Thousands of fans across Washington D.C erupted in delight on Wednesday as the Nationals sealed their improbable World Series victory, triggering wild scenes in the US capital. Steady rain failed to dampen the mood of fans crowded into Nationals Park and a nearby open-air sports bar to watch […]
A major fire devastated a historic Japanese castle on the southern island of Okinawa on Thursday morning, destroying large parts of the World Heritage site’s complex, local authorities said. The Shuri castle is a key part of a complex dating back to the Ryukyu Kingdom, and is believed […]
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen urged his dejected players to show character and bounce back from their World Cup semi-final defeat against England when they take on Wales in the third-place play-off. New Zealand, who won the last two World Cups, are heading into a game that no […]
Boeing announced Thursday up to 50 of its popular 737NG planes had been grounded after cracks in them were detected, in another blow to the US aircraft maker following two deadly crashes. Australian national carrier Qantas became the latest airline to take one of the planes out of […]
A powerful earthquake struck the southern Philippines on Thursday, killing at least four people and sparking searches of seriously damaged buildings that had already been rattled by two previous deadly tremors in recent weeks. The 6.5 magnitude quake hit the island of Mindanao, the US Geological Survey said, […]
Tearful and screaming by turn, tens of thousands of BTS fans gathered in Seoul for the finale of the boyband’s lucrative world tour, some flying thousands of kilometres to pay homage to their idols and swell their backers’ bulging coffers. The septet’s global prominence reached unprecedented heights this […]
India’s Muslim-majority region of Kashmir was formally divided on Thursday, almost three months after losing its autonomy in a move that triggered violence and stoked tensions with arch-rival Pakistan. The move, announced in early August when India imposed a lockdown and sent in tens of thousands of extra […]
At least 65 people were killed and dozens injured after cooking gas cylinders exploded on a train packed with religious pilgrims in Pakistan on Thursday, authorities said. Television footage showed flames pouring out of three carriages as people could be heard crying in the incident, in a rural […]
Los Angeles, Oct 31 : Actor Gerard Butler has found his next project in action thriller “The Plane”. The film has a script from Charles Cumming and JP Davis, based on the book by Cumming, reported Deadline. Butler, 49, will portray commercial pilot Ray Torrance, who after a heroic […]
Kolkata, Oct 31 : Describing the killings of five labourers from West Bengal in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir as pre-planned murder, chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday questioned the security arrangements in place in the Valley after abrogation of Article 370. Speaking to reporters, the chief […]
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