Cheetah: World’s fastest cat returns to India after 70 years
2022-09-16
A group of eight cats is due to appear from Namibia within the occasion of EVENING Narendra Modi’s birthday celebration.Continue Reading
China, Europe, US drought: Is 2022 the driest year recorded?
2022-09-16
Heatwaves hit China, European countries and the US, causing lakes and rivers to run dry. Is this year the particular driest ever?Continue Reading
Colourful songbirds could be traded to extinction
2022-09-16
The wild parrot trade is set to generate tropical forests “drab”, a study shows.Continue Reading
Commentary: Postponed football games are a missed opportunity to honour Queen Elizabeth II and Lim Kia Tong
2022-09-16
Soccer games were delayed after the recent fatalities of Queen Elizabeth II and Singapore football chief Lim Kia Tong. It is a missed opportunity to spend tribute to them towards a more meaningful way, says John Duerden.Continue Reading
This 8-year-old wrote a book of jokes while battling cancer. He’s since sold more than 1,500 copies
2022-09-16
Malignancy survivor Aaron Tay and his younger sibling Robin are donating S$1 to the Children’s Cancer Foundation for each book sold on the website until Dec thirty-one, 2022.Continue Reading
Give cash to the poor, and they’ll squander it? This Nobel laureate has a different opinion
2022-09-16
The poor are generally quite sensible about money, says Nobel laureate Esther Duflo. The program In Conversation speaks to the economist who is fighting poverty, one particular field experiment each time.Continue Reading
Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border: Almost 30 reported dead in clashes
2022-09-16
Fighting regularly flares upward in border conflicts between the two Central Asian states.Continue Reading
Myanmar: BBC Media Action presenter sentenced to three years hard labour
2022-09-16
Htet Htet Khine was accused by Myanmar’s military authorities of incitement and illegal association.Continue Reading
Daily round-up, Sep 16: Fire engulfs office tower in China; US concerned about ‘deepening relationship’ between Xi and Putin
2022-09-16
Let’s get you up to speed with the day’s stories. A massive fire engulfed a high-rise office building in downtown Changsha, capital of China’s southern province of Hunan, on Friday afternoon. Dozens of storeys of the more than 200m-tall China Telecom building “burned with great intensity”, state broadcaster CCTV said. 36Continue Reading
China fire: Skyscraper engulfed in massive flames
2022-09-16
Officials in the city of Changsha say the fire has been extinguished and reported no casualties so far.Continue Reading