It’s a plot line that wouldn’t be out of place in a Tintin comic – a French mayor, an Alpine climber, a historian, a wealthy Jewish stone merchant from London, and their tenuous connections to a bag of lost jewels discovered on the peak of Mont Blanc. The trail begins early on 24 January 1966, as Air India Flight 101 starts its descent towards Geneva Airport. The pilot had miscalculated […]
FEARS that a missing airliner carrying 239 people could have been blown up by suicide bombers travelling on stolen passports increased last night. Two men from Austria and Italy, listed among the passengers on a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, were not on board, officials in both European countries said on Saturday, and at least one of them had had his passport stolen. The revelation came as distraught relatives were told […]
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Missing plane crashed off the southern coast of Vietnam, Asian media report “We have no idea where this aircraft is,” Malaysia Airlines vice president says In Beijing, relatives gather in a hotel Flight was carrying 239 people, including 2 infants A missing Malaysia Airliner carrying 239 people crashed off the southern coast of Vietnam, Vietnamese and Chinese state media reported Saturday, both citing Vietnam’s military. More than half […]
Voting in India for the next government begins on April 7 and ends on May 12. Results will be declared on May 16. These are the dates when different states and Union Territories will vote: Andaman and Nicobar islands: April 10Andhra Pradesh: April 30 and May 7Arunachal Pradesh: April 9Assam: April 7, 12 and 24Bihar: April 10, 17, 24, 30, May 7 and 12Chandigarh: April 10Chhattisgarh: April 10, 17, 24Dadra […]
The San Jose, Calif., runners participating in an annual race to benefit military veterans were already giving back to the community — but then they did something even more remarkable: they paused in the middle of their event to shake a veteran’s hand. One by one, the runners stopped to thank Joe Bell, 95, who stood at the sidelines, cheering them on in full uniform. When a local reporter saw […]
STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: The U.S. suspends upcoming trade, investment talks with Russia, official says President Obama urges Congress to work with him on Ukraine aid GOP Rep. Royce: The best option would be economic sanctions to weaken the ruble A first step? Boycott the G8 summit in Sochi and kick Russia out of the group The Kremlin sends troops across the border, and the United States and its allies cry […]
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Medecins Sans Frontieres has been banned from Rakhine State, Myanmar Myanmar’s government accuses it of bias towards the persecuted Rohingya minority The NGO says it provides care regardless of religious or ethnic affiliation Rakhine State is home to the majority of Myanmar’s Rohingya, a stateless Muslim group Medicins Sans Frontieres has been banned from operating in Myanmar’s strife-torn Rakhine State, following official accusations the aid organization is […]
A Swedish wildlife photographer has captured some photos of the rare spirit bear in B.C.’s Great Bear Rainforest, but refuses to divulge the animals’ exact location so they remain undisturbed. Tom Svensson’s photos were published in the Daily Mail earlier this week. He said the group, seen eating fish, was very calm. One in 10 black bears has white or cream-coloured fur. They are not related to polar bears. This […]
You’d be lying if you said you haven’t made a few poor decisions while driving. Well, if you live in Calgary, it’s possible those bad driving habits have been caught on camera and posted to YouTube by Jan Monson. Monson, who makes a daily commute across Calgary, stopped scolding the idiots he spotted on the road and started recording them instead. He installed a dash-cam on his vehicle so that […]
Much of North Korea’s 24million population forced to endure power cuts and hours of darkness Image was taken from the International Space Station orbiting the Earth on January 30 Only show-piece capital city of Pyongyang is illuminated against the darkness North Korea appears like a black hole in a sea of light in this remarkable NASA satellite image of the isolated communist state. Taken at night on January 30 from […]
