A teenager working as a servant in the Indian capital is recovering in hospital after being rescued from her employer’s home where she was allegedly beaten and slashed with sharp weapons. Her employer, a 50-year-old woman, has been arrested, police said. Anti-trafficking campaigners who rescued the victim said she was 15 years old, but police said she was 18. The assault has focused the spotlight once again on the abuse […]
The US government has begun a partial shutdown after the two houses of Congress failed to agree a new budget. The Republican-led House of Representatives insisted on delaying President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform – dubbed Obamacare – as a condition for passing a bill. More than 700,000 federal employees face unpaid leave with no guarantee of back pay once the deadlock is over. It is the first shutdown in 17 […]
The first stone was laid at La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona in 1882 It’s architect, Antoni Gaudí, died after he was hit by a tram in 1926 It’s only 65 per cent complete, but builders say they can finish it in 13 years Barcelona’s world famous Sagrada Família will finally be finished by 2026, the architect in charge has vowed… nearly 150 years after work began. That will make it […]
About four dozen people were injured Monday when a Chicago Transit Authority train smashed crashed into another at a station in the western suburb of Forest Park. Forest Park Mayor Anthony Calderone says none of the injuries were serious. He says the injured were taken to ten hospitals, most complaining of back and neck pain. Calderone says it appears one westbound train and one eastbound train collided on the […]
Photo taken on board Mackay Bennett in 1912 going under the hammer It’s estimated to go for £5,000 next month at auction in Devizes, Wiltshire It shows mass funeral for dozens of 1,512 who died in Atlantic disaster The ship’s priest is seen with body bags stacked on the windswept deck Some 166 of 306 bodies retrieved by Mackay Bennett were buried at sea They were gathered nine days after […]
He describes how depression took hold after losing to Floyd Mayweather The 34-year-old tried to commit suicide with a knife on several occasions Ricky Hatton has revealed how his life became enveloped by drink and drugs – and that he came to the brink of suicide several times. The former boxer admits that depression took hold after he lost his first-ever boxing match, to Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas in […]
An explosion has ripped through a market in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, leaving at least 33 dead and dozens wounded, officials say. Police said a bomb had exploded in the Kissa Khwani market, with shops and vehicles set alight. The blast comes a week after a double suicide bombing that killed at least 80 people at a church in the city. On Friday, at least 17 people were […]
China is moving forwards at an astonishing rate, but it lacks one vital commodity – young women. Men of marriageable age are confronted by a shrinking pool of potential female partners – and the competition to find a bride is fierce. Clutching his iced coffee, Peng Tai strolls down the street and disappears into a shopping mall. Half way up the escalator, he surveys the scene below. “What about that […]
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