Beijing : China today issued a special postal stamp to commemorate the ninth annual BRICS summit scheduled to be held early next month in the coastal city of Xiamen in the country’s southeastern Fujian province. The stamp issued by the state-owned China Post bears a logo of the summit as well as the letters “BRICS” […]
Melbourne, August 20 : Australian police have charged three men with committing terrorist acts on suspicion of starting fires at a Shiite Muslim mosque in Melbourne last year, inspired by Islamic State and intending to divide the Muslim community. Two of the men are already in custody and awaiting trial on suspicion of plotting bomb […]
Manila, August 20 : The head of the Philippines’ powerful Catholic Church called for an end to the “waste of human lives” following a brutal week in President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war in which a 17-year-old boy was among dozens killed. Police raids dubbed as “One Time Big Time” saw at least 76 people shot […]
Los Angeles, August 20 : Twilight will fall at midday on Monday, stars will glimmer and birds will roost in an eerie stillness as millions of Americans and visitors witness the first total solar eclipse to traverse the United States from coast to coast in 99 years. The sight of the moon’s shadow passing directly in […]
Mumbai, August 20 : Two actors known for starring in the mythological television series ‘Mahakali – Anth Hi Aarambh Hai’ were killed in a car crash on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway. The actors died after a car they were travelling in collided with a parked truck. Actors Gagan Kang and Arjit Lavania were returning to Mumbai after shooting […]