Australia is advertising its changed migration policy, warning people that they will be sent to Papua New Guinea or elsewhere. A riot on a tiny island in the Pacific that killed no one would usually go unnoticed by the world. But when some 100 asylum seekers burned down their shelters in an Australian refugee processing center Friday on Nauru Island, it did not. Instead, it drew attention to a new […]
Ex-glamour model Alicia Douvall, 34, had 350 procedures costing £1.5m ‘I had turned myself into a Frankenstein. I looked like a bad drag queen’ Eldest daughter Georgia, 18, said ‘stop having surgery or I’ll leave home’ Alicia underwent risky nine-hour restorative operation costing £25,000 Had horrific cheek implants removed and frozen smile restored ‘My nose had to be cut off to lift my lip to get my smile back’ It […]
A court in India has sentenced six men to life imprisonment over the gang rape of a Swiss tourist in March this year. The woman, 39, and her husband were attacked while camping in woodland in central Madhya Pradesh state. The men, aged between 22 and 30, were all from a village close to the scene of the rape. The attack came months after a 23-year-old Indian woman died following […]
The bus was travelling on a flooded road in Savaii during torrential rain A 12-year-old and five-year-old girl were killed in the horrific crash Several other people were taken to hospital with broken bones Tipping over into raging flood waters after a swollen river burst its banks it’s a miracle that anyone on this packed Samoan bus made it out alive. The screams of those on board can be heard […]
As cattle roam outside in the scorching heat, Sapni Surin perches on a stool inside a sunlit workshop fixing parts onto a small circuit board. Colorful wires, tiny resistors and tools are scattered around. “I think everything is right,” she quietly says as she holds the circuit board above her head. Ms. Surin is among 20 women who have traveled to Tilonia – a small village two hours’ drive from […]
Reports of explosion in Terminal 3 at busy airport in Chinese capital Pictures posted online show man in wheelchair brandishing an object Believed to be a packet of gunpowder used to make firecrackers Another photo shows a wheelchair on its side in smoke-filled terminal State media says man was hospitalised and nobody else injured A man in a wheelchair set off a home-made bomb in the arrivals hall at Beijing […]
Sandy mounds discovered by an American scientist in the Egyptian desert are labelled as pyramids on 34 rare, antique maps Archaeology researcher Angela Micol’s find was dismissed by many but a preliminary ground study has found shafts and cavities One site spotted on satellite is three times the size of Great Pyramid at Giza Mounds of sand spotted in the Egyptian desert using Google Earth might be […]
The crash happened earlier this week in southern China’s Guanxi province The woman, who wasn’t wearing a seat belt, smashed through the window Firefighters had to enlarge the hole around her neck to free her Both the woman and the car’s driver are said to be recovering in hospital A Chinese woman miraculously survived a car crash which saw her head smash through the windscreen and become wedged in the […]
Detroit has become the largest US city ever to file for bankruptcy, with debts of at least $18bn (£12bn). The city, once a symbol of US industrial power, is seeking protection from creditors who include public-sector workers and their pension funds. Unions described the bankruptcy filing as a power grab. But with many professional, efficient and experienced bankruptcy lawyer services available to help in filing for bankruptcy in Oklahoma, every bankruptcy […]
A lack of co-operation between South Asian countries is preventing timely flood warnings that could save lives and property during the Monsoon season. Erratic and extreme rainfall is causing catastrophic flooding, most recently in northwest India and Nepal following heavy rainfall in June. But the sharing of hydrological data can be a sensitive issue because of disputes over water use. Officials say a network is required to share data across […]
