After they made the atomic bomb, scientists came up with the Doomsday Clock. The symbolic clock, launched by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, warned how close humanity might be to destroying itself in the form of “minutes to midnight”. Since 1947, its hands have been moved closer and further away from midnight in response to…
New Delhi: A six-year-old girl, rendered an “orphan in every sense” after her father killed her mother and was sentenced to life imprisonment, became the focal point of a Delhi court’s sentencing order in a domestic violence case Saturday.Additional sessions judge Anuj Agrawal sentenced Subhash Bera to life imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 10,000…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit alleging U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville does not meet the residency requirement to run for governor of Alabama. Montgomery County Circuit Judge Brooke Reid dismissed the case on jurisdiction grounds after finding that she did not have the authority to decide the eligibility of a party’s…
The first seven years of Free Sobolewski’s life were contained within the walls of a one-room besser-block home in rural New South Wales. A makeshift curtain, strung across part of the room, was all that separated the bunk bed she shared with her sister from the rest of the home. The bathroom, set in a…
Raipur: Police have launched a massive search operation to trace two minor brothers who have been missing from their home in the Rajendra Nagar area under Urla police station limits since July 8.According to police, the siblings — , Ayush and Piyush Chauhan — left home unannounced at 11 am on a bicycle after being…
Federal prosecutors say a man accused of shooting two National Guard troops near the White House, killing one of them, has been taken to a hospital for treatment of a potentially life-threatening medical condition after he refused to eat food in jail WASHINGTON — A man accused of shooting two National Guard troops near the…
Hidden for more than a century, a remarkable collection of Australian and Antarctic history has been revealed to the public for the first time. The Royal Society in London has launched a digital archive of more than 50,000 meteorological images spanning three centuries. It includes weather observations by Louis “Bunny” Bernacchi, the only Australian on…
Pic for representational purpose Pune: Opposition leaders and farmer activists have welcomed the relaxation of certain eligibility criteria to bring more farmers under the farm loan waiver scheme but said its implementation would still be delayed as the state awaits income tax data from the Centre to finalise the list of eligible beneficiaries.The relaxation in…
A Mexican man living in the U.S. who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was not the person federal authorities had been targeting in a Houston operation, U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia said Thursday. The Democratic congresswoman, whose district includes the Houston neighborhood where the shooting occurred, said acting ICE Director David…
When she was 17, Grace Woodroofe uploaded her first three songs to triple j Unearthed. They made their way to Heath Ledger via the late cinema legend’s sister, Woodroofe’s high school friend. Woodroofe was plucked from Perth, signed to Ledger’s label, The Masses, and thrust into the Los Angeles music scene. “Heath really nurtured the…