CategoriesNews WorldWhen Amrita Kaur decided to attend Punjabi pop star Diljit Dosanjh’s concert in India this month, she was prepared to experience some discomfort. Having attended several concerts in the past, Ms Kaur was sort of looking forward to the “exhilarating chaos” that comes with large crowds at big events in India. But what awaited her […]
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CategoriesNews WorldThe incident happened after several small drones, which were part of a holiday show, collided and fell into the crowd on Saturday 21 December, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said. In a statement, Sky Elements Drones said that it’s working with the FAA and the city of Orlando, Florida, officials to “determine the cause and […]
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CategoriesNews WorldA ship docked at a port in Istanbul rolled on its side in the early hours of Monday morning, sliding its cargo into the water. The ship, called Anmah, became unbalanced because of unequal loading of containers onto the vessel, according to local reports. All 15 crew members escaped without coming to serious harm, though […]
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CategoriesNews WorldThe restoration lasted over a year, and in that time the cathedral was turned into a bit of a building site, with a maze of scaffolds set up on the altar and transept. Local experts from the Italian Ministry of Culture led a series of interventions, starting with the removal of a thick layer of […]
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CategoriesNews World“Nothing lasts forever. Darkness is followed by dawn,” she says. “I knew that I would never come back to a Syria that had Assad as president, and that we would never have the chance to be a better nation with that man in charge. We knew that we would never find peace unless he’s gone. […]
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CategoriesNews WorldWhile Trudeau has weathered many storms, there are signs that his time may be up. For one, history is not on his side. Only two Canadian prime ministers – Sir John A MacDonald and Wilfrid Laurier – served four consecutive terms. Trudeau is also working against a sinking popularity. A September poll from Ipsos suggested […]
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CategoriesNews WorldNow he’s trying to rebuild his family’s home. Finding new building materials is incredibly difficult in Mayotte at the moment due to high demand, and he couldn’t afford new roofing for his house so he tracked down some of the corrugated iron sheets that were blown off by the storm and plans to re-use them. […]
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CategoriesNews WorldPelicot’s attitude towards his family in court was often revealing. The psychiatrist, Dr Layet, pointed out that the accused narcissistically focused on the love his wife and children once felt for him, not his betrayal of their trust. For Pelicot, this “started out as a love story” and he “doesn’t want this to be ignored”, […]
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CategoriesNews WorldDuring the last two weeks, I have heard many Syrians say that they want to be left alone to try to rebuild their country. That sounds like a pipe dream. The war destroyed much of the country, but it also drained away Syria’s sovereignty. Bashar al-Assad became a client of Iran and Russia and fled […]
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CategoriesNews WorldWhile Dominique Pelicot was given the maximum sentence, the jail terms handed down for the other men were mostly for fewer years than what had been asked for by prosecutors. The children of Gisèle Pelicot said in a statement they were disappointed by what they called the low sentences given to the defendants. The average […]
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