According to senior railway officials, the Coromandel Express, a high-speed train that was traveling from Kolkata to Chennai, was diverted onto a loop line and slammed into a heavy goods train idled at Bahanaga Bazar railway station. Anger is growing in India, now the world’s most populous nation, renewing calls for authorities to confront safety issues … Continue reading Anger in India over the nation’s underfunded and poorly maintained railway system
There are many things you could buy for $34 million. In various parts of the world, it’ll buy you towering castles, sprawling beachside mega mansions or majestic estates that go on for miles. It could buy you fleets of powerful Lamborghini sports cars or stately Rolls-Royce Phantoms. It could even buy you your own private … Continue reading An empty sand plot sold for a record $34m in Dubai
Manto Kumar was traveling on the Coromandel Express with six of his friends when his train compartment began to violently shake like an earthquake. “Suddenly something crashed into us. Some of the coaches rolled to the other side,” the 32-year-old restaurant worker told CNN from a hospital in India’s eastern Odisha state. “I got up and wrapped … Continue reading INDIA TRAIN CRASH: Hospitals and morgues full to capacity
Yellowstone National Park has reported several incidents involving bison and visitors. Yellowstone urges visitors to protect wildlife after tourists put baby elk in their car and other incidents Yellowstone National Park has urged visitors to protect wildlife after a string of incidents that have left animals killed or endangered, including one in which tourists gave … Continue reading ILLEGAL: Yellowstone tourists put baby elk in their car
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com In a statement early Monday morning, the Ministry of Defence in Moscow claimed it had killed 250 Ukrainian soldiers and destroyed tanks - or if this was the long-anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive. Russia says it has thwarted a large Ukrainian attack in the eastern province of Donetsk, although it's not clear … Continue reading How Russia stopped ‘large scale’ Ukrainian military offensive
The Spanish scientist Carola García de Vinuesa - Copyright Australian National University Kathleen Folbigg spent twenty years in prison being demonised for killing her four children, until a Spanish scientist helped to free her, and expose one of Australia's biggest injustices. An Australian woman who spent 20 years in prison for killing her four children was … Continue reading Australia’s ‘worst female serial killer’ Kathleen Folbigg released from prison after getting help from Spanish scientist
The reform introduced by the Polish governments has been strongly contested by the European Commission. - Copyright Alik Keplicz/Copyright 2016 The AP. All rights reserved The controversial reform has caused an intense and protracted dispute between the Polish government and the European Commission. Poland's judicial reform infringes upon European law because it undermines the right to … Continue reading ECJ: Poland’s legal overhaul infringes on judicial independence
Photo by MART PRODUCTION on Pexels.com Aggressive glioblastoma tumours could be in trouble: a breakthrough discovery successfully wiped-out cancer cells in mice. Researchers have developed a method that could cause cancerous cells to die of stress. Their research has yielded promising results with glioblastoma, one of the most common and aggressive brain tumours among adults. … Continue reading Scientists have discovered how to make brain cancer cells die of stress
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during 28th Mukhtars (local administrators) meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara on October 19, 2016. / AFP / ADEM ALTAN (Photo credit should read ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images) Turkey’s longtime leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, took the oath of office on Saturday, ushering in his third presidential term … Continue reading Recep Tayyip Erdogan: Turkey at his fingertips after a free, not fair election
Photo by mali maeder on Pexels.com This year, World Environment Day is focusing on reducing plastic pollution and transitioning to a circular economy. COVID-19 triggered an unprecedented rise in plastic use, at a time when 400 million tonnes of plastic waste was already being generated annually. Here, we showcase how MDPI researchers are tackling plastic pollution in light … Continue reading Plastic Pollution: Creating a safe, sustainable world
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