May2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has married his fiancee Carrie Symonds in a secretly-planned wedding at Westminster Cathedral. The marriage took place in a “small ceremony” on Saturday afternoon, a Downing Street spokesman said. The spokesman added...

Sri Lanka launched a criminal probe on Sunday into a massive container ship fire that has swamped the island nation’s coast with plastic pollution in an unprecedented marine disaster,reports BSS. Tonnes of microplastic granules have inundated...

Students in Alabama can now learn yoga at school — but they still can’t deliver the traditional “namaste” greeting to their teacher, reports BSS. The southern state’s governor, Kay Ivey, revoked a 30-year-old law Friday that...

As the authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) advise people living in part of the city of Goma to vacate their homes due to the risk of another volcanic eruption, UNICEF has warned...

Search teams are looking for one missing person after rescuing all other passengers from a large ferry that caught fire in Indonesia, an official said Sunday. The KM Karya Indah was heading to Sanana, a remote...

Vietnam has discovered a new Covid-19 variant which spreads quickly by air and is a combination of the Indian and British strains, health officials confirmed Saturday. The country is struggling to deal with fresh outbreaks across...

At least nine militants were killed as security forces stormed Taliban hideout in Alishing district of Afghanistan’s eastern Laghman province on Sunday, the provincial government said in a statement released here. The security forces attacked a...

Britain will build what it is calling a new “national flagship” vessel to host trade events and promote its post-Brexit interests around the world, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Saturday. The ship will provide a...

Dubai’s property market is powering out of a six-year malaise as “lockdown dodgers” and wealthy international investors drive a buying frenzy that is breaking records and fuelling an economic recovery. Luxury villas are the hottest segment...

Ford once again is ramping up investment in zero-emission cars and expects 40 percent of volume by 2030 to be comprised of fully electric vehicles, the company announced on Wednesday. The US automaker said it will...