 46 million Australian dollars ($32.7 million). “Well, it’s extraordinary, isn’t it?” an official from Australian lottery provider, the Lott, told the Seven Network on Wednesday, reported Xinhua news agency.[Read More…]
US district court judge John J McConnell announced the punishment, the accused fainted inside the Providence courtroom
Jerusalem: Remains of an over 2,000-year old rural Jewish settlement with luxurious burial ground were discovered in excavations in southern Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) reported on Wednesday. A large winepress was discovered at the site with fragments of jars, a large columbarium and a cave for pigeons nesting,[Read More…]
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Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft from the fleet that was grounded after two deadly crashes, made an emergency landing in Orlando, Florida on Tuesday after its pilots declared an emergency minutes after takeoff citing an engine problem. No passengers were aboard Southwest Airlines Flight 8701, which was being ferried from Orlando[Read More…]
Beijing: Tibet’s 2018 GDP has reached $22 billion — about 191 times more than the 1959 figure calculated at comparable prices, said a white paper released on Wednesday by China. The Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama had fled the country in 1959. And in the next 60 years, the hard[Read More…]
Caracas: Venezuelan schools and offices on Tuesday were ordered to shut down for 24 hours as officials worked to restore electricity following a second widespread blackout, Communications Minister Jorge Rodriguez said. The move came a day after the country’s central hydroelectric plant at the Guri Dam in southeastern Venezuela suffered[Read More…]
Customs authorities in a northeastern Chinese city last week destroyed at least 30,000 World maps that showed Arunachal Pradesh as a part of India and Taiwan as a separate country. According to the several media reports, it was the largest such exercise in recent years and was carried out to protect China’s “territorial[Read More…]
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Dhaka: A close-up photo of a Bangladeshi construction worker in Malaysia has captivated social media users worldwide, the media reported on Tuesday. The photo shows the worker with light eyes and chiseled features, staring intently into the camera, The Daily Star Bangladesh reported. The photo, which has gone viral, garnered[Read More…]
Dubai: An Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered robot will address a session during the Arab Media Forum (AMF) in Dubai on Wednesday and Thursday. The robot will address the session called the ‘future of news anchoring’ and highlight the use of AI in news anchoring, the Khaleej Times reported. At another[Read More…]
New York: A US federal court here has sentenced a disgraced former Hong Kong politician for six years in jail for his role in a multimillion-dollar scheme to bribe African leaders through contacts made at the UN. The sentencing on Monday wrapped up a case that began with his arrest[Read More…]
London: Criminals are using dead rats to smuggle proscribed material, like drugs and mobile phones, into a prison in the UK, the media reported on Monday. Staff at HMP Guys Marsh in Dorset discovered three rodents stitched up across their stomachs. Subsequent investigation revealed the animals had been stuffed with[Read More…]
Abu Dhabi: Fifty rare species of birds worth over 20 million dirhams ($5 million) were killed when a farm in Abu Dhabi was struck by lightning, the media reported on Monday. According to the farm’s owner, the birds had won many trophies in competitions and were priceless, reports the Khaleej[Read More…]
Beijing: China on Monday welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan exchanging greetings amid heightened tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors. Beijing also said that it wanted peace between the South Asian nations and was willing to play a “constructive” role to help them[Read More…]
Kuwait City: The number of Indian workers in Kuwait has soared over 889,000, the highest amongst all other expat workers in this Arab country, media reports said. The figure was revealed on Sunday by the Central Administration of Statistics, the Arab Times reported citing the Al-Qabas daily. The Indians were[Read More…]
Kathmandu: Thousands of students appearing in Nepal’s Secondary Education Examination (SEE) were confused when they found the question paper for English full of errors, the media reported on Monday. The mistakes on Sunday ranged from spelling errors to incomplete sentences, deciphering some of which depended solely on the examinees’ guesswork,[Read More…]
Islamabad: A Pakistani woman who had been tied with chains for several weeks and tortured by her husband has been rescued, police said. The husband had allegedly kept his wife locked up at their residence in Sahiwal city for at least 20 days, an officer said. He has been arrested,[Read More…]
Melfort (Canada): An Indian driver whose truck was involved in a crash that killed 16 people on an ice hockey team bus has been sentenced to eight years in prison, according to media reports. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was sentenced on Friday by Saskatchewan Province Judge Inez Cardinal to eight years[Read More…]
Los Angeles: Burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese says the #MeToo movement is an “important conversation”, because it’s showing the world “how flawed we are”. “It’s about time we are able to open up and talk about it. I think a lot of good men didn’t really realise what it’s like[Read More…]
Los Angeles: Actress Eva Mendes, who has taken an extended hiatus from acting to care for her daughters Esmeralda and Amada, says she would return to the big screen and she would like to work with her husband and actor Ryan Gosling. The two last starred with each other in[Read More…]
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Twenty-six people were killed and 28 others injured after a tour coach caught fire in central China’s Hunan Province on Friday, local authorities said. The injured, including five in critical condition, were rushed to three local hospitals for treatment, according to the publicity department of the Hunan Provincial Committee of[Read More…]